Learn Thai Writing and Reading: What is “์” Above the Consonant??

February 15th, 2010 by Jang Leave a reply »

Silent Consonants

The symbol” (การันต์)

            When the ์” (การันต์) symbol appears above a consonant, that consonant is not pronounced. It occurs in words of foreign origin to keep the charcters of the original words.

จอห์         /jawn/          (from “John”)          

ปีเตอร์         /bpii-dtêr/     (from “Peter”)                         

ทัวร์         /tua/            (from “tour”)

เบียร์        /bia/            (from “beer”)               

คอมพิวเตอร์/korm-piw-dtêr/ (from “computer”)        

ศุกร์         /sùk/           (Friday)           

เสาร์        /sǎo/            (Saturday)                                                                 

อาทิตย์            /aa-tít/         (Sunday)                                            

สัตว์         /sàt/           (animal)

หนังสือพิมพ์/nǎng-sǔu-pim/ (newspaper)

                                                            

Sometimes it is not only the consonant below the symbol which is not pronounced but also the one immediately preceding it.

เชาวน์   /chao/                            จันทร์  /jan/      

ศาสตร์   /sàat/                                  ภาพยนตร์  /pâap-pá-yon/           

 

It is possible to have vowel with the consonant below the symbol which is not pronounced as well.

 

พันธุ์  /pan/                ศักดิ์สิทธิ์  /sàk-sìt/              ยานัตถุ์ /yaa-nát/    

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