Learn Thai by Reading Your Language
Speak Your Language… It is no secret that I advocate a method of language acquisition called Speak Your Language (after writing 3 posts about it … Read more
2012: The Fourth Google Translate Challenge
Google Translate, the challenge… Welcome to the fourth Google Translate Challenge! To recap: In 2009 I ran two sets of Thai phrases through Google Translate. … Read more
Thai Language Thai Culture: Learning Thai Legalese
Learning Thai Legalese… Here is a primer on Thai legal words and phrases that you will encounter frequently in Thailand. Although we don’t do translations … Read more
Even More Learn Thai by Speaking Your Language
Learn Thai by Speaking Your Language… When I learned Thai, I was a missionary. It was a fantastic experience, but a bunch of 19-21 year-olds … Read more
Rikker: Linguist’s View of the Thai Language
A Linguist’s View of the Thai Language… If you are in Bangkok on Wednesday, June 27, guest writer Rikker Dockum will be speaking on the … Read more
More Learn Thai by Speaking Your Language
Learn Thai by Speaking Your Language… Over a decade ago I learned Thai by using a method called Speak Your Language. I wrote a post … Read more
Thai Language Thai Culture: It’s All Relative
It’s all relative: ญาติ /yâat/… I just returned from visiting my son and daughter-in-law in the U.S. and meeting my grand children for the first … Read more
Thai Language Thai Culture: Thai Abbreviations Help Us Learn
Thai Abbreviations Can Help Us Learn Vocabulary, Spelling and Pronunciation… One chief bugaboo that has plagued me in my endeavors to learn to read Thai … Read more
Learn Thai by Speaking Your Language
Learn Thai by Speaking Your Language… How do you eat an elephant? One bite at a time. (insert laughs) I know this is a corny … Read more
Thai Language Thai Culture: Why Thai is Not a Monosyllabic Language
Thai is Not a Monosyllabic Language… I read lots of Thai language blogs and sometimes I come across comments about learning Thai that personally, I … Read more
Thai Tales: Bananas, Papayas, and Angry Thai Feet
Fruit and feet, what more can you ask for?… Last week I introduced a new section, Thai Tales. The first story introduced Mangoes, Mangosteen and … Read more
The Common Koel & Why I’d Make a Lousy Buddhist
Gawd do those darn birds drive me crazy!… Around November of last year a longtime member of my neighbourhood bird community, the Common Koel (lovingly … Read more