Learning Thai the Easy Way!

Tone Chart: When you listen to each row in the chart below, you will hear these tones each time: mid, falling and high.

	1	2	3
	คู	คู่	คู้
	พอ	พ่อ	พ้อ
	ซี	ซี่	ซี้
	แม	แม่	แม้
	ไม	ไม่	ไม้
	นา	น่า	น้า
	ลอ	ล่อ	ล้อ
	เชา	เช่า	เช้า
	ซือ	ซื่อ	ซื้อ

(1) Syllables beginning with a low class consonant and having no tone mark take the Mid Tone unless they end with K, P or T sounds or in a short vowel.

Syllables beginning with a low class consonant and having no tone mark but ending in K, P or T sounds, take:

• the Falling Tone if the vowel is long.
• the High Tone if the vowel is short.

Syllables beginning with a low class consonant and having a short open vowel take the High Tone. There are very few complete words of this type.

(2) Syllables beginning with a low class consonant and having the tone mark 'mai ayk' ( -่ ) over the initial consonant take the Falling Tone.

(3) Syllables beginning with a low class consonant and having the tone mark 'mai toh' ( -้ ) over the initial consonant take the High Tone.

Tone Marks with Low Class, Middle Class & High Class Consonants