Thai Language Thai Culture: I’m Not Fine, Thank You
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
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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
Review: The Linguist – How to learn a language… I know who Steve Kaufmann is. Sort of. A couple of times a year I stop … Read more
World Cup & Football Thai… Are you following the World Cup on Thai TV? Do you understand what is being said, or are you watching … Read more
Grokking the writing system by doing things youʼre not supposed to… Iʼve seen a lot of posts on this site about how learning the writing … Read more
Hugh’s Retired Life in Thailand… Hugh is an industrious individual. No doubt. Besides gardening (yes, I’m envious, very) he’s always working on new and intriguing … Read more
Rosetta Stone* Methodology… *After the stone and not the expensive software In her interviews of Thai speakers, Catherine likes to ask if we have ever … Read more
Thai Tone Twisters… A lot of Thai learners are familiar with a number of tongue twisters that illustrate how different tones and consonants can make … Read more
Old Snake Heads and Butterflies of the Night… The Thai language is as rich in metaphor as any language is. The kinds of metaphors that … Read more
Bon: The new Thai YouTube kid in town… Noticing her new learning Thai videos on YouTube, I contacted Bon Ratta back in February, for a … Read more
Telling tails – Thai ending particles… It is important to learn how to use Thai ending particles. The most common and well known are ครับ … Read more
Tip Number 1: Take your time, enjoy your studies… “Why does it have to be sooooooo hard?” “Why does it have to take sooooooo long?” … Read more
Talking Thai on the telephone… It probably took me ten years before I could understand anything anyone said on the telephone here in Thailand. It’s … Read more