Thailand Starter Kit Editorial Team 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
Learn to count in Thai, read prices and phone numbers out loud, use ordinal numbers and classifiers, and haggle at the market, with audio for every number.
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
Compare 8 recommended Thai grammar books for beginner, intermediate, and advanced learners, including a free PDF option, English-language reference guides, and native Thai textbooks.
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
What is the biggest misconception for students learning Thai? Out of the 50, 22 focused on tones and pronunciation. But there’s a mixed bag. Some said tones tones are not impossible to master while others bounced between tones being important and not as unimportant as feared. And 14 mentioned the misconception that the Thai language … Read more