Sabai แอ
sara ae · long vowel · vowel 10 of 19
แอ
แอ
Long 'ae' as in 'cat'
How it is written
The อ above is a placeholder for whichever consonant the vowel attaches to - it is not part of the vowel. This one is written before the consonant even though it is pronounced after it, which is the single most confusing thing about reading Thai for the first week.
Vowel length changes the tone. A long vowel makes an
open syllable live, and live or dead is one of the three
things that decide a syllable's tone. See the rules, or
let the tone checker do it.
Words that use it
แมว
maew
cat
แปด
paet
Eight
แดง
daeng
Red
แม่
mae
Mother
แฟน
faen
Boyfriend / Girlfriend
แพง
phaeng
Expensive
แซบ
saep
Delicious / attractive (originally Isaan, now mainstream slang)
กาแฟ
kafae
Coffee
แก้ว
kaeo
Glass / cup (classifier for drinks)
แป้ง
bpaeng
Powder (used during Songkran)
แชร์
chae
Share
แหลง
hae long
Southern for 'to speak' (standard พูด)
แหวน
wǎaen
ring (jewelry)
Pulled from the course vocabulary by matching the written form, so the odd near-miss can slip in.
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