[Thai Lessons] Learn Thai!

[tj_mikey]

There are 44 consonants in the Thai alphabet but you will be happy to know that there are only 21 initial sounds and 8 final sounds for you to learn.
Some letters change their sound when they move from the front of a word to the end! I should also mention that you have to learn 32 vowels! Oh yes, mustn't forget the 5 tones which will change how you say a word and the meaning of a word.

Those 44 consonants are divided into
- Low Class
- Medium Class
- High Class
- Sonorant Finals
- Stop Finals
- Initial Sounds
- Final Sounds

And those 32 vowels are divided into
- short vowels
- long vowels
- 18 single vowels
- 6 compound vowels
- 8 consonant-like vowels

Those 5 tones are
- normal tone
- low tone
- falling tone
- high tone
- rising tone

Here are all the consonants (I'll group them in groups later):
ก ข ฃ ค ฅ ฆ ง จ ฉ ช ซ ฌ ญ ฎ ฏ ฐ ฑ ฒ ณ ด ต ถ ท ธ น บ ป ผ ฝ พ ฟ ภ ม ย ร ล ว ศ ษ ส ห ฬ อ ฮ

These consonats, when pronounced, there is an "-อ" (or) sound at the end.
For example, ก. alone will be pronounced as กอ (Kor).
*It's common for Thais that if you leave a consonant alone without adding อ at the end, the word is pronounced with -or sound*

Here are how to pronounce each word (remember, without "อ" alone consonants are still pronounced as they've "อ" at the end)
ก kor
ข khor
ฃ khor
ค khor`
ฅ khor`
ฆ khor`
ง ngor
จ jor
ฉ chor
ช chor
ซ thor
ฌ chor
ญ yor
ฎ door (normal english -d)
ฏ tor (pronounce as -t in Fillipinno essence or as -d in Chinese)
ฐ tor` (normal english -t, do not pronounce this like termina"tor", but as "to")
ฑ tor (normal english -t, do not pronounce this like termina"tor", but as "to")
ฒ tor (normal english -t, do not pronounce this like termina"tor", but as "to")
ณ nor
ด door (normal english -d)
ต toor (pronounce as -t in Fillipinno essence or as -d in Chinese)
ถ tor`(normal english -t, do not pronounce this like termina"tor", but as "to")
ท tor (normal english -t, do not pronounce this like termina"tor", but as "to")
ธ tor (normal english -t, do not pronounce this like termina"tor", but as "to")
น nor
บ bor
ป por (as thai "paper" pronounciation)
ผ por` (as normal "paper" pronounciation but with a rising tone)
ฝ phor` (similar to -f sound)
พ por (as normal "paper" pronounciation)
ฟ for
ภ por (as normal "paper" pronounciation)
ม mor(e)
ย yor
ร ror
ล lor
ว wor
ศ sor`
ษ sor`
ส sor`
ห hor`
ฬ ror
อ or
ฮ hor

I'll come back here later and update the lesson, thx for passing by.