Jintana Rattanakhemakorn - Easy Thai: Learn to Speak Thai Quickly (Includes Downloadable Audio)

Answer key Lesson 1, Exercise 1: 1a; 2a; 3b; 4b; 5b; 6b. Lesson 2, Exercise 2: 16 pork; 8 egg; 15 rice; 1 water; 7 chicken; 9 fish; 2 vegetables; 13 fruit; 12 deep-fry; 6 grill; 10 cook; 11 steam; 5 eat; 14 hungry; 3 yummy; 4 boil. Lesson 3, Exercise 3: Chn che Ann. Chn mii phi-nwng sam khon. Chn mii phi-chaay kp nwng-chaay chn aa-y sp-ko pii. Phi-chaay kp nwng-chaay khwng-chn aa-y yi-sp-ha pii kp sp-hk pii.

Phw khwng-chn pen tam-rat. Me khwng-chn pen ph-yaabaan. Lesson 4, Exercise 1: 3pm, bay-sam-mong ; 10pm, si-thm ; 5pm, ha-mong-yen ; 1am, tii-neng ; 2pm, bay-swng-mong ; 11am, sp-t-mong-cho ; 6pm, hk-mong-yen ; midnight, thangkhuen ; 8pm swngthm ; 4am, tii-si ; 7pm, neng-thm ; 9am, ko-mong-cho . Lesson 4, Exercise 2:

tii-sam sp naa-thii	(3 am)
neng-thm	(7 pm)
ko-mong-cho	(9 am)
sam-thm	(9 pm)
ha-mong-yen	(5 pm)
thang-khuen-kreng	(12:30 pm)
bay-swng-mong ha naa-thii	(2:05 pm)
ha-thm yi-sp naa-thii	(11:20 pm)

Lesson 6, Exercise 2: 1) a tube of toothpaste; 2) 4 pairs of green shoes; 3) 4 pairs of socks; 4) a toothbrush; 5) 2 yellow skirts; 6) 3 purses; 7) 2 shirts; 8) a bottle of shampoo; 9) 2 pairs of pink pants; 10) 3 pens. Lesson 6, Exercise 3: 1b; 2a; 3b; 4b. Lesson 7, Exercise 2: ran-khay-yaa prai-s-nii ran-nng-se th-na-khaan ran-aa-han rong-nng Lesson 7, Exercise 3: A: Rong-nng pai yang-ngai kh/khrp?
B: Nng rt-sng-thew say yi-sp-pet lew-kw long thi m-ha-wt-th-yaa-lai.

Lew-kw doen-trong-pai lew-kw law-khwa thi s-tha-nii-tam-rat. Rong-nng yu trong-kham ran-khay-yaa kh/khrp. Lesson 8, Exercise 2 Wan-nii khun pen-yang-ngai bang kh? How are you today?
2. Rian phaa-saa-thai pen-yang-ngai baang kh? How is Thai class?
3. Khun sia-jai mai kh? Are you sad?
4. Khun sa-baay-dii rue-plao kh? Are you all right?
5.

Khun buea rue-plao kh? Are you bored? Lesson 8, Exercise 3: Khun s-baay-dii mi kh/ khrp? Rian phaa-sa-thai s-nk. Chn/phm ten-tn kp dii-jai kh/khrp. Nwng- sow khwng-chn/khwng phm mi aay loei kh/ khrp. Wan-ni chn/phm bea kh/khrp. Khun now mi kh/ khrp? Lesson 9, Exercise 2:

	A: Khun pai-ha-mw re-yang kh/ khrp?
B: Chn/phm pai-ha-mw lew kh/khrp.
	A: Chn/phm pat-ha kh/khrp.
	A: Chn/phm pat-ha kh/khrp. B: Khun twng phk-phwn kh/khrp.
	A: Khun pen -rai kh/ khrp? B: Chn/phm pen-wt kh/khrp.
	A: Khun kin-yaa re-yang kh/ khrp?
B: Chn/phm yang- mi-di kin-yaa kh/khrp.

Lesson 11, Exercise 2:

	Jim:	Han-l. Khw phut kp Khun Kaew khrp .
	Jim:	Khun mii boe mue-the Khun Sak mi khrp?
Receptionist:	Mii kh .
	Receptionist:	Khun j fk-khw-khwaam mi kh?
Jim:	Chay bwk kho wa phm tho-maa khrp.

Lesson 11, Exercise 4: Chn/phm khw on-ngoen neng-phan-ha-ri bat kh/khrp. Lesson 11, Exercise 4: Chn/phm khw on-ngoen neng-phan-ha-ri bat kh/khrp.

Khun j fakngoen tho-ri kh/khrp? Chn/phm khw pet-ban-chii day kh/khrp. Chn/phm khw thwn-ngoen day kh/khrp. Chay khan bep-fawm day kh/ khrp. Khw bai--n-yat-tham-ngaan kh/khrp. Lsson 11, Exercise 5: 1d; 2a; 3b; 4c.

Thai Consonants There are 44 consonant characters in Thai representing 20 consonant sounds.

The following listing follows Thai alphabetical order. Of these 44 consonants, the two underlined are obsolete.

Consonant sound	Consonant form (Thai word)	Sounds like
k	k in	g as in go
kh	kh a	k as in k ind
ng	ng ou	ng as in si ng ing
j	jaan	j as in j et
ch	ch n	ch as in ch at
s	s e	s as in s un
y	y aa	y as in you
d	d oen	d as in do
t	t n	t as in stop
th	th ai	t as in teach
n	n m	n as in nine
b	b an	b as in boy
p	p ai	p as in spot
ph	ph w	p as in pan
f	f an	f as in fun
m	m aew	m as in man
r	r ian	r as in rat
l	l awng	l as in let
w	w t	as in win
h	h w	h as in hand

Stop ending When these consonants appear at the end of a word, they are not voiced aloud.

Consonant sound	Consonant form (Thai word)	Sounds like
k	jak	g as in bag
t	phut	d as in loud
p	khrp	b as in tab

Vowels There are 18 single vowels in Thai, which appear singly or in combination. Thai vowels have two sounds: short and long . 1.

Short vowels There are nine short vowels and dipthongs:

Vowel sound	Vowel form (Thai word)	Sounds like
a	j	a as in b u t
i	s	i as in h i t
ue	r e	as o in less o n
u	d	u as in p u t
e	t	e as in g e t (shorter)
ae	l e	ae as in c a t (shorter)
o	p	o as in o nly (shorter)
aw	k w	aw as in h o t
oe	th e	oe as in uh

2. Long vowels Each of the short vowels and dipthongs above has its long counterpart. There are also two further long dipthongs, ai and ao :

Vowel sound	Vowel form (Thai word)	Sounds like
aa	chaa	aa as in f ar
ii	d ii	ii as in t ea
ue	m ue	ue as in um m
ou	p ou	ou as in t oo
e	th e	e as in l a te
ae	j ae	ae as in f a n
o	m o	o as in c o ld
aw	kh w	aw as in s aw
oe	b oe	oe as in h er
ai	/ j ai	ai as in h i gh
ao	r ao	ao as in ou t

*Note: the letter in Thai can be pronounced a, e, i, o, or u, depending on the letter combination in which it appears. For example:

an	a as in at
t	e as in egg
m	i as in it
o an	o as in on
n	u as in up

Tones Thai has only 5 distinctive tones; mid , low , falling , high , and rising . They all carry tone marks except for mid-level tones.