If you learn the Thai language you might already know that Thai is spoken very different in various parts of the country. In our lessons we generally use “Bangkok Thai” which is understood throughout the whole country. Part of learning a language is also training your listening skills and these lessons are exactly for that. First you hear a short conversation and then we explain you each part of the conversation step by step.
This not only trains your listening skills but also gives you an understanding about the sentence structure and speaking habits of the Thai language. The video of this lesson, transcript and PDF are available for Premium Members.
In this lesson a husband comes home to his wife and brings another women with him. You hear what they say to each other right after he comes through the door.
Learn the complex Thai vowels in this lesson. Each vowel has either a long or short sound. In the Thai language, each vowel is pronounced with either a short or a long duration which alters the meaning of words! This is very much unlike English in which the meaning of words remains the same no matter how long you pronounce a vowel sound. Most Thai vowels can not stand alone and are either placed before, after, below or above consonants. Complex vowels consist of several parts and can be placed around the consonants. Please refer to our Thai alphabet reference for a transcript of this lesson.
Learn the Thai vowels in this video lesson. They are part of the Thai alphabet and this is the first of two lessons that focuses on the Thai vowels. This is nothing for you if you just want to learn some “Holiday Thai Phrases”. The Thai alphabet is a bit more advanced topic, and this lesson helps mostly people who learn to read and write the Thai language.
This is the video for our Learn Thai Lesson about Numbers in Thai. No matter if you count the beers or the days until you come back to Thailand now you can do this in Thai. A video makes this probably much easier as many people are visual learners.
You will learn to count from 0 to 300.000 and beyond. We skipped some numbers though and focused on explaining how the system works. Please also visit our old post for the transcript.
In this short lesson you hear Jo saying the names of the 44 consonants (Thai: พยัญชนะ) (phá-yan-chá-na) of the Thai alphabet (Thai: อักษรไทย) (àk-sŏn). Learning the alphabet is one of the first steps if you want to learn how to read Thai. While listening to this lesson keep in mind that the first sound of each of the names is also how the consonant sounds.
Besides the consonants the Thai alphabet has 15 vowel symbols (Thai: สระ) (sà-rà) that combine into at least 28 vowel forms, and four tone marks (Thai: วรรณยุกต์ or วรรณยุต) (wan-ná-yúk or wan yút).
The Thai language is a member of the Tai group of the Tai-Kadai language family that originated in Southern China. Other languages belonging to this group are spoken today in Laos, Vietnam and in some parts of China.
Thai food rocks and Thailand has great street food but if you take it home you get it in a plastic bag closed with a rubber band. Many people have a problem opening these bags and some resort to “drastic ways of opening” like ripping them apart. The result can be quite messy, especially if you deal with soups. Here is a little video we just made for fun yesterday that shows you how to close and open little plastic bags Thai style.
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