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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 [...]

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. 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. And here’s an added treat. A special note [...]

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)… [...]

I’ve got recording (mostly) sussed… I finally read all the way through the instructions to my SnowBall, so in this post you’ll get the basics for recording your own Thai too. Whether it’s for your Thai lessons, or a SLR, or a few Thai words here and there. What I use to record… Mic: SnowBall [...]

I’m all for the easy way out… Learning how to read Thai is often a stumbling block for students of the Thai language. Some students have opted to forgo the pleasure. Others have stops and starts. Then there are those who soar through all with ease (and those, we admire through clinched teeth). I’m of [...]

Resources for (mostly) entry-level learners… In the WLT Resources there’s a section dedicated to Learning Thai. Some resources are quite brilliant. Others are focused on smaller windows into Thai learning. Below are my personal favourites. Thai Language Learning sites: ITS4Thai Learn the Thai language with the Bangkok based e-learning company, ITS4Knowledge (free and paid). Langhub.com [...]

(Attention: เนื้อ หา ไม่ เหมาะ สม สำหรับ เด็ก content not suitable for children) I love that I can look a taxi driver right in the back of the neck while telling him to turn penis. Or even turn right. And that I can walk around for three years introducing myself as drunk, or Cat (short [...]

Methods. Stops and Starts. Moving to the Island of Borneo in ’94, Thailand became a yearly destination. After falling in love with the Thai countryside, the Thai people, and the hottest food in the world, eventually building a house in Changmai was a real possibility. With this in mind (but knowing I had scads of [...]

I have a number of resources on Thailand: books on history, language, culture, and gardening. Software and language learning courses, the lot. And some of what I have just might be of interest to you. I also have a ton of online resources for living in Thailand: websites, language learning software, blogs, products and such. [...]

Learning any language is difficult for first timers. Learning a tonal language makes it doubly so. Well, that’s what I tell myself anyway. From my research, apparently I’m more of a visual learner than anything else. And no good telling me to just jump in there and converse, I also need to own what I’m [...]