Review Thai pronunciation
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Intro |
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| Hi everyone. |
| Welcome to The Ultimate Thai Pronunciation Guide. |
| You've made it to the last lesson! Do you feel more confident about speaking in Thai now? |
| In this last lesson, we'll wrap things up by quizzing you on the material that we've covered in this series. |
| Let's practice! |
| Make sure to practice out loud with this lesson! |
| You know all the parts and pieces, but can you speak Thai with a natural accent? |
| If you've been quiet up until now, be sure to speak out loud with Jay! |
| Are you ready? Let's go! |
| You probably knew this word before you started this series, but do you know how to pronounce it correctly? |
| Give it a shot! |
| ป่า forest |
| Did you pronounce this sound correctly? |
| Remember, Thai contrasts between a hard B, an unaspirated P, and an aspirated P. This example uses an unaspirated P sound like the P in 'spin'. Listen to it again. |
| ป่า |
| We covered this sound back in lesson 5. |
| Let's move on to the next one. |
| How would you pronounce these words? |
| ชื่อ name |
| Did you pronounce the vowels correctly? One of the vowel sounds doesn't exist in English. It's the 'unrounded U'. You want to make a U sound, but instead of rounding your lips, try spreading them instead. |
| Listen to it again. |
| ชื่อ |
| We covered this sound back in lesson 3. |
| What about these words? |
| ร้าน store |
| ร้านค้า shops |
| เดิน walk |
| เดินทาง journey |
| Remember, compound words generally have the long vowel shortened in the beginning syllable because it's unstressed. |
| Listen to them again. |
| ร้าน store |
| ร้านค้า shops |
| เดิน walk |
| เดินทาง journey |
| OK. Here's the last one. See if you can identify all the tones. |
| สวัสดีค่ะ ยินดีที่ได้รู้จักค่ะ Hello, Nice to meet you. |
| Could you identify all the tones? The first syllable is a low tone, the third syllable is a mid tone, the fourth syllable is a high tone, and the seventh tone is a falling tone. |
| Listen to it again. |
| สวัสดีค่ะ ยินดีที่ได้รู้จักค่ะ Hello, Nice to meet you. |
| We learned about tones in lesson 8. So if you struggled a bit with that sentence, go back to that lesson to review the material! |
Outro |
| How did it go? Do you feel like you have a better accent than you did at the beginning of this series? |
| What parts of Thai Pronunciation are still difficult for you? |
| Good luck as you continue learning Thai! Bye! |
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