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sara uea · long vowel · vowel 14 of 19

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Falling diphthong 'uea' - 'ue' gliding to 'a'

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

เสือ

sùua

tiger

เรือ

ruea

Boat

เดือน

duean

Month

เสื้อ

suea

Shirt

เพื่อน

phuean

Friend

ผีเสื้อ

phi suea

Butterfly

เมื่อวาน

muea wan

Yesterday

ความเชื่อ

khwam chuea

Belief

เรื่องนี้

rueang ni

This matter / topic

เงินเดือน

ngoen duean

Salary

เพื่อนบ้าน

phuean ban

Neighbour

ขอเลื่อนนัด

khǒ lûean nát

I'd like to reschedule

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

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