Hugh Leong One chief bugaboo that has plagued me in my endeavors to learn to read Thai is the numerous abbreviations scattered all about newspapers and magazines. I usually end up skipping them when I read, but as they are usually integral to the story line I am forced to look them up later. After a while … Read more
With Thai language tense, there is some good news, and some really good news. The good news Unlike English verbs, and verbs from all Romance languages as well as so many other languages around the world, Thai verbs don’t change with the person. There is no “I go”, “You go” “He goes”. It is all … Read more
I find that place names in Thai are quite difficult to remember. Well, I should say that I find names of any kind difficult to remember and it isn’t just because of the language or my advancing age. You can tell me your name and 2 minutes later I will have forgotten. I have always … Read more
Have you ever seen those brilliant kids in the national spelling bees? When given a word to spell, the first thing they ask for is the word’s origin. Knowing the “Latin”, or “Greek”, or any of the many other roots to our English words they immediately not only know the word’s basic meaning but they … Read more