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High-class consonants

Recognise six regular high-class consonants and read simple live syllables with rising tone.

20 min reading-foundations
Objectives

Consonant class is one input to Thai tone rules; the class name is not itself a tone. Start with six regular high-class consonants and a limited set of live-syllable examples.

  • readingRecognise ห, ส, ข, ผ, ฝ and ฉ
  • readingUnderstand that consonant class helps determine tone
  • vocabularyRead eight rising-tone examples
Characters

Characters

ห h hɔ̌ɔ hìip
ส s sɔ̌ɔ sʉ̌a
ข kh khɔ̌ɔ khày
ผ ph phɔ̌ɔ phʉ̂ŋ
ฝ f fɔ̌ɔ fǎa
ฉ ch chɔ̌ɔ chìŋ
Study cards

Study cards

สอง sɔ̌ɔŋ two
หิว hǐw hungry
หัน hǎn turn around
ขาย khǎay sell
สวน sǔan garden
สวย sǔay beautiful
ของ khɔ̌ɔŋ of, belonging to
ขิง khǐŋ ginger

Source note

No local recorded audio was found. ResponsiveVoice is not used by the modern lesson. Broader historical material is retained offline pending specialist review.
Exercises

Exercises

01

Which set contains only high-class consonants from this lesson?

  • ห ส ข
  • ก ด จ
  • ม ย ว
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Correct answer: ห ส ข

ห, ส and ข are all regular high-class consonants.

02

Which word reads /sɔ̌ɔŋ/ and means ‘two’?

  • สอง
  • สวน
  • สวย
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Correct answer: สอง

สอง begins with high-class ส and is read with a rising tone here.

03

Which word means ‘ginger’?

  • ขิง
  • ของ
  • ขาย
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Correct answer: ขิง

ขิง is read /khǐŋ/ and means ginger.