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In today's class I'm going to teach you
how to count in Thai
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To say 'zero' you say 'soon'
the pronunciation (vowel sound)
is the same as 'koon'
from the word 'korb koon'
except the sound is longer
In Japanese there's not clear 'N' letter in the alphabet
so I'm explaining how to make the 'N' consonant sound
at the end of a word
It's a bit hard to see so I'm explaining what I'm doing inside my mouth
The intonation of the number 'soon'
you start low and then rise
to say one you say 'nueng'
i don't think the pronunciation for this one is too hard so i'll just go straight
so i'll just go straight to intonation
Start from a neutral tone
and then drop
number two is 'sorng'
the vowel sound is exactly the same as
'korb' from 'korb koon'
The intonation for 'two' is the same as 'zero'
start low and rise
number three is 'sarm'
the vowel sound for number three
is nice a long sound
so please don't forget to keep it long
That sounded really weird
moving on
Just like 'N' there's no letter 'M' at the end of words in Japanese
So I'm explaining how to make the 'M' sound at the end of a word
The intonation for 'sarm' is exactly the same as...
the intonation for 'sarm' is the same as 'zero' and 'two'
a low tone and then rises
to say four in tai you say 'see'
It's just like the word 'see' except the intonation drops
It starts neutral and then drops
exactly the same as the number one
Number five is 'Ha'
the pronunciation for five is pretty easy
however the intonation is one that we haven't used so far
so the intonation for 'ha'
start from a high tone
and come down
Six is 'Hok'
so the pronunciation for this one can be a little bit difficult
if you imagine there is a 'k' at the end except you don't do the
use your throat stop the sound
I use 'k' as the final letter to explain to you guys
so if you imagine saying 'hok' except you take out the airy part
just pretend you're going to say the 'k'
The intonation for 'Hok'
is the same as 'nueng' and 'see'
a neutral tone and then drops
the number seven is 'jet'
so the 'j' sound is just a little bit different from
the 'j' we use in English
The 'j' we use in English
we use more tongue
The Thai 'j' sound is slightly different
to say the 'j' sound in Thai
in English a lot of the tongue is on the roof of the mouth
but in Thai it's more sharp
bring the tip of your tongue to the back of your front teeth
just like the word 'jet' in English
just change the 'j' sound
and the great thing about 'jet' is
it's the same intonation as one four and six
a neutral tone then drops
all exactly the same intonation
Eight in Thai is 'bpad'
pronunciation for this one can be a bit difficult
I put the 'b' and the 'p' together
that's because it's not a 'b' sounds
and it's not a 'p' sound
it's not 'bad' or 'pat'
it's like a mixture between the two
when I first started studying Thai I struggled with this sound
I couldn't tell the difference very well
but now I have a simple way to explain it
the easiest way is to
close your mouth and just say it
don't worry about using your voice box
or using too much air
it's quite similar to
so don't worry too much about it being like a 'b' or a 'p'
just close your mouth and try and say it
To pronounce the vowel sound better
Try to open your mouth horizontally
Rather than vertically
so the intonation for 'bpad' is the same as one
four, six and seven
neutral tone and then drops
Let's start from one
Nine in Thai is 'Gao'
pronunciation for this one is pretty easy
At the start of the word
it's a 'G' sound just like English
then goes 'Ahh' 'Ooh'
so you just imagine yourself saying the sound or the word 'Ahh'
and then at the end of the word you make kissy lips
so if we say it without the proper intonation it will be
When you get more familiar saying it you don't need to make the lips so prominent
but for people just starting
Kissy Lips
It's the same intonation as 'five'
Start high then drop slightly
Now I sound a bit like a crow lol
so the final number that i'm going to teach you guys today
The number 10
The way to say ten is 'sip'
and i think this one's pretty easy
and the intonation for 'sip' the same as 1 4 6 7 and 8
neutral and then drop
let's review the numbers together one more time
starting from zero
so now you guys know how to count from 0 to 10 in English
In the next video I'm planning to teach you how to count
from 11 to 10 000
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