Thai 101 Learners Series: Finding Your Voice
Thai is both voiced and voiceless… In my previous column, I explained “contrasting” and “non-contrasting” sounds as well as aspirated and unaspirated sounds in Thai. … Read more
Thai 101 Learners Series: A Breath of Fresh Air
Tackling the nitty gritty of Thai… In the previous installment of this column, I observed that learning to speak Thai means learning to make some … Read more
Thai 101 Learners Series: When in Rome, Thai Doesn’t Sound the Same
The importance of learning the Thai script… As I’ve mentioned before, I’m a big believer in learning the Thai script as a tool for learning … Read more
Thai 101 Learners Series: Building a Private Library
Thai 101 and book learning… There’s a whole market for books on how to learn Thai. A given book might promise you that you’ll learn … Read more
Thai 101 Learners Series: No Need to be Tongue-Thai’d Anymore
Welcome to the Thai 101 Learners Series… It’s easy to start learning a language. You might pick up a few words from friends, memorize a … Read more
Announcing the Thai 101 Learners Series
Introducing Rikker Dockum… If you hang around the Thai language forum scene – thaivisa.com, thailandqa.com, and thai-language.com – then you’ll already know about Rikker from … Read more