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Thai Phonology and Grammar Trivia Quiz

This time, let's work on Thai phonology and grammar. How much do you know about it?

A multiple-choice quiz by kenji2535. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
kenji2535

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
256,317

Updated
Jun 30 24

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Difficult

Avg Score
5 / 10

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327

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Question 1 of 10

1. First of all, how many consonants are there in the Thai alphabet? Hint

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Question 2 of 10

2. How many Thai consonants are NOT used anymore? Hint

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Question 3 of 10

3. What is the fifth tone? Hint

Rising

High

Falling

Low

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Question 4 of 10

4. What does the mark of the fifth tone (mai chattawa) look like? Hint

Plus sign

Upside-down v

Thai numeric seven

Star

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Question 5 of 10

5. Where are the vowels placed when written with consonants? Hint

Above and under letters only

Above, under and behind letters only

Left and right of letters only

All sides of consonants

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Question 6 of 10

6. What does a symbol placed on consonants to remove the consonant sound called? Hint

Mai Taikhu

Tua Karan

Ro Rue

Paiyan Noi

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Question 7 of 10

7. What is the word order for a general sentence? Hint

Verb Object Subject

Object Verb Subject

Subject Verb Object

Subject Object Verb

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Question 8 of 10

8. Which word does NOT mean 'I'? Hint

Khaphachao

Chan

Khun

Phom

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Question 9 of 10

9. How many types of nouns are there in Thai? Hint

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Question 10 of 10

10. What comes next in the series in Thai?- nueng, song, sam, si,____... Hint

Sib

Baet

Soon

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. First of all, how many consonants are there in the Thai alphabet?

Answer: 44

There are 44 consonants with 21 distinct sounds in Thai language. Each consonant has a general word that use the consonant itself as the name, for example 'ko kai', where 'kai', meaning chicken, uses the consonant 'ko'.

2. How many Thai consonants are NOT used anymore?

Answer: 2

Only 'kho khuat' and 'kho kwai' are not used anymore. However some of the other consonants are rarely used.

3. What is the fifth tone?

Answer: Rising

There are five phonetic tones in Thai language: mid, low, falling, high, and rising. Some of Thai words have five meanings for the five tones.

4. What does the mark of the fifth tone (mai chattawa) look like?

Answer: Plus sign

Tone marks are symbol representing tones placed above consonants. There are four tone marks: mai ek, mai tho, mai tri, and mai chattawa. A strange thing about them is that they do not represent a single paticular tone, but the tone changes differently when used with different classes of consonants.

5. Where are the vowels placed when written with consonants?

Answer: All sides of consonants

There are 21 figures of vowels that are mixed together to make the total of 32 vowels. Different vowels are located on different sides of consonants, some on the top, some on the bottom, some on the left and right side, and sometimes two or three sides.

6. What does a symbol placed on consonants to remove the consonant sound called?

Answer: Tua Karan

It is placed on consonant to remove the sound completely from the word when pronounce. It is because to reduce the syllables, while keeping the form of its root word at once. It can remove up to three consonant sounds at the same time with one symbol.

7. What is the word order for a general sentence?

Answer: Subject Verb Object

It is always in this order the same as English, meaning 'someone does something to someone', unless there is a passive voice, which will change its order to object, verb, and then subject, like 'someone was done something by someone'.

8. Which word does NOT mean 'I'?

Answer: Khun

There are many pronouns in Thai, and they can be categorized into many groups. For this question, 'chan' is and unformal pronoun, 'phom' is more formal, and 'khaphachao' is very formal. Khun is a formal pronoun for 'you'.

9. How many types of nouns are there in Thai?

Answer: 5

The first two types are common nouns and proper nouns, same as English. The third and fourth are measure word representing the amounts of common nouns, and another represents groups of common noun. The last type are nouns that do not physically exist in reality, such as love, walk, and development.

10. What comes next in the series in Thai?- nueng, song, sam, si,____...

Answer: Ha

They are just numbers - one, two, three, four, five, and so on. Hope you have fun on my quiz, thank you!

Source: Author kenji2535

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