อิ

sara i · short vowel · vowel 3 of 19

อิ

Short 'i' as in 'sit'

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 sits on, under or after its consonant.

Vowel length changes the tone. A short vowel makes an open syllable dead, 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

กิน

gin

to eat

สิบ

sip

Ten

หิว

hiu

Hungry

ลิง

ling

Monkey

ชิล

chin

Chill / relaxed (slang, from English)

อิน

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

เงิน

ngoen

Money

วิ่ง

wing

Run

กิ๋น

kin

Northern for 'to eat' (standard กิน)

ฉิ่ง

chìng

cymbals

หญิง

yǐng

woman

ญาติ

yâat

relative

Pulled from the course vocabulary by matching the written form, so the odd near-miss can slip in.

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