Recognise common first- and second-person choices in the retained dialogues.
Time
16 min
Content review
Pending
Learning goals✓Recognise ผม, คุณ and เขา and explain why pronoun choice depends on context
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 common first- and second-person choices in the retained dialogues.
Pronoun choice depends on speaker, relationship and situation; these examples are a bounded starting point.
ผม
phǒmI; me (common male self-reference)
คุณ
khunyou; polite title
เขา
khǎwhe; she; they
Guided practice
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What does ผม mean here?
ผม
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Which Thai example means “you; polite title”?
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Which Thai example means “he; she; they”?
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.
