Reading Thai Made Easy

Alphabet and Tones

Introducing the tone system and alphabet

Learn the basics of the Thai tone system and start learning the Thai alphabet.

  • Read Thai in 5 Minutes 1
    Learn to read your first Thai syllables
    27 Terms

  • A Touch of Class 2
    Introducing High Class Consonants
    21 Terms

  • Living & Dead Syllables 3
    How Living & Dead Syllables Change Tones
    19 Terms

  • Long Vowels 4
    Long Vowels แ-, เ-, โ- and -ำ
    22 Terms

  • Three More Tones 5
    Low, Falling & High
    46 Terms

  • Tone Drills I
    Listening & Speaking
    13 Terms


Thai Spelling and Consonants

Digging Into Spelling and Tones

We will look at words spelled without consonants and the tone rules for low class consonants.

  • Words With no Vowels 6
    ...Words With no Vowels???
    27 Terms

  • Long Vowels Part 2 7
    8 More Long Vowels
    22 Terms

  • Low Class Consonants Part 2 8
    New Long Vowels & Consonants
    18 Terms

  • Low Class Consonants Part 3 9
    11 Terms


Tone Marks, Vowels and More

More important details about reading Thai

Learn how tone marks affect pronunciation. We will also learn about clustered consonants and look at some irregular words that do not follow the rules.

  • Enclosing Vowels
    15 Terms

  • Tone Marks
    practice tone marks
    20 Terms

  • Irregular Words
    Bali, Sanskrit and more
    55 Terms

  • Clustered Consonants
    31 Terms

  • Thai Numerals
    Learn the Thai Numerals
    26 Terms


Additional Practice

Practice what you learned with additional exercises

Practice what you learned with additional reading and pronunciation exercises.

  • All Consonants
    Every Consonant grouped by Mid, Low and High
    44 Terms


Vocabulary

Basic Vocabular

Lessons to help you practice basic Thai vocabulary.

  • Days of the Week
    Learn the Days of the Week
    7 Terms

  • Months of the Year
    Learn the Months of the Year
    13 Terms


Listening & Speaking

Additional Listening and Speaking Practice
  • Pronunciation Practice I
    Perfect Your Pronunciation
    11 Terms

  • Pronunciation Practice II
    Perfect Your Pronunciation
    11 Terms

  • Uraiwan Sivakul IV
    TED Talk
    94 Terms


Experimental Content

  • Fill In
    94 Terms