Archive for 'Culture'
Bangkok: Longest. Name. Ever. Posted by palmisano on Dec 21, 2010
Did you know that Bangkok has the longest name for a city in the world? What do Thai people call Bangkok?
How to say ‘Yes’ in Thai Posted by palmisano on Dec 18, 2010
How do you say ‘yes’ in Thai? It’s not ใช่ like you think . . .
How to say ‘I’ in Thai Posted by palmisano on Dec 15, 2010
Learn how to refer to yourself in Thai.
Ordering Rice at a Restaurant Posted by palmisano on Nov 30, 2010
Considering all that rice in Thailand, you’d think ordering food with rice should be easy to figure out. ข้าว means rice, so you’d think if you said ‘I want it with rice’ you’d be set to go. But actually it’s much more complicated than you think. For example, if you order your food กับข้าว, which…
Thai Ending Particles, wa, woi, fa, and foi Posted by palmisano on Nov 20, 2010
Today I’m going to teach you some bad words.
Thai Ending Particles, na and ah Posted by palmisano on Nov 16, 2010
I honestly find ending particles pretty easy, despite there being no comparable words for them in English. When you speak English, you use tones to express emotion or add extra meaning. Yeap, English is to an extent a tonal language! Really? (rising tone) Really. (low tone) But in Thai, you use ending particles to adjust…