Short Vowels
Now let’s memorize the short vowels.
Memorize 3
อะ
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short vowel
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อิ
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short vowel
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อุ
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short vowel
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เอะ
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short vowel
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แอะ
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short vowel
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โอะ
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short vowel
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เอาะ
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short vowel
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เออะ
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อึ
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Exercise 3
จะ
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will; shall
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ดิ
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a particle meaning obvious
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กุ
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to lie
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เตะ
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to kick
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แบะ
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spread open
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โต๊ะ
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table
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เกาะ
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island
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เบอะ
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sluggish; clumsy
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อึ
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defecate
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If you recall the intro to live vs dead syllables, you might recognize these as dead since they sound like they stop suddenly, or are closed. โต๊ะ has a high tone mark, so it’s high tone per rule 2. From the intro to tones, you may be able to tell that the rest are low tone just by listening to them. Here is the tone rule:
Tone rule three – dead mid class consonant syllables with no tone marks have low tones.
Read 3
Read this passage out loud. Some of the syllables in the passage aren’t actual words.