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On my very first trip to Thailand I had the lucky chance to visit one of the northern tribes, the Akha. I lived and worked with them for 3 days and 3 nights, giving me an opportunity to learn a lot about them first hand.

After you’ve mastered the names of the planets, you’ll need to master other very common words such as ‘space’, ‘universe’, ‘alien’, and ‘north star’. You won’t find yourself using these words every day, but they can come in use if you go watch a meteor shower or find yourself watching some space-related movie.

People are competitive. We always need to compete. We need to be first in line. Win first in a competition. Be the first to finish. The first to the moon. Second place is as good as last, no?

Using the word น่า naa3 in Thai before a word is similar to adding ‘–worthy’ to the end of a word in English. This, in most but not all cases, adds a positive implication that the item of interest is worth doing or worth having that feeling for it.

After you so diligently studied very hard to learn and memorize all eleven Thai numbers (0 through 10 is 11 numbers, silly), you probably noticed that Thais rarely actually used Thai numbers. Was this all a waste? Is it even appropriate to use Thai numbers when writing? What other special rules are there when writing…

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With any language you do not just have the consonants and vowels to memorize, but you also have the punctuation marks (krueng3mai5 wak4 dtawn1 เครื่องหมายวรรคตอน) as well. Thankfully, Thai borrows most of its punctuation marks from English. But even though most are the same, the Thai names of each still need to be memorized.

With any language you do not just have the consonants and vowels to memorize, but you also have the punctuation marks (krueng3mai5 wak4 dtawn1 เครื่องหมายวรรคตอน) as well. Thankfully, Thai borrows most of its punctuation marks from English. But even though most are the same, the Thai names of each still need to be memorized.