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Geography of Thailand Part2 Posted by palmisano on Sep 26, 2011
The north east of Thailand, which is the most populous in the country, is generally referred to as Isaan. The people of Isaan share a 50/50 heritage with Thailand and Laos, and the language, food, and culture are representative of that. The land here is the most arid, dry and hot.
How To Buy Something in Thai Posted by palmisano on Sep 9, 2011
Buying things in Thailand can be a challenge to noobies in the Land of Smiles. Sure, you can point and gesture and type prices on a calculator, but that will only get you the special ‘farang price’ . . . You can always purchase based on the price tag, but many sellers are willing to…
Thai numbers, 100 to infinity Posted by palmisano on Sep 8, 2011
Thai numbers after 100 are a little different from English. In English, we have special words for ‘hundred’, ‘thousand’, ‘million’, ‘billion’, etc. Unlike English, Thai has special words for 10,000 and 100,000.
Thai Numbers, 1 to 100 Posted by palmisano on Aug 30, 2011
As Thais typically use the Arabic numeral system, as a beginner you do not need to learn how to write Thai numbers. But on rare occasions you’ll find street sellers posting prices only in Thai, or hotels with room numbers only in Thai.
Top 25 Thai words for Every Beginner Posted by palmisano on Aug 26, 2011
Every language has its common words and its rare words. Thai has about 1000 very common words, where you’ll hear and/or use each of them no less than once a week (and many several times per hour). To move from beginner to intermediate, you need to learn all 1000+ of those words. After you learn…
Thai Question Words Posted by palmisano on Aug 23, 2011
Thai question words are very similar to question words found in English. The only main difference is that while in English question words are found at the beginning of the question, in Thai they are located at the end of the question…
Vocabulary for the Thai Family Posted by palmisano on Aug 13, 2011
Vocabulary for the Thai family is a bit more complicated than it is in the western family. The additional complications come from knowing who is older and who is younger, and know of which side of the family (mother’s/father’s side) everyone is on. Also note that it’s common to call unrelated people Aunt and Uncle…