Staff Writer There are many ways to get around in Bangkok. Learn how Thai speaks in real-life conversations. Conversation 1 – Taking a Taxi คนขับแท็กซี่ (ผู้ชาย): จะไปที่ไหนครับ (ja pai thii nai khab) Taxi driver (man): Where are you going? ผู้โดยสาร(ผู้หญิง): ไปสนามบินสุวรรณภูมิค่ะ (pai sa naam bin Suvarnabhumi kha) Passenger (lady): I am going to Suvarnabhumi airport คนขับแท็กซี่ (ผู้ชาย): … Read more
Conversation 1 ผู้ชาย: ขอโทษครับ ห้าง Terminal 21 อยู่ที่ไหนครับ (Khor thood khab. Haang Terminal 21 yuu thii nai khab) Male: Excuse me, where is Terminal 21 shopping mall located? ผู้หญิง: อยู่ติดกับ BTS สถานีอโศกค่ะ (yuu tid kab BTS sa thaa nii Asoke kha) Female: It’s located next to BTS Asoke station Vocabulary: English Thai Excuse me ขอโทษ … Read more
Number Number Thai Read 1 หนึ่ง nung 2 สอง song 3 สาม saam 4 สี่ sii 5 ห้า haa 6 หก hok 7 เจ็ด jed 8 แปด paed 9 เก้า kaao 10 สิบ sib Listen: Number Thai Read 11 สิบเอ็ด sib ed 12 สิบสอง sib song 13 สิบสาม sib saam 14 สิบสี่ sib sii 15 … Read more
Day English Thai Read Listen Monday วันจันทร์ wan jan Tuesday วันอังคาร wan ang khaan Wednesday วันพุธ wan phud Thursday วันพฤหัส wan pha ru had Friday วันศุกร์ wan suk Saturday วันเสาร์ wan sao Sunday วันอาทิตย์ wan aa thid *The names of the days in Thai come from the names of planet Month English Thai Read Listen … Read more
1. ทำตัว /tam tua/ทำ to do, to make + ตัว body, self = ทำตัว to behave. ถ้าทำตัวไม่ดี อดกินขนมนะIf you don’t behave, you won’t get your treat. 2. หักหน้า /hàk nâa/หัก to break + หน้า face = หักหน้า to make someone lose face, to embarrass someone. เขาชอบหักหน้าเราต่อหน้าคนอื่นHe always makes me lose face in front of other … Read more
A Guide to Thai Grammar Books Presented here are short introductions to Thai grammar books, both in the English language for foreign learners and Thai language books for Thai school and university students which are also useful for foreign learners with a good Thai reading ability. As these are reference books, not tutorials, they are … Read more
Lots of Thai words can be broken down into their constituent parts. For learners of Thai, that would mean that if we know the individual parts that make up these longer “words” then we have a head start on figuring out what they mean. Although long Thai words can be looked at as single items … Read more
I have often heard the advice given to people just learning how to read, that they should practice reading Thai street signs. In doing so I ran across a sign. Translated, it reads: “For-rest Hill Apartment” Daily – Monthly (I love the “for-rest” part) In the sign is the Thai word ราย /raai/. One of … Read more
The Thai language is as rich in metaphor as any language is. The kinds of metaphors that you will come into contact with will all depend on what level of society you hang out with. It is a good idea to keep the drinking buddies’ metaphors separate from the HiSo matron metaphors. One group of … Read more
Did you find learning to read and write Thai difficult?… Scanning quickly through the results … 34 said reading and writing (combined) wasn’t difficult, 14 said it was, four found writing difficult, four didn’t attempt to learn how to write, and five found spelling difficult. Aaron Handel Aaron: Learning to read and write was not … Read more