Archive for 'Intermediate'
The Thai Hill Tribes, Part 2 Posted by palmisano on Dec 19, 2011
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.
How to say Space in Thai Posted by palmisano on Dec 14, 2011
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.
Our Solar System, in Thai Posted by palmisano on Dec 12, 2011
Have you ever wanted to talk about astrology/astronomy, or about the latest robot probe sent to Mars? What are the names of the planets?
Should we write with Thai numbers or Arabic numbers? Posted by palmisano on Nov 22, 2011
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…
Thai Punctuation Marks & Other Characters, Part 3 Posted by palmisano on Nov 20, 2011
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.
Thai Punctuation Marks & Other Characters, Part 2 Posted by palmisano on Nov 18, 2011
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.
Thai Punctuation Marks & Other Characters, Part1 Posted by palmisano on Nov 16, 2011
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.