สระ “ใ-”

By Jang

In Thai language, there is vowel which is pronouced as /ai/ but has 2 characters : sà-rà ai mái ma-lai /ไ-/ and sà-rà ai mái múan /ใ-/.
Sometimes it is confusing how to spell, how to write Thai correctly, which one is which??!
This following poem is the verse which Thai student uss to remember the only 20 words which spell with ใ-. 

ผู้ใหญ่หาผ้าใหม่                ให้สะใภ้ใช้คล้องคอ
ใฝ่ใจเอาใส่ห่อ                   มิหลงใหลใครขอดู
จะใคร่ลงเรือใบ                  ดูน้ำใสและปลาปู
สิ่งใดอยู่ในตู้                      มิใช่อยู่ใต้ตั่งเตียง
บ้าใบ้ถือใยบัว                    หูตามัวมาใกล้เคียง
เล่าท่องอย่าละเลี่ยง            ยี่สิบม้วนจำจงดี

pûu-yài hǎa pâa mài        hâi sà-pái chái klórng kor
fài jai ao sài hòr                 mí lǒng-lǎi krai kǒr duu
jà krâi long rua-bai          duu nám sǎi láe bplaa bpuu
sìng dai yùu nai dtûu      mí châi yùu dtâi dtàng dtiang
bâa bâi tǔu yai bua          hǔu dtaa mua maa glâi kiang
lâo tôrng yàa lá lîang      yîi sìp múan jam jong dii

คำศัพท์           kam-sàp            Vocabularies  

ใหญ่                 /yài/                      big  
ใหม่                  /mài/                     new
ให้                    /hâi/                       to give
สะใภ้               /sà-pái/                 female in law
ใช้                   /chái/                     to use
ใฝ่                   /fài/                        to aim
ใจ                    /jai/                       heart
ใส่                   /sài/                       to put in, add, apply, wear
หลงใหล         /lǒng-lǎi/                enticing, crazy for
ใคร                 /krai/                     who
ใคร่                 /krâi/                     desire
ใบ                  /bai/                        leaf, sheet
ใส                   /sǎi/                       clear
ใด                  /dai/                        which, what
ใน                  /nai/                        in
ใช่                 /châi/                       yes
ใต้                 /dtâi/                       under
ใบ้                 /bâi/                         mute person
ใย                /yai/                         web
ใกล้              /glâi/                        near

Hope this can help you to remember ใ- and enjoy learning Thai!!

Jang
Thai language teacher
Thai language hut

We love the King

By prae

We love the king             เรารักในหลวง             rao rák nai lŭang

Voabulary (คำศัพท์/kam sàp)

we                 เรา                       rao

love               รัก                        rák

king               ในหลวง               nai lŭang         

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By Prae

Thai Language teacher

Thai Flag

By prae

Thai Flag Description:
The flag of Thailand consists of five horizontal stripes. The top and bottom are equal-sized red stripes, the middle stripe is blue which is lined above and below by equal-sized white stripes. The blue stripe is double the size of the other four.

Thai Flag Meaning:
The red stripes represent the blood spilt to maintain Thailand’s independence. The white stands for purity and is the color of Buddhism which is the country’s main religion. Blue is Thailand’s national color and it represents the Thai monarchy. The blue is also used to honor Thailand’s World War I allies, Great Britain, France, United States and Russia, who all had red, white and blue flags.

Thai Flag History:
The current Thai flag was adopted on September 28, 1917, making it one of the world’s older flags. From the mid-19th century until 1916, Thailand, which was called Siam until 1939, used a red based flag with a white elephant on it. That flag was replaced in 1916 with a red-white-red-white-red horizontal striped flag which was modified in 1917, when the blue center replaced red.

Interesting Thai Flag Facts:
The Thai flag is called Triaranga or Triarong, which literally means ‘tricolor‘.

Even when Thai changed its name from Siam in 1939 and when it was allied with Japan during World War 2 the flag remained the same.

Vocabulary

red                         สีแดง                               sĕe daeng

blue                       สีน้ำเงิน                            sĕe náam ngern

white                      สีขาว                               sĕe kăao

maintain                 เอกราช                             àyk-gà-râat

purity                     ความบริสุทธิ์                      kwaam bor-rí-sùt

Buddhism               ศาสนาพุทธ                       sàat-sà-năa pút

national color          สีประจำชาติ                       sĕe bprà-jam châat

Thai monarchy       สถาบันพระมหากษัตริย์ไทย   sà-tăa-ban prá má-hăa gà-sàt tai

Thai Flag                ธงชาติไทย                        tong châat tai

Triarong                 ไตรรงค์                              dtrai-rong

tricolor                    3 สี                                   săam-sĕe

World War 2           สงครามโลกครั้งที่ 2            sŏng-kraam-lôhk-kráng-têe sŏng

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By Prae

Thai Language teacher

Water Buffalo with Thai society in the past.

By prae

Buffalo

At one time, Farmer used buffalo to plow the paddy but now, Farmer use tractor to plow the paddy and has replaced the buffalo because tractor can plow the paddy more conveniently than buffalo. At one time, We often see buffalo plow the paddy but now, We see buffalo in the slaughterhouse. Buffalo plow the paddy for Thailand. We call is a symbol of Thailand.

                  in the past                                      at present

Vocabulary  (kam sàp)

Buffalo                                    ควาย – kwaai

Farmer                                    ชาวนา - chaao naa          

to plow                                     ไถนา - tăi naa

Tractor                                    รถไถนา -  rót tăi naa

Slaughterhouse                       โรงฆ่าสัตว์ – rohng kâa sàt

symbol of Thailand                  สัญลักษณ์ของประเทศไทย - săn-ya-lák kǒng bprà-tâyt tai

in the past                               อดีต – à-dèet

at present                                ปัจจุบัน – bpàt-jù-ban

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Thai Language teacher

At the Market.

By prae

Vocabuiary / คำศัพท์ (kam sàp)

I don’t understand. / ไม่รู้เรื่อง (mâi róo rêuang)

Banana / กล้วย (glûay)

Apple/ แอปเปิ้ล (àep-bpêrn)

Mango/ มะม่วง (má-mûang)

Guava / ฝรั่ง (fà-ràng)

Prae

Thai Language Teacher

Loy Krathong.

By prae

One of the most beautiful festivals that takes place in Thailand is the one for Loy Krathong. This is celebrated on the full moon in November. The word loy means to float, and a krathong is a banana leaf cup. People place a candle and incense sticks in their krathongs and then float them on a local river or pond. As they push away their krathong, they ask for forgiveness in polluting the waterways and also for good luck in the coming months.

Vocabulary

Prae

Thai language teacher

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Silent vowels : ิ, ุ after words

By Jang

Silent Vowels

The vowels ิ, ุ after words

There are some words which are not pronounce the vowels  ิ, ุ at the final consonant but still keep pronunciation of final consonant

ญาติ  /yâat/                               ชาติ    /châat/       

ธาตุ    /tâat/                              ประวัติ /bprà-wàt/

เหตุการณ์  /hèt-gaan/                 ภูมิใจ  /puum-jai/

ภาคภูมิ /pâak-puum/                   สมบัติ /sǒm-bàt/

ปฏิวัติ  /bpà-dtì-wát/              อนุมัติ /à-nú-mát/

Anyway, in some case, there are some words can pronounce the vowels ิ, ุ, you need to check from dictionary again.

Hope you can read, write and understand Thai language more ^_^ 

Kruu Jang

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Thai Vowels – Why so many?? 32 vowels!??

By Jang

Thai language has 32 vowels which are generally categorized into three groups as follows:

This is step 2 of learning Thai, the second thing that you have to learn apart from the Thai consonants or Thai alphabet is Thai vowels.

Short vowels consist of –ะ –ิ –ึ –ุ เ–ะ แ–ะ โ–ะ เ–าะ –ัวะ เ–ียะ

เ–ือะ เ–อะ

Long vowels consist of –า –ี –ือ –ู เ– แ– โ–     –อ –ัว

เ–ีย เ–ือ เ–อ

Irregular vowels consist of –ำ ใ– ไ– เ–า ฤ ฤๅ (ฦ ฦๅ *no longer used)

As for the Irregular vowels, most of them are transferred to ‘Long vowels’ group except ฤ .  And the reason we call them ‘Irregular vowels’ is that they have the sounds of consonants blended in themselves as follows:

–ำ = –ะ with ม (m-sound)

ไ– = –ะ with ย (y-sound)

ใ– = –ะ with ย (y-sound)

เ–า = –ะ with ว (w-sound)

ฤๅ= รือ (ร with –ือ)

ฤ = รึ (ร with –ึ )

The main reason we have to categorize Thai vowels into 2 groups based on sounds; short sound and long sound, is that the vowels also play a major role in tones, pronunciation and grammar. And the two groups of vowels will generate the Thai syllables or Thai words to Dead Syllables and Live Syllables. We spend a longtime practising this with our students at our Thai Language School – but don’t be put off this comes over time …even Thai nationals can get this wrong!

What are the Dead syllables and Live Syllables? To be continued…

Kru Mulan (Thai Language Teacher)

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