อิ

อิ sara i

Short 'i' as in 'sit'. Vowel 3 of 19, and a short one, which is half of what decides the tone of the syllable it sits in.

Length short Sound i

How it is written

The อ in the form above is a placeholder for whichever consonant the vowel attaches to, not part of the vowel itself.

This one sits on, under or after its consonant.

A short vowel makes an open syllable dead, and live or dead is one of the three things that decide a syllable's tone.

กินgin

to eat

สิsì

Particle urging someone on

นิní

Southern emphatic ending

สิบsìp

Ten

หิวhǐo

Hungry

ลิงling

Monkey

ชิลchin

Chill / relaxed (slang, from English)

อินin

Into it / emotionally invested (slang, from English "in")

ขิงkhǐng

Ginger

ดิบdìp

Unripe

วินwin

Motorbike-taxi stand

บิลbin

The bill

Examples from the course rather than a complete list, so the occasional word may only look like it uses this vowel.

วันละตัวก็พอ wan la tua ko phoOne letter a day is enough

Listening and recall drills, with audio on every character.