Lithobid Posted January 31, 2008 Share Posted January 31, 2008 Giving up Phuket for Bangkok??? I would think that the only way to do that would be with a significant dosage of Lithobid. Why would one give up individual instruction in your current location for a class structure in the metropolis? And, besides, the ขนมจีนน้ำยา and ปลาเผา in your current environment cannot be matched in Gotham. The new Tones Chart. David, I fixed them, but I thought ขาบ instead of ขบ would have a rising tone not a low tone? I'm confused. Well, and how do I say this tackfully????,,, You're probably here on a retirement or Marriage visa, I'm assuming, and for me, If I stop working those aren't options. I would like to focus just on learning Thai, and BKK seems like the place to do it, with it's choice of many schools, and easy to scoup up privates, I could study Thai 3 days a week, and Teach privates in the evening, and make as much as I'm making now, with complete freedom. Plus I'm a young guy, and I could put up with the smog of BKK for a year. When I look at priorities right now in my life, I enjoy teaching English, but everyday I wish I was studying Thai in the classroom. My work hours would be cut from 40 to 6 . That's a lot of extra time for studying, and traveling. Though you do bring up a good point about the food, and the city life. I am also considering Chiang Mai, but the Uni. there is much more expensive, I've read posts saying it's around 80,000 per year. Though Chiang Mai is amazing. Thanks for the opinions, I do weigh them heavily. Lithobid Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidHouston Posted January 31, 2008 Share Posted January 31, 2008 "I thought ขาบ instead of ขบ would have a rising tone not a low tone? I'm confused." _______________________________________________________________________________ ขาบ = High class consonant + long vowel + final consonant stop creates a dead syllable = low tone (A high class consonant with a long vowel would have a rising sound, except in a dead syllable. Compare, for example, ขาบ which is dead with ขาม which is a rising tone because the ม makes the syllable live.) ขบ = High class consonant + short vowel + final consonant stop creates a dead syllable = low tone Your original chart has the latter word under the category "long vowel". The name of the tone is correct, but a short vowel syllable has a different sound than a long vowel syllable, hence the recommendation to change the exemplar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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