Tone rules in complete words
Combine consonant class, tone mark, vowel length and ending to analyse a whole word.
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Objectives
A tone is not guessed from one letter. Work through the initial class, tone mark, vowel length and live/dead ending, then apply the matching rule.
- readingUse a repeatable five-step tone analysis
- readingSeparate live and dead endings before choosing a rule
- vocabularyConnect complete-word analysis to Tone Reading Level 1
Characters
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จาน
caan
plate
ดิน
din
earth
ตาม
taam
follow
ปีน
piin
climb
ตาก
tàak
Tak province
จาก
càak
from
ตอบ
tɔ̀ɔp
answer
ดาบ
dàap
sword
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Source note
Candidate analysis is bounded to archived lessons 13 and 14, the archived tone-rule table and existing Tone Reading Level 1 items. Every tone claim remains blocked for human Thai review.Exercises
Why does unmarked จาน take mid tone in the Level 1 rule set?
จาน
- Middle-class initial and live ending
- Middle-class initial and dead ending
- It has a tone mark
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Correct answer: Middle-class initial and live ending
จ is middle class, there is no tone mark, and น makes the syllable live.
Which property selects the low-tone rule for ตาก?
ตาก
- Its ก ending is dead
- Its vowel is long
- It has ◌่
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Correct answer: Its ก ending is dead
In this bounded pattern an unmarked middle-class syllable with a dead ending takes low tone.
What should you identify before applying a tone rule?
- Class, mark, vowel length and ending
- Only the English meaning
- Only the first letter
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Correct answer: Class, mark, vowel length and ending
Complete analysis prevents one clue from being used out of context.