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Variety is the spice of life (Learn Thai challenge day 5)

Variety is the spice of life (Learn Thai challenge day 5)

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So, I’m around a week into my ‘Learn Thai in 2 weeks challenge’ now and I’m starting to get a better feel for the language. I’ve realised a couple of things about language learning: No single method of study is sufficient on it’s own Language learning goes much faster if you do multiple methods. I’ve been doing online courses, watching Thai videos, researching on the internet, doodling my own memes (see Learning foreign symbols with memes – The confused sheep fish),…

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Learning Thai Tones and the Thai Alphabet Song (Learn Thai challenge day 4)

Learning Thai Tones and the Thai Alphabet Song (Learn Thai challenge day 4)

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Yesterday I set myself the challenge of asking for a price in Thai and listening to the answer. I didn’t succeed as the shop keeper was too quick for me. She told me the English cost before I could wrap my head around asking the cost in Thai. However, I did repeat back the cost in Thai and have her nod and smile. I’m happy with that. Everything I read on Thai keeps talking about the tones. I still hadn’t…

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Thai numbers (Learn Thai challenge Day 3)

Thai numbers (Learn Thai challenge Day 3)

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Today I’ve been going over all the letters I learned yesterday and starting on the numbers. I was a bit annoyed with myself yesterday when I went to the market. The stall owners could understand my question of ‘how much is that’ but I hadn’t a clue what they were saying when they answered in Thai. Considering that most things there were either 10, 15 or 20 baht that’s a bit embarrassing! So I decided to skip ahead a bit…

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Learning foreign symbols with memes – The confused sheep fish (Thai challenge day 2)

Learning foreign symbols with memes – The confused sheep fish (Thai challenge day 2)

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This is day 2 of my ‘Learn Thai in 2 weeks‘ challenge. Yesterday, I found some good resources to help me and started learning the most common letters in the Thai alphabet. Today I carried on with my course from LearnThaifromaWhiteGuy.com and memrise. Pronouncing letters Learn Thai from a White guy has been great for helping to pronounce the letters. He takes a long time to explain exactly where your tongue should be to get the right sound. I’m appreciative…

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The most common letters in the Thai alphabet (Learn Thai challenge day 1)

The most common letters in the Thai alphabet (Learn Thai challenge day 1)

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Today I’ve tried to figure out the most common letters in Thai. This has been surprisingly difficult considering most sites I’ve been on will tell you that many letters are barely used. Here are the resources I’ve been using: Learn Thai from a White guy learnthaifromawhiteguy.com You gotta love the name of this one! And the course seems pretty good too. If you add your email he’ll send you the first 4 lessons free (after that it’s $150 for the 2…

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Learn Thai in 2 weeks

Learn Thai in 2 weeks

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I’ve decided that all my usual excuses are silly and that I should learn Thai. I’m living here after all, and it would make things so much easier. Not to mention the (mental) gold stars that I could give myself for not only learning a new language, but an Asian one at that. Friends and family, I invite you to join me (it’ll be fun, I promise!). Thai basics Thai has polite words: ‘kaa’ for women and ‘krup’ for men. Thai…

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