{"id":2548,"date":"2015-08-10T09:00:22","date_gmt":"2015-08-10T09:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/thai\/?p=2548"},"modified":"2015-08-08T20:13:45","modified_gmt":"2015-08-08T20:13:45","slug":"beginner-thai-video-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/thai\/beginner-thai-video-series\/","title":{"rendered":"Beginner Thai Video Series"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Thai is an intimidating language to learn, with its tricky alphabet and tones that confuse many a <em>farang<\/em> who attempt to use them. Never fear, because we&#8217;ve put together a &#8220;Beginner Thai&#8221; video series that will at least get you up to par on the basics of the Thai language.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2499\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter post-item__attachment\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/thai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2015\/06\/Screen-Shot-2015-06-13-at-4.44.32-PM.png\" aria-label=\"Screen Shot 2015 06 13 At 4.44.32 PM 1024x559\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2499\" class=\"wp-image-2499\"  alt=\"Use Transparent Language to study Thai!\" width=\"600\" height=\"327\" \/ src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/thai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2015\/06\/Screen-Shot-2015-06-13-at-4.44.32-PM-1024x559.png\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/thai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2015\/06\/Screen-Shot-2015-06-13-at-4.44.32-PM-1024x559.png 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/thai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2015\/06\/Screen-Shot-2015-06-13-at-4.44.32-PM-350x191.png 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/thai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2015\/06\/Screen-Shot-2015-06-13-at-4.44.32-PM-768x419.png 768w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/thai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2015\/06\/Screen-Shot-2015-06-13-at-4.44.32-PM.png 1204w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2499\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Use Transparent Language to study Thai!<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Here are the first five videos in the series, with brief descriptions for each:<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center\">Thai Alphabet: Consonants Pronunciation Guide<\/h2>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Thai Alphabet - Consonants Pronunciation Guide\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/rYdq1c1tZrw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Go through the pronunciation of all 44 of the Thai consonants in this short video. Each consonant is associated with a word &#8211; that&#8217;s the way Thai kids learn them, too &#8211; so you&#8217;ll also learn a bunch of words in the process.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center\">Thai Alphabet: Vowels Pronunciation Guide<\/h2>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Thai Vowels Pronunciation Guide\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/SWGqAB24T1s?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Once you&#8217;ve got the consonant sounds down, it&#8217;s time to learn the Thai vowels. They are split between short and long vowels, and you&#8217;ll learn them all with help from a native speaking Thai teacher in this video.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center\">Thai Tones Pronunciation Guide<\/h2>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Thai Tones Pronunciation Guide\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/a7AYX1s8QNo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>As mentioned above, the Thai tones can be quite difficult, especially for speakers of non-tonal languages. There are five tones in all in Thai, and this video gives you a good guide to the sounds of them all, with plenty of examples for you to practice alongside.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center\">Thai Polite Particles &#8211; Ka and Krap<\/h2>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Thai Polite Particles - Ka and Krap\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7sHl6sYAmh0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;ve been to Thailand and listened to people talking, you&#8217;ve certainly noticed that men always add the word &#8220;<em>krap<\/em>&#8221; and ladies add the word &#8220;<em>ka<\/em>.&#8221; These particles show politeness &#8211; a very important aspect of Thai culture. Learn how to use them and check out some examples by watching this one.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center\">Common Thai Greetings<\/h2>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Common Thai Greetings\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/F3ZYkg-c8aY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>While a lot of people can speak a decent amount of English in Thailand &#8211; the country thrives on its tourism industry, after all &#8211; locals love it when you speak to them in their language. Make people smile on your trip to Thailand by greeting them in Thai, which you&#8217;ll be able to do through this video.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ve got way more resources than that when it comes to learning Thai, but these videos will at least get you going. If you want to get a bit more serious, you can try <a href=\"http:\/\/www.transparent.com\/personal\/transparent-language-online.html\">learning Thai for 7 days for free<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<img width=\"350\" height=\"191\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/thai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2015\/08\/Screen-Shot-2015-06-13-at-4.44.32-PM-1024x559-350x191.png\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image tmp-hide-img\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/thai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2015\/08\/Screen-Shot-2015-06-13-at-4.44.32-PM-1024x559-350x191.png 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/thai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2015\/08\/Screen-Shot-2015-06-13-at-4.44.32-PM-1024x559-768x419.png 768w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/thai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2015\/08\/Screen-Shot-2015-06-13-at-4.44.32-PM-1024x559.png 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><p>Thai is an intimidating language to learn, with its tricky alphabet and tones that confuse many a farang who attempt to use them. Never fear, because we&#8217;ve put together a &#8220;Beginner Thai&#8221; video series that will at least get you up to par on the basics of the Thai language. 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