Thai Language Thai Culture: Thai Learning Techniques: Part 1
Outing the Energy – Thai Learning Techniques… Unless you are someone who picks up languages by simply breathing, like the famed English explorer Sir Richard … Read more
Outing the Energy – Thai Learning Techniques… Unless you are someone who picks up languages by simply breathing, like the famed English explorer Sir Richard … Read more
Word order in Thai “Wh” questions… It is common for beginning students of Thai (or students of most foreign languages for that matter) to start … Read more
Daily, Weekly, Monthly, Yearly… I have often heard the advice given to people just learning how to read, that they should practice reading Thai street … Read more
Does written Thai need spaces? Not! I recently read a post titled Reforming Thai Language Structure which advocated changing the Thai written language by adding … Read more
Spicing up your life Thai-style… There is a basic difference between the philosophy behind western food and Thai food. Back home, a cook will make … Read more
How many rainy seasons are you?… I was watching TV the other day and the announcer came on and told us that His Majesty the … Read more
A Thai house is a home… In English the word “house” indicates a structure whereas “home” includes the idea that this is where you “live”, … Read more
Supermarkets in Thailand… If you are going to live in Thailand, one of the things you will find yourself doing is food shopping. When I … Read more
Is that a กัน /gan/ in your pocket?… One thing I like to do as a vocabulary building exercise is when I come across a … Read more
The Do-Be-Do-Be-Do system of learning Thai tones… (Apologies to Frank Sinatra) If language were like a song, then the vocabulary and grammar of the language … Read more
A Sticky Problem… I was reading one of those Thai expat blogs recently when I came across someone discussing the Thai word for “stingy” (seems … Read more
I’m not rine, thank you very much… From my years of teaching English I have learned that there is a two-line dialog that is ingrained … Read more