Don’t be surprised if you come to Thailand and hear words that sound all so familiar. Some words from other languages are used in Thai and many of those are English. Enjoy the next few lessons about Thenglish words, English words with Thai pronunciation.
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Don’t be surprised if you come to Thailand and hear words that sound all so familiar. Some words from other languages are used in Thai and many of those are English. Enjoy the next few lessons about Thenglish words, English words with Thai pronunciation.
In this lesson you will hear a kid talking to a shop owner to reduce the price of some wood building blocks.
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In this lesson you will hear a kid talking to a shop owner to reduce the price of some wood building blocks.
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 [...]
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.
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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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
In this conversation lesson a couple enjoys the sunset together. The girl is not sure whether the guy thinks the sunset is beautiful or she is…
No matter what you will know how to use the word for beautiful in Thai after this lesson.
The transcript (PDF) and video of this lesson can be found [...]
Tailor in Thailand are famous for their work and one of the first things you might have heard about Bangkok was “get a suit while you are there”. This conversation takes place in a tailor store and you will learn some clothing related words. If you want to learn Thai vocabulary quickly and efficient consider [...]
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. [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
In this short lesson you hear Jo saying the names of the 44 consonants (Thai: ???????) (pha?-yan-cha?-na) of the Thai alphabet (Thai: ????????) (a?k-so?n). 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 [...]
This is the video to our third lesson about Thai food and eating out in Thailand. Whenever you visit Thailand don’t miss out on the variety of great food here. Thai food has a sensational mix of spices that will make almost every foreigners taste buds go crazy. But don’t worry in this lesson you [...]
This is the video for our first lesson. We are right now in the process of adding videos of our old lessons that we just have as mp3 files. We already updated all transcripts and added the right transliteration that also shows the tone marks.
Please visit our site about the Thai transliteration system to [...]
In this lesson you will learn some Thai tongue twisters to train the use of the five tones. Each sentence has many words that sound very similar but have a different pronunciation. Try to repeat these sentences loud if you can or even better (and more fun) say them to a Thai person. We will [...]
This is just a short update and one of our first vodcasts (video podcasts). We still have our old iPods that don’t support videos so it would be awesome if you could test it on your iPod if you have one of the more recent ones and can watch the video on it. Please contact [...]
We hope you will never need these sentences but of course it makes a lot of sense to know them if you visit Thailand. But don’t worry, Thailand is not more dangerous than other countries. Just if something happens some basic phrases might make a huge difference.
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The biggest problem for us foreigners who learn Thai is that we are not used to phonetic languages. In many Asian languages a word that is spoken with a different pronunciation can have a different meaning. In this episode we focus on the five different tones that are used in the Thai language. As [...]
In this lesson we explain how the podcast is structured and you can learn basics of the Thai language. Words and phrases in Thai that you will probably use in every day life.
This lesson deals with dating related sentences. How you exchange numbers and ask your partner out or tell him/her some sweet things. Suprise your Thai sweety with some of these sentences. This lesson will be soon followed by another lesson that just deals with feelings.
One of the beautiful things in Thailand, besides the friendly people and the lovely beaches, is the yummy Thai food. In this lesson you will learn some helpful sentences that you can use when you eat out.
Counting in Thai is pretty straight forward and if you know how to count from 0-9 and a couple of special case for numbers like 11 or 20 its easy once you get the system. When I arrived in Thailand I really wondered what all this Haa-sib, hok-sib and whatever sib means. It really [...]
Besides beautiful night markets and the huge busy weekend market in Bangkok, huge malls make Thailand a great destination for shopping. The variety of stuff that can be found is huge and in this episode you learn some expressions that will help you to bargain or get the product you desire in another size [...]
In this lesson you will learn the essential directions and how to get from A to B which is sometimes a bit lame in a city like Bangkok. Anyway the most important thing is probably to keep in mind that public transportation like MRT (subway) or BTS (skytrain) are the best ways to get [...]
In this episode you will learn about useful phrases for free time activities in Thailand. What’s going on tonite in Bangkok? Where is the next bar or supermarket? Well going to the supermarket in Bangkok might not be the best free time activity but we included several different destinations to make it better to [...]
In this episode we talk about feelings and how you can express the most common feelings in Thai. You learn to tell others how you feel or ask them if they feel like that. Thanks for the great feedback for the last episodes. We really appreciate that and will try to improve this little [...]
Thailand is reknown for the great Thai food, Thailand’s beautiful beaches and the huge variety of places to relax and chill out. One of the most relaxing and best things in this matter are Thai massages. Whether one decides to go for a traditional Thai massage during which the ladies from the massage parlour [...]
In this episode you will learn words for places and locations in Thai. This is one of the ideas of some of you that we also make some episodes with single words. Thanks for the great feedback and enjoy the first Learn Thai Podcast episode in this style.
In our previous episodes about feelings and how to express them in Thai you have learnt some useful phrases. In this episode it is all about words and how to use them in simple phrases like “I’m happy”. If you want to learn Thai the most important part is to build up your vocabulary. [...]
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