r/learnthai • u/innerscriptmethod • 4d ago

Studying/การศึกษา ข้าว

what is the difference in the pronunciation of ข้าว and เข้า? is เข้า just slightly shorter?

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u/mwthght Native Thai Speaker 4d ago

Yes, They have the same tone. -า long vowel, เ-า short vowel

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u/trevorkafka 4d ago

Yes, เข้า has a short vowel and ข้าว has a long vowel. In general, เ-ว represents the vowel อั- combined with the ending sound -ว (it can't be written with those symbols, though, as อัว is reserved to represent a different vowel).

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u/innerscriptmethod 4d ago

got it, thanks!

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u/TheBrightMage Native Speaker 3d ago

Long and short vovel. า vs. เ-า

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u/Low_Host9900 2d ago

เช้า enters the chat 😃

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u/nuanianuania 3d ago

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