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Thai Vocabulary: 11. Casual Pronunciation

Learn common sound changes and compressed pronunciation that make spoken Thai harder to recognize.

อะไร
à-rai
low tone — syllable 1 of 2mid tone — syllable 2 of 2low-mid
Pronoun
what?, something, anything
อะไรนะ
à-rai-ná
low tone — syllable 1 of 3mid tone — syllable 2 of 3high tone — syllable 3 of 3low-mid-high
what was that?
อย่างไร
yàang-rai
low tone — syllable 1 of 2mid tone — syllable 2 of 2low-mid
Adverb
how?, in what way?
ยังไง
yang-ngai
mid tone — syllable 1 of 2mid tone — syllable 2 of 2mid-mid
how
หรือเปล่า
rʉ̌ʉ-bplào
rising tone — syllable 1 of 2low tone — syllable 2 of 2rising-low
or not?
รึเปล่า
rʉ́-plào
high tone — syllable 1 of 2low tone — syllable 2 of 2high-low
or not?
หรือยัง
rʉ̌ʉ-yang
rising tone — syllable 1 of 2mid tone — syllable 2 of 2rising-mid
or yet?
ทำไม
tham-mai
mid tone — syllable 1 of 2mid tone — syllable 2 of 2mid-mid
phrase
why
ทำไมอะ
tham-mai à
mid tone — syllable 1 of 3mid tone — syllable 2 of 3low tone — syllable 3 of 3mid-mid-low
why?
อะไรเนี่ย
à-rai nîia
low tone — syllable 1 of 3mid tone — syllable 2 of 3falling tone — syllable 3 of 3low-mid-falling
what is this? / what the hell?
อย่างนั้นเหรอ
yàang-nán rĕr
low tone — syllable 1 of 3high tone — syllable 2 of 3mid tone — syllable 3 of 3low-high-mid
is that so?
จริงเหรอ
jing-rǒr
mid tone — syllable 1 of 2rising tone — syllable 2 of 2mid-rising
really?, seriously?

Vocabulary (12 words)

อะไร à-rai
what?, something, anything
อะไรนะ à-rai-ná
what was that?
อย่างไร yàang-rai
how?, in what way?
ยังไง yang-ngai
how
หรือเปล่า rʉ̌ʉ-bplào
or not?
รึเปล่า rʉ́-plào
or not?
หรือยัง rʉ̌ʉ-yang
or yet?
ทำไม tham-mai
why
ทำไมอะ tham-mai à
why?
อะไรเนี่ย à-rai nîia
what is this? / what the hell?
อย่างนั้นเหรอ yàang-nán rĕr
is that so?
จริงเหรอ jing-rǒr
really?, seriously?