2011年5月29日星期日

Vowels

Vowels

Thai has a complicated set of vowels and diphthongs that distinguishes between vowel length (short and long) and vowel position (front and back). In Thai script, vowel signs are always written around consonants and the letter ก (k) is used here to demonstrate. This list follows the Royal Thai General System of Transcription (except that some long vowels are doubled).

ka กะ
like 'a' in "car" (short vowel)

kaa กา
like 'a' in "father" (longer than "a")

kae แก
like 'a' in "man" (short vowel: "แกะ")

ke เก
like 'e' in "bed" (short vowel: "เกะ")

ki กิ
like 'y' in "greedy"

kii กี
like 'ee' in "see" (longer than "i")

ko กอ
like 'o' in "torn" (short vowel: "เกาะ")

ko โก
like 'oa' in "moan" (short vowel: "โกะ")

koe เกอ
like 'i' in "sir" (short vowel: "เกอะ")

ku กุ
like 'oo' in "hoop"

kuu กู
like 'ue' in "blue" (longer than "u")

kue กือ
frontal version of "u" (akin to German "ü", French "du", not found in English) (short vowel: "กึ")

kam กำ
like 'um' in "dummy"

kai ใก/ไก
like 'i' in "kind"

kia เกีย
like 'eer' in "beer" (but don't pronounce "r")

kua กัว
similar to 'ou' in "tour" (but don't pronounce "r")

kuea เกือ
like "ue" followed by a short "a"

kao เกา
like 'ow' in "cow"

~Info courtesy of Wikitravel~

2011年5月8日星期日

GRAMMY收录8人歌曲

GRAMMY收录8人歌曲

泰国第7届The star超级新星歌唱大赛落下帷幕,冠军「东单」与其他7位进入复赛的选手共同推出The Star7歌曲专辑。

歌莱美娱乐(GRAMMY)在赛后,召集东单、诺等8位进入The star 7复赛选手,再次将比赛中演唱的经典歌曲制成唱片,献给热爱他们的歌迷。


目前这样专辑已经在全国各地影像店、7-11便利店销售。


【以上新闻转载自世界日报】