Thai · CEFR Band 1 (A1) · Chapter 2
ขอบคุณค่ะThank you
The high consonant class, and a key rule: the same syllable gets a different tone when the consonant class changes. High consonant + live syllable = rising tone. Learn the polite words thank you, sorry, goodbye. No full grammar yet — the second reading-foundation chapter.
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ขอบคุณ— Saying Thanks
- Somchaiขอบคุณครับ!Thank you!
- Maleeไม่เป็นไรค่ะ!ยินดีค่ะ.You're welcome! My pleasure.
- Somchaiสบายดีนะครับ.Take care.
- Maleeค่ะ,สบายดีค่ะ.Yes, I'm well.
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ขอโทษ และ ลาก่อน— Sorry and Goodbye
- Somchaiโอ๊ะ,ขอโทษครับ!Oh, sorry!
- Maleeไม่เป็นไรค่ะ.It's okay.
- Somchaiลาก่อนครับ!Goodbye!
- Maleeลาก่อนค่ะ!สบายดีนะคะ.Goodbye! Take care.
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- ขอบคุณ
v. / interj.thank you
- ขอโทษ
v. / interj.sorry / excuse me
- ไม่เป็นไร
phraseit's okay / never mind
- ยินดี
adjectiveglad, pleased
- ลาก่อน
interjectiongoodbye
- สบายดี
adjectivefine, well
- ขอ
verbto ask for, request
- หน่อย
adverba bit (softener)
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อักษรสูง และหมู่เปลี่ยนวรรณยุกต์— High Consonants and How Class Shifts Tone
The high class has 11 letters. Notice many are aspirated ("puff of air": ข ถ ผ) or fricatives (ส ห). Today, meet the common ones:
- ขkhaspirated "k" with a puff — like "k" in "kite"
- ถthaspirated "t" — like "t" in "top" (NOT "th")
- ผphaspirated "p" — like "p" in "pen" (NOT "f")
- สslike "s" in "see"
- หhlike "h" in "hat"; also a silent "tone leader" (below)
- ฉchaspirated "ch" — like "ch" in "chair"
Compare: คา (mid consonant ก + –า = mid tone "khaa") with ขา (high consonant ข + –า = rising tone "khǎa" = leg). Same vowel, no tone mark — but a different class, so a different tone. This is why the consonant class is the key to reading.
A trick you'll use a lot: a silent ห placed before certain low-class consonants (e.g. น → หน, ม → หม) "raises" them to behave like the high class. The words "หน่อย" and "หมา" (dog) work this way — taught fully in later chapters.
Spell out "ขอบคุณ" — it starts with the high consonant ข:
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