Recognise three common information-question words in existing dialogue examples.
Time
18 min
Content review
Pending
Learning goals✓Distinguish questions with อะไร, ใคร and ไหน
How to read the pronunciation guide
Tone marks: a = mid, à = low, â = falling, á = high, ǎ = rising. Doubled vowels are long. ŋ is the ng sound; y is as in yes. ɛ, ɔ, ə and ʉ represent distinct vowel sounds. ph, th and kh have a puff of air; th is not English th.
pay, mǎy and ŋ correspond to pai, mǎi and ng in other guides. Hyphens may separate syllables. This is a simplified reading guide, not an exact transcription of the recording. หนังสือ is shown as nǎŋsʉ̌ʉ and เขา as khǎw; naŋsʉ̌ʉ and kháw also occur in fluent speech.
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Notice the patternThree source examples
Recognise three common information-question words in existing dialogue examples.
The question word commonly stays where the requested information belongs in the Thai sentence.
นี่อะไรครับ
nîi àray khrápWhat is this?
ของใครครับ
khɔ̌ɔŋ khray khrápWhose is it?
คนไหนชื่อจอห์นครับ
khon nǎy chʉ̂ʉ cɔɔn khrápWhich person is named John?
Guided practice
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What does นี่อะไรครับ mean here?
นี่อะไรครับ
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Which Thai example means “Whose is it?”?
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Which Thai example means “Which person is named John?”?
Source and limits
Development candidate
Examples are reused from the retained local FSI/Reading source. The new explanation and exercise framing require independent language, pedagogy and rights review before production.
