The Thai alphabet and system of transliteration
Summarized Tone Rules
Preface to the first edition
Preface to the second edition
Preface to the third edition
Preface to the fourth edition

Lesson 1.	The Tones
	Grammar notes
	The alphabet and reading
	Consonants ก, ข, ค, ฆ, ง, จ, ฉ, ช
	Vowels -ะ, -ั, -า, -ำ, -ิ, -ี
	Oral spelling (i)
Lesson 2.	Grammar notes
	Formal, polite and common words
	Consonants ซ, ฌ, ญ, ฎ, ฏ, ฐ, ฑ, ฒ, ณ, ด
	Vowels -ึ, -ื, -ุ, -ู
	Special signs ๆ, ฯ, ฯลฯ

Lesson 3.	Numbers
	Consonants ต, ถ, ท, ธ, น
	Vowels เ-, แ-
	Shortening of vowel sounds (i)
	Oral spelling (ii)
Lesson 4.	Forms of address
	Consonants บ, ป, ผ, ฝ
	Vowels โ-, ใ-, ไ-
	Inherent vowels “a” and “o”
	Pronunciation of predisposed vowels

Lesson 5.	Time
	Consonants พ, ฟ, ภ, ม
	Vowels -ว, -ัว, -วย, -อ, -อย
	Silent consonants and vowels
	Oral spelling (iii)
Lesson 6.	Time (Continued)
	Money
	Consonants ย, ร, ล, ว
	Vowels -ัย, -าย, -าว, -ิว, -ุย
	Spelling peculiarities (i)
Lesson 7.	The Past Tense ( ได้ ) and ( เป็น )
	Consonants ศ, ษ, ส, ห
	Vowels เ-ย, เ-ว, เ-อ, เ-า
	Spelling peculiarities (ii)
Lesson 8.	Question words
	Consonants ฬ, อ, ฮ
	Vowels เ-ิ, เ-ีย, เ-ียว, เ-ือ
	Inherent vowel “or”
	Shortening of vowel sounds (ii)
Lesson 9.	The Past and Perfect Tenses (แล้ว) and (มา)
	Obsolete consonants ฃ, ฅ
	Vowels เ-ือย, แ-ว, โ-ย, ไ-ย
	Combined consonants and vowels ฤ, ฤๅ, ฦ, ฦๅ
Lesson 10.	Classifiers
	Introduction to tones
	Oral spelling with tone markers
Lesson 11.	Gender
	Comparison of adjectives
	Tone rules. High Class consonants
Lesson 12.	Personal pronouns
	Tone exercises. High Class consonants
Lesson 13.	Continuous Tense
	The use of WAH (ว่า)
	Tone rules. Middle Class consonants
Lesson 14.	Colours
	Flora and Fauna
	Tone exercises. Middle Class consonants
Lesson 15.	Yes and No
	Tone exercises. High and Middle Class consonants
Lesson 16.	The use of HY (ให้)
	Tone rules. Low Class consonants
Lesson 17.	Personification of nouns and verbs
	Nationalities
	Tone exercises. Low Class consonants
Lesson 18.	Verbal nouns GAHN (การ) and KWAHM (ความ)
	Anomalous tones
Lesson 19.	Passive Voice
	Tone exercise. All tones
Lesson 20.	Double verbs
	Written Thai
Lesson 21.	Forms of request
	Written Thai
Lesson 22.	Compound words
	Written Thai
Lesson 23.	GUP (กับ) and GUN (กัน)
	Written Thai
Lesson 24.	The use of GOR (ก็) and GAHN TEE (การที่)
	Written Thai
Lesson 25.	Prefix and suffix words
	Written Thai
Lesson 26.	Fractions and decimals
	Duplicated words
	Written Thai
Appendix 1.	Classifiers
Appendix 2.	Thai Calendar. Years and months
Appendix 3.	Family relationships
Appendix 4.	Titles and Ranks
Appendix 5.	Government Officials, Ministries, Departments etc.
Appendix 6.	Weights and measures
Appendix 7.	Thai cooking terms and foods
Appendix 8.	How to use a Thai dictionary
Appendix 9.	Idioms
Appendix 10.	Extended English - Thai vocabulary
Appendix 11.	Extended Thai - English vocabulary by transliteration
Appendix 12.	Extended Thai - English vocabulary by Thai

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