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Plant Vocabulary in Thai Posted by palmisano on Oct 31, 2012
Learn nature related vocabulary in Thai.
Thai Diphthongs Posted by palmisano on Oct 30, 2012
Learn about Thai Diphthongs.
Thai Motorcycle Vocabulary Word Match Posted by palmisano on Oct 29, 2012
In the previous blog post I talked about Thai motorcycle vocabulary and how to use these words in sentences. This post will help give you practice with those words, as well as reading and spelling them.
Thai Motorcycle Vocabulary Posted by palmisano on Oct 24, 2012
You can’t truly explore Thailand on your own without knowing some basic motorcycle related vocabulary, so I’ve compiled a bunch for you below.
Respect in Thai Culture Posted by palmisano on Oct 8, 2012
The concept of respect in Thai culture is quite different from that which you would find in Western culture. I often find myself having to explain the differences to both Westerners and Thais. The reality is that the concept of respect, or more importantly who deserves it and why, is deeply ingrained into our sub-conscious…
Full Kee vocabulary Posted by palmisano on Sep 30, 2012
Full Kee has nothing to do with the Thai language – it’s a common name for a chinese restaurant. But that name really bothers me because in Thai, ‘kee3’ means s&%t or ‘crap’. As an adult I shouldn’t be amused by this, but really, a restaurant that is full of kee?
Geelaa See (Thai Sports Day) Posted by palmisano on Sep 27, 2012
Not too long ago I got to participate in gee1laa1 see5 กีฬาสี. What is กีฬาสี? It’s the sports day for school, or for some other group. People are divided up evenly into two teams of opposing colors, and then compete. In the west, we’d call it ‘field day’, but in the west we wouldn’t have…