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Type middle-class consonants

Recognise and type three middle-class consonants from the Reading course.

Time
18 min
Content review
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Learning goalsRecognise and type ก, จ and ด as middle-class consonants
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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 and type three middle-class consonants from the Reading course.

Use the local worksheet for unscored handwriting; the browser exercise checks characters, not stroke order.

ก

kɔɔ kàymiddle-class ก

จ

cɔɔ caanmiddle-class จ

ด

dɔɔ dèkmiddle-class ด

Usage in the older worksheet: ตีน means foot but can sound vulgar when used of people; use เท้า in neutral, polite speech. ขายตัว can mean to sell sex, not ordinary selling of goods. These are reading and handwriting examples.

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Which consonant class does ก belong to?

ก

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Which consonant is called “cɔɔ caan”?

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Type this Thai exactly: middle-class ด

ด
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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.