Thai Language Lessons: Tone Rules Explained

I put this short 10 minute video together to help explain how Thai tone rules apply to the written language.

Included is a comprehensive explanation of the tone marks and how tones are formed by factors such as consonant class and syllable voice.

There aren't many videos on YouTube that educate on the Thai language, so I'll be putting up some instructional videos to help Thai get the exposure it deserves. If this first video is well-received, I will definitely make more and share them.

Please also note that many of the words used as examples do not represent actual Thai vocabulary, they are meant to serve as learning devices only. There are also some examples with redundant tone marks (placed to give the tone that would be present without it), to ease people into the idea of recognizing a tone mark before analyzing the syllable for consonant class and syllable strength.

Category:

Education

Tags:

• thai
• language
• tone
• tones
• rules
• instruction
• visual
• thailand
• tonal

[Thaibiohazard123]

To foreigner who trying to learn thai langauge.

I'm thai. I just want to tell you guys that not to worry much about it.

Thai people who learning english have many problems with Eng Grammar too! but you know what , We always think that .... "just make it understandable is good enough"

So you guys should think like that too. Actually , I hate english grammar...fuckin hate it....I've many problems with it but... just trying to speak even it's not completely right. it's okay , isn't it?

[iraqistarship]

hey, good video! when you talk about voiced versus unvoiced stops, though, i think you mean aspirated (puff of air) vs. unaspirated (no puff of air). voicing contrasts are like pin (unvoiced) vs. bin (voiced). aspiration contrasts are like pin (aspiration occurs for stops at the beginnings of English words) vs. spin (stops are usually unaspirated in all other contexts, including finally--like the p in up)

[fratjock28]

I am a Thai-American and learning Thai! It's so hard! Speaking, for me, is easy since I speak Thai at home but reading and writing is a whole different story! Thanks for the lessons :)

[KubernetePirata]

@tranle23

Simple, the difference is not that big, the only thing you'll see is when the low tone with a tone mark will have a different tone. Low class syllables themselves usually have built-in tones in them.

[tranle23]

I speak Vietnamese so hearing the tones is simple for me, but I can't hear the difference between the mid tone and the low tone. XD

[wusak1]

Shocked! ! Thai Language Lessons website: th.cxx.ca

[KinChampagne]

O_O I can't differenciate the difference between the mid and low tone.. (tears)

[ematt1603]

i come to thai so much! speak a little basic! but you just blew my fkin mind!!!

[theeranartphoonsi]

I am Thai, but I think Thai language is so easy if you try the best . English is hard for me because it total different Thai about time emphasis and verb chang follow time but Thai are not.

[takadi]

Sounds so much like vietnamese. Middle tone sounds like the falling tone in vietnamese, high and low tone is the same, rising is similar to "hoi", the last one however sounds almost exactly the same as the first mid tone

[pantamitKUY]

I'm thai people.I think my language is veryveryvery hard!

[xpaderom]

Thanks again. This is awesome.