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The Thai equivalent to ‘-er’. Posted by palmisano on Apr 11, 2011
I’m a writer. I’m a traveler. I’m a translator. What are you? How would you translate that into Thai?
Island Hopping – Part Three – Koh Pha-Ngan Posted by sasha on Apr 7, 2011
While Koh Pha-Ngan is most famous amongst travelers for its monthly Full Moon Party, there’s plenty more to do on this Thai island than deck yourself out in day-glo paint and drink buckets of cheap whiskey. With beautiful beaches all around the island, you always have the option of sunbathing with a good book. Of…
Showing, in Thai Posted by palmisano on Mar 12, 2011
A very common word you’ll hear in Thai is แสดง, or sa2-daeng1, meaning ‘to show’. By combining this word with other words you can create various useful expressions ranging from acting, performing, demonstrating, showing, displaying, etc.
One Month in Thailand Posted by sasha on Mar 7, 2011
Sawadee krap! Greetings, Thai blog readers. Please allow me to introduce myself – my name is Sasha, I’m from Detroit, Michigan, and I will be a guest blogger here for the next couple of months. I live in Beijing, and I’m a regular contributor over at the Transparent Chinese blog. Recently, I spent about one…
If you say it enough times, it becomes the truth. Posted by palmisano on Feb 25, 2011
One of the most commonly used every day words of Thai is jing1 จริง, loosely translating into English as ‘true’ or ‘real’.