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LESSON 13.B. TONES
13.B.2. Tone Rules for Middle Class Consonants.

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


    กรุง
    Town
    บิน
    To fly
    ใจ
    Heart
    ดำ
    Black
    เดียว
    One only


    ตรง
    Straight
    เอา
    Want
    จน
    Until
    ไกล
    Far

  2. Syllables beginning with a middle class consonant and having no tone mark take the Low Tone if they end in K, P or T sounds.


    บอก
    To tell
    จูบ
    To kiss
    ดิบ
    Unripe
    ตก
    Fall
    ตัด
    Cut


    เก็บ
    Keep
    ปิด
    Close
    จับ
    Seize
    บาท
    Tical

  3. Syllables beginning with a middle class consonant and ending with a short open vowel take the Low Tone. There are not many words of this type.


    ดุ
    Cruel
    จะ
    Will
    ปะ
    Meet
    เตะ
    Kick
    กะ
    Estimate


    ติ
    To blame

  4. Syllables beginning with a middle class consonant and having the tone mark MYAYK ( -่ ) over the initial consonant take the Low Tone.


    ก่อน
    Before
    กี่
    How many?
    เก่า
    Old
    ไก่
    Fowl
    ป่า
    Forest


    เต่า
    Tortoise

  5. Syllables beginning with a middle class consonant and having the tone mark MYTO ( -้ ) over the initial consonant take the Dropped Tone.


    เก้า
    Nine
    จ้าง
    To hire
    ต้อง
    Must
    ต้น
    Tree
    ได้
    Can


    บ้าง
    Some
    ปิ้ง
    Roast
    กุ้ง
    Prawn
    ใกล้
    Near

  6. Syllables beginning with a middle class consonant and having the tone mark MYDTREE ( -๊ ) over the initial consonant take the High Tone. There are very few of these words.


    โต๊ะ
    Table
    ตุ๊
    Fat,plump.
    จ๊ะ
    A final particle.

  7. Syllables beginning with a middle class consonant and having the tone mark MYJUDTAWAH ( -๋ ) over the initial consonant take the Rising Tone. There are very few of these words.


    เดี๋ยวนี้
    Now
    ตั๋ว
    Ticket
    บ๋อย
    Waiter



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