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, 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…
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.
Let’s Go Camping! Part 3 of 3 Posted by palmisano on Nov 9, 2010
Anyway, now that you’ve made peace with the leeches you’re truly ready to go camping (ไปแคมป์ปิ้ง). First, you select a good spot and pitch your tent (เต้นท์). A high dry sunny area is great to avoid leeches. Then you splay out your sleeping bag (ถุงนอน).
Lets Go Camping! Part 2 of 3 Posted by palmisano on Nov 6, 2010
But by far the worst you’ll ever run into are the darn leeches (ทาก). Typically you’ll only find them in areas well traveled, and they especially like to come out when the ground is wet (such as after a recent rain). In the US we only have leeches in the water, but over here, these…