Vowels 元音

基本元音发音复习
Basic vowels pronounciation

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"

Courtesy:
http://wikitravel.org/en/Thai_phrasebook