Middle-class consonants are a great place to start because they form the foundation of Thai tone rules. These consonants are quite consistent, which makes them easier to understand and a perfect starting point for your journey.

In this session, you’ll also explore the first two simple vowels and learn how to combine them with the middle-class consonants. I believe you’ll be able to read your first Thai words right after this lesson!

Quick Summary & Key Takeaways

• There are 9 middle-class consonants: ก จ ด ต บ ป อ ฎ ฏ.
• Middle-class consonants can appear as initial consonants, and some can also occur as final consonants, e.g., ก (-k), ด (-t), บ (-p).
• Key phrase: Good Job!
  

• อ is a placeholder. It's just there to represent an initial consonant, but it's silent.
• สระอะ (short -a sound) / when there is an ending consonant, ะ changes to. ั (on top of the initial consonant)
• This letter ั is called ไม้หันอากาศ (mái-hǎn aa-gàad
  

Activity

Please review all middle-class consonants with the game below.
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Now that you’ve learned the middle-class group, the next step is exploring Low-Class Consonants – Group 1, the largest group of sonorant consonants that appear frequently in everyday Thai vocabulary.