Thai Consonant Classes: Predict Any Tone
Thai has 44 consonant letters but only 21 sounds. The 'extras' encode tone information. Learn the 3-class system and stop memorizing tones word-by-word.
Thai has 44 consonant letters but only 21 sounds. The 'extras' encode tone information. Learn the 3-class system and stop memorizing tones word-by-word.
Reading Thai left-to-right? Ignoring consonant class? These 7 habits from English make Thai harder than it needs to be. Here's how to unlearn them.
English gives you 'through,' 'though,' 'rough,' and 'cough.' Thai doesn't do that. Learn the consonant class system that makes Thai spelling predictable.