Thai Language Thai Culture: Thai Place Names
I find that place names in Thai are quite difficult to remember. Well, I should say that I find names of any kind difficult to … Read more
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I find that place names in Thai are quite difficult to remember. Well, I should say that I find names of any kind difficult to … Read more
Have you ever seen those brilliant kids in the national spelling bees? When given a word to spell, the first thing they ask for is … Read more
A friend asked me the difference between the two words Thais use to mean “international”. The most familiar Thai word for “international” is นานาชาติ /naa-naa-châat/. … Read more
Singing and saying English tones will help with our Thai… Thai tones are the bugaboo of most learners of the Thai language. I know they … Read more
Thai Buddhist Vocabulary by the Numbers… It wasn’t until about 300 years after the Buddha’s death that his teachings were put down in writing. Before … Read more
Breathing in Chiang Mai… If you live anywhere in or near northern Thailand you probably can’t get the smog out of your head – both … Read more
Lounge Lizard foreign language speaking exercises… It is probably because I am a bit obsessive compulsive that I still spend some time every day studying … Read more
Learning Thai medical terms: Breaking down and building up… As a follow up to our previous post here on WLT, a reader has asked us … Read more
Medical vocabulary for men, and some women… Some of you may know that besides contributing to Women Learn Thai I also write a blog on … Read more
A patriotic song for vocabulary building… This patriotic song that we hear on the radio and TV every day is said to have been written … Read more
Thai Language Thai Culture: Language as Symbols… We start with an idea in our heads. In order to get this idea into another person’s head … Read more
Thai Language Thai Culture: Speaking Thai in Tenses… To avoid talking about the last shot I had just hit into the water on the 3rd … Read more