Thai Language Thai Culture: Rosetta Stone Methodology
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 Language Thai Culture: Thai Tone Twisters
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
Thai Language Thai Culture: Old Snake Heads and Butterflies of the Night
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
Thai Language Thai Culture: Telling Tails – Thai Ending Particles
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
Red Shirts in Bangkok: Signs of the Time
The signs of the Red Shirts… Bangkok is dripping in red: Red shirts, red hats, red clappers, red headbands and more. All are slathered with … Read more
Seven Tips for Learning the Thai Language
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
Thai Language Thai Culture: Telephone Thai
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
Lani, a Thai Learning Thai: Part 2
This Thai learning Thai… Learning Spanish seemed counterintuitive to retaining any Thai that I had acquired but that is exactly what I did. When I … Read more
Thai Language Thai Culture: Ten Steps to Learning Thai
Ten steps to learning Thai… Note: This is dedicated to people like Catherine Wentworth who are working their patooties off trying to grasp this outlandishly … Read more
Lani, a Thai Learning Thai: Part 1
This Thai learning Thai… Unfortunately there was no mystical transference or osmosis of language from mother to womb. So I am an American born woman … Read more
Thai Language Thai Culture: Talking About the Weather
Talking about the weather… What better way to break the ice and start a conversation than to talk about the weather? I know it is … Read more
YouTube: Rak Bpon Bpon
Sloppy love overcomes the rain… Rak Bpon Bpon is a sweet love song about a guy living on the street. He dreams of finding love, … Read more