Archive for 'Intermediate'
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…
Breaking the Thai Tones, Legally Posted by palmisano on Nov 26, 2010
You think you know the 5 Thai tones? Did you know that you can break these rules? This tutorial will teach you how.
Thai for Engineers Posted by palmisano on Nov 23, 2010
The career of engineering is the second most common career in the world, only second to teaching. That said, there is either a good chance that you’re an engineer, or that a conversation concerning engineering will come up at some point that you’d want to participate in. At some point you’ll need to know the…
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, krap and ka Posted by palmisano on Nov 13, 2010
When learning Thai, one of the very first things you learn are the words ครับ (krap) and ค่ะ (ka). For me, ครับ was the very first Thai word I learned – and I still remember the day. As you should already know, ครับ is for boys and ค่ะ is for girls.
Food Poisoning part 2 of 2 Posted by palmisano on Oct 28, 2010
Your body might also raise its temperature, giving you a fever. To say you have a fever (ไข้), just say ผมเป็นไข้. Make sure you use the right tone, or you’ll end up declaring yourself an egg (ไข่). Now if someone asks you whats wrong, you should answer กินอาหารเป็นพิษ (literally ‘I ate poisoned food’). For light…
Food Poisoning part 1 of 2 Posted by palmisano on Oct 23, 2010
Thailand is very much lawless when it comes to food and health regulations. Many Thai people neither understand foodborne illness, nor do they see a financial benefit in disposing of otherwise questionable food. Not to mention all the farming chemicals they use that have been banned in western countries!