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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 who is ironically half Thai and half Chinese. Ironically because my ethnic makeup is very Thai, something I learned when I moved here as an adult. There are many Thai-Chinese [...]

Surprise! Thailand has turkeys too… Unbelievable. There we were, my long suffering Thai teacher and me, arriving at Wát Chà-lĕrm Prágìat (วัด เฉลิม พระเกียรติ์). And there they were. White turkeys. Two. At first I couldn’t believe what I was seeing. I mean, turkeys in Thailand? But I do know what turkeys are supposed to look [...]

The guts of a phrase book… Before embarking on this review, I held preconceived notions of what to expect from phrase books: handy phrases, brief dictionary, small in size, an easy to skim layout and design. After the books started arriving (thanks Danny!) a serious rethink came into play. I now know that most Thai [...]

There be Pirates in Thailand… When you think of Thailand, you don’t generally think pirates. Or do you? I do. Weeks back I ran into a Generous Pirate at Chatuchak market in Bangkok. And this week I’m introducing a The Thai Pirate giving lessons on speaking the Thai language. OK, everyone moans that Thai is [...]

FREE Thai language learning resources… For months I’ve been promising to clean up Women Learning Thai’s messy Learning Thai resources. After mulling it over, I’ve gone whole hog with FREE. Free online Thai courses… FSI Thai Basic Course Thai language course developed by the Foreign Service Institute. Pdf and mp3 downloads. fsi-language-courses.org Safety site (backup) [...]

Monday morning Thai lessons… Today, along with my giddy attempt at Thai typing, I sidetracked my Thai teacher with a hilarious commercial all in Thai. My Thai teacher, now resigned to my habit of derailing her well laid lesson plans, quite enjoyed this morning’s detour into not quite cultured Thai humour. I know because she [...]

Learn over 2000 Thai words… For months I’ve been meaning to write a review about ITS4Thai as it is a wonderful little program with a beaut of a price range. Their recent press release was a reminder. ITS4Thai has over 200 lessons that can teach you over 2,000 Thai words and 1,500 sentence combinations. Our [...]

Google Translation goes Thai… The good news is that Google Translate can translate Thai-English and English-Thai. The bad news is that it’s not terribly good. Not shockingly bad. Not frightfully awful. Just not terribly good. But you can make it better. From Rikker: Notice that after you paste text to be translated, there’s a link [...]

At last! A Thai typing tutor for the Mac… After years of touch typing, I finally taught myself how to type. It happened while I was in Scotland on an extended holiday in ‘92, which is now so long ago that I don’t remember which one it was, only that it included progressive games and [...]

AJ the Effortless Language Student… AJ from the Effortless English Club – an online English language course – flew to Bangkok at the end of December to put his language learning system to the test. Only this time the language is Thai, not English. And this time, one of his top students (Jan) will be [...]

What we’ve all been waiting for… Thai2English is designed for anyone interested in translating, reading, understanding, speaking, learning or typing in Thai, from beginners to experienced learners. And if you like using thai2english.com online (as I do), you are going to just LOVE having it available on your computer. A taste of the Thai2english dictionary [...]

เเฟน ไม่ อยู่ มาหา หนู นะ fan mâi yòo maa hăa nŏo ná If your girlfriend is away, come see me. [Audio clip: view full post to listen] รวม กัน เรา อยู่ ทิ้ง กู มึง ตาย ruam gan rao yòo tíng goo meung dtaai Together we’ll survive. But if you leave me, you die. [Audio [...]

Back, back, back to kinder… Going back to kindergarten. Hmmm. But, if that’s what it takes to read Thai, then so be it. Thai is a tonal language, so being able to listen while you read is especially important for those clinging to training wheels (like me). And (I hear) even for intermediate readers. Some [...]

Free and almost free Thai language downloads: cheat sheets, mini courses, and tips… Learning any language takes a lot of work, and Thai takes the cake. But, there are ways to make it easier. Call them cheat sheets. Call them shortcuts. Whatever. I call them mighty fine. Cheat sheets from Stuart Jay Raj (free download)… [...]