Sabai โอ
sara oo · long vowel · vowel 11 of 19
โอ
โอ
Long 'o' as in 'go'
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
โต
dtoo
big (of living things)
โซ่
sôo
chain
โต๊ะ
to
Table
โกรธ
kont
Angry
ไชโย
chai yo
Hooray
มณโฑ
mon-thoo
Montho (name)
ขอโทษ
kho thot
Sorry
โบนัส
boo-nát
Bonus
โพสต์
phóot
Post (on social media)
กี่โมง
ki mong
What time?
โรงแรม
rong raem
Hotel
โคมลอย
khom loi
Sky lantern
ได้โปรด
dai-broht
Please
Pulled from the course vocabulary by matching the written form, so the odd near-miss can slip in.
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