Thai language

[Kurtz]

Topic. Any one know any good resources for Thai language? Specifically speaking?

I've been using the Pimsleur courses but am almost done and would like to use other quality listening/speaking tools.

I can sort of read but the font is always waay too small and the keyboard doesn't fit with English phonetic lettering. So reading and writing are not a priority.

[Rockheart]

Topic. Any one know any good resources for Thai language? Specifically speaking?

I've been using the Pimsleur courses but am almost done and would like to use other quality listening/speaking tools.

I can sort of read but the font is always waay too small and the keyboard doesn't fit with English phonetic lettering. So reading and writing are not a priority.

If you have girlfriends that translate or speak for you all the time, you will never learn good Thai. I think that is the reason my Thai sucks.
We always talked about them teaching me Thai but it never really happened.
I've found I now know the basics after many years & I know most of the food. I did things like every morning I would go to the fruit stand and try and order fruit in Thai. After a couple weeks I knew all the fruit and could say sentences including fruit. I also like to go to other businesses but prepare by memorizing a few sentences I look up online. Then I try to do business or order stuff in Thai. Sometimes I think it doesn't really matter because everyone in Thailand speaks some English unless they are old or sheltered or never went to school.

[Kurtz]

Definitely. I have had little trouble with English in Thailand besides the odd pronunciation at times. I just figure I go there often enough to at least know some of the conversational Thai.

i have had similar issues with gfs and dtf lbs saying they'd teach me but it going nowhere. Maybe i should find an Issan girl with no English and try again lol.

[Escierto]

Definitely. I have had little trouble with English in Thailand besides the odd pronunciation at times. I just figure I go there often enough to at least know some of the conversational Thai.

i have had similar issues with gfs and dtf lbs saying they'd teach me but it going nowhere. Maybe i should find an Issan girl with no English and try again lol.

I had a Colombian wife who spoke no English and my Spanish quickly improved to the point that I could talk to anyone and say anything. I never lost my gringo accent but that wasn't a bad thing. I had plenty of women tell me that they thought my accent was cute and sexy.

[Rockheart]

In South America the english speakers are harder to find than Thailand. When I was in Brazil, it was nothing like Thailand and I picked up Portugese much faster as I had to. I started dating Fernanda there but she was pretty good at trying to teach me some of the language. We went to Mexico and it is similar to Thailand for understanding of English but I really worked out my Spanish spending 6 months there during covid. I think the Portugese made me understand the Spanish better as they are very similar to a point. Plus Portugese has many similarities to French also which I have studied alot.

Since they are latin languages it is easy to write because you already know the characters.
With Thai I barely recognize any characters or what they mean. The only thing I can read for sure is the Kilometer symbols from road signs. กม. (KM.)

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[Kurtz]

That's true. The grammar and syntax in Spanish is 90% the same as English. I am part Salvadorean so I have been speaking Spanish for as long as I can remember.

i would say Portuguese is similar enough to Spanish that you could learn the other without much trouble or effort. When visiting the tri-border of Argentina, Brazil and Paraguay (Iguazu Falls), many people there speak portuñol which is as fun speaking as it is listening to. From what I have gathered Thai and Lao are quite similar in this regard of mutual intelligibilty.

I find Brazilian Portuguese to be a beautiful language and the women and trans there more varied. Brazil reminds me of a hard-boiled Thailand in some ways. Way better coffee and the excellent cachaça which i have developed an appreciation for

[Rockheart]

Here's my basic Thai cheat sheet:
(without looking)

This should cover most necesary stuff. 😉
After any phrase, Not after every word.
Men say 'Kup' at the end
Women say 'Ka' at the end.

Female - Thank you - Khob khun ka
Male - Thank you - Khob khun kup
Female - You have good luck - Kuhn mee chok dee ka
Male - You have good luck - Kuhn mee chok dee kup

Good luck - Chok Dee
Tastes Good - Aroy Dee
Eat - Kin
Good - Dee
Have - Mee
Bill/Bartab - Bin
Ice - Nam Kang
Water - Nam
Red - Daeng
Red Bull - Krating Daeng
Bull - Krating
Buffalo - Carabao
Shrimp - Gung
Fish - Pla
Shellfish - Koi
Squid - Pla Muk
Ocean - Talay
Chicken - Gai
Egg - Kai
Pork - Mo
Rice - Khao
Watermelon - Ta mo
Pineapple - Sa palote
Banana - Gluwai
Good Day - Sawat Dee
Khob Kuhn - Thank You
You - Kuhn
Town or City - Mueang or Buri
Ladyboy - Kathoey
Singha - Singha
Heineken - Heineken
Whiskey - Whiskey
Beer - Beer
Toilet - Toilet
Taxi - Taxi
ATM - ATM
Shopping - Sha Ping
Temple - Wat


That's all I can think of right now.

[Kurtz]

Here's my basic Thai cheat sheet:
(without looking)

This should cover most necesary stuff. 😉
After any phrase, Not after every word.
Men say 'Kup' at the end
Women say 'Ka' at the end.

Female - Thank you - Khob khun ka
Male - Thank you - Khob khun kup
Female - You have good luck - Kuhn mee chok dee ka
Male - You have good luck - Kuhn mee chok dee kup

Good luck - Chok Dee
Tastes Good - Aroy Dee
Eat - Kin
Good - Dee
Have - Mee
Bill/Bartab - Bin
Ice - Nam Kang
Water - Nam
Red - Daeng
Red Bull - Krating Daeng
Bull - Krating
Buffalo - Carabao
Shrimp - Gung
Fish - Pla
Shellfish - Koi
Squid - Pla Muk
Ocean - Talay
Chicken - Gai
Egg - Kai
Pork - Mo
Rice - Khao
Watermelon - Ta mo
Pineapple - Sa palote
Banana - Gluwai
Good Day - Sawat Dee
Khob Kuhn - Thank You
You - Kuhn
Town or City - Mueang or Buri
Ladyboy - Kathoey
Singha - Singha
Heineken - Heineken
Whiskey - Whiskey
Beer - Beer
Toilet - Toilet
Taxi - Taxi
ATM - ATM
Shopping - Sha Ping
Temple - Wat


That's all I can think of right now.

This is a really good list, thank you! I definitely need to learn more of the food names for next time. The mueang and buri make sense considering every other town includes one or the othet.

I'll add a few more that I have learned thst may help:

I - pom (for man); dishan/shan (for women/lb)
know - kaojai
little - nit noi
speak - puut
language - pasa
country - pratet
english - angglit
french - farang (used for all foreigners too)
can - dai
cannot - mai dai
today (this day) - wanni
tommorrow - prung ni
yesterday - meurwanni
day - wan
week - atit
this - ni
that - nan
time - weila
freetime - weila wang
at (location) - ti
here - ti ni
(over) there - tinon
where - tinai?
what - arai?
when - meurrai?
what time (hour) - ghee mong?
like - chob
love - rak
want - yak
go - bai
buy - su
In the morning - dawn chao
in the evening - dawn yin
friend - poon
fwb - gik