Archive for 'Intermediate'
Useful Thai for the Pharmacy Posted by palmisano on Sep 11, 2010
Most pharmacists in Thailand speak enough English that you’ll never need to learn any Thai to get what you want. If they don’t understand, try saying what you want using ทัพศัพท์, intentionally mispronouncing the medicine name with a strong Thai accent. Or just print this out for them to read it. Anyway, if you wanted…
Thai Months for the Lazy Man Posted by palmisano on Aug 23, 2010
I will assume by now you’ve learned, or at least tried to learn, the twelve months in Thai. If you’ve been studying for many years and still have trouble remembering, or still can’t spell them, then this method is for you. With all those syllables and a spelling hard to remember, I can’t blame you…
How to Cheat in Thai, part 1 of 2 Posted by palmisano on Aug 9, 2010
My title to this post is a bit misleading. We aren’t going to cheat to learn Thai. Instead, we are going to learn about how to say ‘cheating’ in Thai. As any tourist to Thailand knows, you’re going to be cheated, swindled, and scammed. Entire websites are devoted to filling databases of all the scams…
Political Responses to Thai Protests Posted by palmisano on Jul 28, 2010
Between my last post and this one (the dates don’t match the actual writing date), Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva อภิสิทธิ์ เวชชาชีวะ ordered a crackdown on the protesters camped out. Prime Minister is translated as นายกรัฐมนตรี, but in the newspapers you’ll only see it in the short version, นายกฯ (naa1 yok4). For those familiar with what…
Language of the Protester (Intermediate) Posted by palmisano on Jul 27, 2010
This is, obviously, my first post in what will be a fruitful blog for those interested in learning to speak Thai and how Thai culture relates to its language. Let’s start by stating who I am and what makes me qualified to do this. I’ve been studying Thai for approximately six years now, about…