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We try to constantly improve our lessons and one of the recent improvements is the use of real video footage of native Thai speakers in our lessons.
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In this lesson two teenagers talk with each other and make plans for the evening. The girl has a good idea what to do but the boy realizes that he doesn’t have time for that.
Premium members can find the video and transcript in our members section of the site. If you want to know how well you can learn with videos or you are wondering where the conversation lesson 7 is you can get it along with the video and printable transcript by subscribing to our newsletter.
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In this conversation a Hitman asks his mum to start a new life with him. His mother is not that excited about this, but well at least he wants to change his life right?
The pdf transcript and video for this lesson is available in our members section.
By the way we updated our Thai Alphabet overview with sound files and will have some more intermediate lessons coming soon.
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This conversation is about a girl who takes care of a kid and this kid threw away stuff that belonged to her ex-boyfriend. That sounds like trouble and yes, it is. She comes home and sees what the kid is doing and is obviously not happy about that but the kid has a good explanation for that but well, it doesn’t help very much and she’s still pretty pissed off.
The transcript, video and many more lessons can be found in our premium course area. Enjoy!
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Did you know that the Thai language is full of words to describe feelings? This conversation lesson is about feelings and you will hear a Thai man talking to his ex-girlfriend. If you have a Thai partner you might find the one or other sentence helpful whenever you want to tell her or him something sweet.
If you are member of our Learn Thai Premium Course you will find the video and transcript of this lesson in the members area. We also posted two Thai lessons from the members area on the new sign up page. If you ever wondered what kind of lessons we have in our premium course check them out.
We (Jo & Jay) just came back from a little vacation in southern France so stay tuned for weekly conversation lessons from now on.
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We have updated some sections of the public site and you can now learn a new Thai word every day in our sidebar. You will see a new word with audio clip, Thai script and transliteration every 24 hours.
We also added a Thai Grammar Reference to the site with the most essential Thai grammar rules. These are just the basics but will give you an idea how Thai grammar is structured and is definitely enough if you just go on holiday to Thailand and want to come up with a few “self made” sentences instead of sticking exclusively to Thai phrases from books.
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If you learn Thai you should learn it like any other language and that means you should immerse yourself in it as much as possible. To do this it makes sense to use multiple sources of learning materials. Books that teach the Thai language are probably the first that come to your mind. Of course you have the drawback with books that you don’t hear the sound of the language or the book just comes with one or two CDs that cover a few passages of the book. Another problem of learn Thai books is that most of them use their own transliteration scheme which makes it harder for you to learn from different books as you first have to learn their transliteration scheme.
Nevertheless there are some books that are worth checking out. They will help you especially if you want to look up words or check on some Thai grammar rules.
1. Thai: An Essential Grammar (Routledge Grammars)
This is a great Thai grammar reference that has short explanations for almost all Thai grammar rules. It is (unlike many Learn Thai books) very well structured and it takes you just a minute to look something up. Highly recommended. Another benefit is that its pretty much available everywhere. No matter if you order from Amazon or pick it up and Kinokuniya at Siam Paragorn in Bangkok.
2. Lonely Planet: Thai Phrase Book
This Learn Thai book is a handy, cheap and small guide to common Thai grammar rules and full of phrases and a small vocabulary section. It is great if you just visit Thailand on vacation but also for serious learners of the Thai language. The grammar section is spot on and probably the most comprehensive you can find in any book. Because it is very compact and just a few pages it only lists essential rules.
3. Thai-English English-Thai Dictionary for Non-Thai Speakers
This dictionary is a compact and very beginner friendly dictionary that lets you search for english words and also for transliterations of Thai words. While you might want to take the Lonely Planet Thai Phrase Book on the road this dictionary has many common words and is also one of the few dictionaries that offer you to look up transliterations.
4. Colloquial Thai: A Complete Language Course
This book is a good work book to go through but the structure and index makes it hard to look things up.
5. Thai for Beginners
This is one of the most common and widely available Learn Thai books that will give you a good idea of what the Thai language is all about.
6. Thai for Intermediate Learners
The second book of the series with a bit more advanced phrases and some more information about grammar and the alphabet.
If you look for a workbook we recommend Colloquial Thai over Benjawan Poomsam Beckers books (No. 5 & 6) because it covers more details. If you just want to get an idea what learning Thai is all about have a look at Beckers books.
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