How to Start Reading Thai : Lesson 1 - Middle Class Consonants
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HOW TO START READING THAI:
There are 44 letters in Thai language, and they are categorised into 3 classes;
[1] Middle class consonants - อักษรกลาง /àk -sŏrn glaang/ (9 letters)
[2] High class consonants - อักษรสูง /àk -sŏrn sŭung/ (11 letters)
[3] Low class consonants - อักษรต่ำ /àk -sŏrn dtàm/ (24 letters)
In this lesson, you will learn 9 letters in Middle Class Consonants
➤ How to Start Reading Thai : Lesson 2 - Middle Class Consonants and Long Vowels: bit.ly/3asGZ7v
➤ How to Start Reading Thai : Lesson 3 - High Class Consonants • Reading Thai for Begin...
➤ How to Start Reading Thai : Lesson 4 - Low Class Consonants (Group 1)
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➤ How to Start Reading Thai : Lesson 5 - Low Class Consonants (Group 2)
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★ Why should you learn to read Thai?
1. Master the Real Sounds of Thai
The biggest advantage you get when you can read Thai is you will be able master your Thai pronunciation.
Roman alphabet based languages don’t cover all the sounds in Thailanguage, especially when it comes to both distinguishing vowel length and mastering those ever-tricky tones. Learning Thai pronunciation by understand how to read is the best way to master all the real Thai sounds and makes it less likely that you will develop bad habits when you speak.
2. Unlimited Opportunity to Expand your Thai vocabulary
You can start learning new words by reading and using a dictionary by yourself. No more asking your Thai friend “what does the sign say?”
Being able to read also helps a great deal to memories new words.
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Imagine yourself being able to read street signs, food menu, or even Thai newspapers or your Thai friends’ posts on their social media. You will be able to understand the real Thainess by reading materials available around you in everyday life.
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Where can i buy the chart
Cost of lesson 5500 baht last 1 month Chai mai
@@leon1078 Sawatdee ka Chen, yes the fee for 15 hour lessons which is run over 5 weeks is 5,500 Baht. The first lesson started this morning, but you are welcome to join the group. I can send you a video recording for you to watch. Please register at learnthaiwithmod@gmail.com
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@@mohdghani6573 It was group study, but at the moment we only offer speaking group classes. Please contact us at learnthaiwithmod@gmail.com.
Where can i buy this magnet sign? And btw. very good video.
I have spoken Thai my whole life but I never learnt how to read this was really helpful ty
The best video of consonants I found in TH-cam 🎉
Thank you for the lesson. I always love your enthusiasm and how you teach with a happy smile. I can't stop watching your videos!
Even though I can read Thai this is a super nice video! It’s also helpful for remembering the names of the letters because I don’t say them that often.
I am glad to hear that. Thank you for your kind comments. :)
I think the most hardest language in ASEAN belongs to Thai. Love from Indonesia
No it's Tebet it is really hard people say you can fill letter I don't know know it because people say it so hard
Thank you. This is a very useful lesson that explains some of the things I began to learn on my own but didn't understand the rules. ❤️🙏🏼
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I have watched alot of tutorials, but yours is one of the easiest lessons I've encountered so far
Thanks Mod ..that’s really cool . I memorised the consonants years ago and never went any further. Now I understand 👍
I am happy to hear that you found this lesson useful in your Thai learning. :)
This is very helpful. It's really a lot of information as a whole, but it's presented slowly with lots of review. Perfect...
this is so helpful, and easy to follow! supporting from philippines
I’m glad to hear that you found the lesson useful in your Thai learning. Thank you for watching.😄
Thank you so much, teacher. I’ve been studying Thai language by myself for almost 2 months now and today that I’ve found your video, it’s really helpful. Sending love from Cambodia🇰🇭 អរគុណច្រើន អ្នកគ្រូ 🙏
Thank you for breaking it down I paused and wrote notes so I can have for myself and thank you for the suggested videos on the alphabet were a great help. ครูมดขอบคุณ
ขอบคุณที่ดูวิดิโอของมดค่ะ Thank you for watching. :)
So far this one is the best basic thai tutorial. Thank you
Wonderful video. Thank you SO much! 😄😄😄
I enjoyed it too :)
Yes, she is really great!
very clear explanation, thanks!
Thanks you so much teacher. First time we learn thai language don't understand and now you teach zomm video ok for me . Thanks. a lot.
Ma'am plz say there are 44 letters or characters
Bcoz group of letters is called Alphabet
So there is A alphabet and 44 letters/characters
Thanks so much, teacher! Right now, I'm using Ling app to study the Thai language but this video also helps so much as I can use these for more practical uses as Ling only allows me ton learn the words and not put them thoroughly in many different context. For basics, I'm using Pocket Thai Master app. Appreciate your thorough and clear teaching :)
Wow! Excellent video, we LOVED it! 😄😄😄
Yes, it was wonderful!
So true!
Thank you for teaching of how to read in Thai
Very good video, helpful unformation, very interesting format. And you are gorgeous!
It may sound daunting to have 44 consonants in three classes, plus 18 vowels but take heart, there are 52 letters in English, 26 times two cases. (Admittedly, the cases don’t affect the pronunciation.)
Also, just like in Thai, the 5 (or 6 if you count Y) single vowels are combines into many, many diphthongs and triphthongs.
44 letters, but only 21 consonant sounds.
And, unlike English and many other languages, thai vowels are always pronounced in the same way.
There’s many ways to pronounce “a” depending on the word, but only one way to pronounce “า”.
@@ellefsensbarmyarmy8491 : Comes from using a foreign (Latin mostly) set of characters to represent the language, I suppose. Not to mention where pronunciation has drifted from what was originally spelled (all the “gh” words spring to mind).
Still, there are ways which give how combinations of the characters are used to represent the various sounds even if they are almost unrecognisable amongst all the foreign spellings and exceptions.
Better than using hieroglyphs at least. 🙂
@@gaemlinsidoharthi
Transliteration of thai into Latin alphabet doesn’t really work.
Learning thai script is the only way to learn tones and pronunciation etc. It’s still hard to get the tones and pronunciation right, but at least it possible to understand it.
Thai script looks strange in the beginning, but it’s not that hard. Most people will figure it out within 2-3 weeks if they spend an hour a day working on it
@@ellefsensbarmyarmy8491 : Oh. Yes. Definitely.
A lot of them are the same in both cases though. WYUOPSFJLZXCV
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Yess, the tone rules hehe, I learn it too rarely to remember. Have to study them more often!
this is really one of the nicest Thai teaching I have encountered. Great job .. pls keep it up !!
Thank you for your kind comments. I am delighted to hear that. :)
@@ThaiwithMod thanks for the reply too. Looking forward to more episodes ^^ Have a good day !
Thank u so much! Easy to learn!
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Your English are so awesome 👍👍
Very helpful lesson, Kru Mod! ขอบคุณนะครับ
I have seen many of your posts but this is the best
Thank you for your kind comments.🙏🏻
THANK YOU im thai and I'm supposed to know the language, my mother just never cares to actually teach me
All she says is to keep learning but from WHO 😭
Thaaank you from deep of my heart, your explanation is just amazing
Good tutorial. Sawadeekrup 🙏🏻
Thank you for learning Thai from my video. I am happy to hear that you enjoyed this lesson. :)
I really like your visual aids. It makes learning Thai a lot easier than other schools I’ve attended.
This stick chart sale in the book shops in Thailand and Thai's online shops in Thailand. That's parents use it for teaching kids or it use at school by Thai teachers at the elementary school.
The best video I’ve watched ❤❤❤
About to learn the language, and Leave it immediately.
Muito obrigada pela aula. Foi excelente. Adorei seu material.
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ขอบคุณครับ, ครู Mod! บทเรียนดีมากครับ!
Thanks😁
fantastic instruction.. but my head started to spin - this is my first thai lesson.. I'll have to be go back and view all of your vid.. thank you..
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Great video🎉
Mam this lesson very good learning
thank you kub
I like this lesson. I shall follow thru.
I like your video. I want to learn basic Thai
Thank you for watching. Would you like to be able to read Thai?
Learning to read Thai gives you a huge advantage and while slower at first, it will really accelerate your learning and understanding Thai language. You will understand the real Thai sounds and tones, and it helps you to have proper Thai pronunciation. Learning Thai pronunciation this way makes it less likely that you’ll develop bad habits when you speak Thai.
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Great explanation! Thanks for creating these videos.
So beautiful work
So good information
Thank you so much.
Another awesome lesson from my first Thai language teacher Mod... Excellent revision of Thai consonants with vowels... ขอบคุณนะครับ
Thank you for your kind comments. I’m happy to hear that. ขอบคุณค่ะ😄
I feel very clever watching today's lesson, as I know this stuff! 😷
Nice! Thank you for watching. :)
Khobkhunkhab kruu mod. Shuey dai Rian phasa tha
Thank you for this ☺️ but I'm still confused on what to use for t, s, n, l,k there's multiple choices 😅
This is very helpful and easy to understand. Very clear explanation. Thanks a lot. ❤️
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My ex teacher still has the chops! She is great!! Thanks Kru Mod!!
Thank you for your comment Khun Jerome.😄
To Jerome Yeo.
"... still has the chops. "
What do you mean?
I think I get the idea (though maybe I didn't understand it right).
Please explain.
@@danielm.4346
It's an American expression, means that she still has got that "ability" to instruct and teach..hahaha😁
Still got the "moves", you know what I'm sayin..!?😂😂
wow it's amazing
Thank you !
This was wonderful. Please upload more videos.
Thank you for watching. :)
thai mod and pear, can you plesae explain how to use the particle แหละ maybe do a video on it ? thank you
Thank you.
thank you so much!
love this
Beautiful princess!!!!
Ahahh I love this. Thank you for the sharing..we want more!
Sawadee khrap mod, I have my son in law in Bangkok, where he can buy the consonant and vowel tables, thank you very much for your video. Richard.
I’m happy to hear that you enjoyed the lesson. :)
Any Thai book store or he can probably find it online and print it out.
ขอบคุณครับคุณครูมดสำหรับบทเรียนนี้มีประโยชน์และน่าสนใจเสมอช่วยผมออกเสียงให้ดีมากขึ้น
I like Thai song, so I want to study Thai language)
Khob Khun suay.
lol
Nice lesson learned something new !
Yay! Thank you for your comment.
Great lesson!
Hi. May I know if I can I still enroll in 2023?
So dtaw dtao turtle becomes eyes with aa behind it? dtaw dtao aa?
I really want to know the rules to knowing which 'dt' or 'd' letter to use to make a specific word. It's not like you can write 'dee' (good) with daw-cha-daa, right? You have to use daw-dek. They're not used interchangeably. That's probably the most confusing part for me.
Just like English, you have to memorize how words are spelled. It's more about word origins than rules, so memorizing the spelling is usually simpler than trying to understand why.
@@Watdee so there's no rules it's all a matter of memorizing. Okay. That's fine I just thought maybe there's a rule to make it easier. U_U HARD WORK IT IS THEN >W< no problem.
What are dt letters? There is d, t and th.
@@joecostner1246 ต is not pronounced like d or t. It is somewhere in between. Here is a video that might help: th-cam.com/video/IoWqs0fcQBQ/w-d-xo.html
It's free class ? Thanks 💓😊
Hi..hehehhe
How to use the same sound?
I mean like in the middle class, there has ด & ฎ ?
Soooo good. Thank you Kru Mod 😉
I’m happy to hear that you enjoyed the lesson. :)
Mod good day. Great lessons, however may I suggest that you say consonants and not alphabet.
Id love to do the class but by the time the class ends is when i get home from work 😂
ขอบคุณ ครับ 🙏😁🇹🇭
The online lesson is still have?
คุณครูมีเสน่ห์นะครับ☺️ อยากเรียนเพิ่มเติมครับ😉
ขอบคุณที่ดูวิดิโอของมดค่ะ
@@ThaiwithMod ยินดีมากครับคุณครูมด. คุณครูมดพูดภาษาอังกฤษเก่งมากด้วยนะครับ ฟังแล้วประทับใจจริงๆ สำเนียงดีกว่าคนอื่นมากเลยผมว่า☺️ คุณครูเรียนมาจากไหนเหรอครับ🙂
@@acewongsawad6910 ขอบคุณค่ะ มดเรียนภาษาอังกฤษที่โรงเรียนเหมือนนักเรียนไทยทั่วไปค่ะแล้วก็ฝึกฟังพูดจากการดูหนังภาษาอังกฤษในทีวีค่ะ :)
@@ThaiwithMod สงสัยหูฟังดีกว่าคนทั่วไป 😊
Always happy to see her and Kru Pear..555
Thank you for watching.😄
Omy thankyou 😭
I can speak Thai... khun suay mak mak
Thank you so much for nice explanation, Just one doubt. the first letter is ( kaw or gaw) ?
The first letter is ก which is the "g" sound like in the word "game" or "gun".
@@ThaiwithMod *ก*
I could never be your student, because I know I would fall in love with you. hahahahah.🙃
I am able to slowly form words by combining a consonant with a vowel. But my problem is, after combining them to form a word, how do I know what that word means?
Like in 10:10 Kru Mod made the word "Crow". But I don't even know what that word means if she didn't mention it.
She said crow... that's english... it's the black bird you see on the picture the thai word is gaa
You need to learn the meaning of the words along with learning to read, perhaps using a dictionary or if you can already speak some Thai then you can learn to spell the words you already knew. Take your time, and keep practicing. :)
@@ThaiwithMod Khob Khun Krab Kru Mod.
It's the same way when you learn English vocabulary.
Am I dumb or what. Sooo hard to learn Thai langauge. At First I thought i should learn Thai consonants so it will be easier to pronounce words but what's all this? Gaw gai, jaw Jaan.. anyone who can clear my doubts ?please help me.....Just like A for apple, does gaw gai means gaw for gai ? 🤔
it's like korean, sanskrit and arabic had a child and now we have to deal with it...
Hi Kruu Mod i cannot find the link u mentioned in the description box, pls help 🙏
Sawatdii ka Rebecca, I am sorry I forgot to add the link in the description box. Please follow the link below:
bit.ly/3tQClUA
@@ThaiwithMod can u tell me how i can buy the chart that u have shown us on yr site.
How can i join your zoom
Great lesson need to use the right tone as the Chinese language
Some letters are not very easy to pronounce
Exactly. One word can have 5 different tones and that will give you 5 different, unrelated, meanings.
can we purchase that chart that you use ?
If you are in Thailand, you can find it on Shopee.
Thanks Kun Mod, Great lecture. Let me help you learn English, You said "their are 44 alphabets in Thai" but that is not correct, you should have said "their is 44 consonants in the Thai alphabet" :) Thanks for teaching us !
"there are 44 consonant letters in the Thai script".
Hi, is there somewhere that we can purchase the velcro board u were using in the video? I find it really helpful and engaging!
I would also love to know where to get the velcro board. Amazon?
@@margerutter7699 so coincidentally, I’m currently in Thailand and apparently you can get it from the local bookstores only I think.
@@elizahong9808 did you learn enough Thai from kru Mod to be able to speak with the people over there?
Would love to learn but that is so difficult 🤕. The problem is the times of your classes aren't conducive to European times. Do you have lessons that are geared towards Europe time zones ?.
Thank you for your interest in learning Thai with us. We are actually planning to open an evening course as we speak. Please write us at learnthaiwithmod@gmail.com 😄