I’m a proud teacher One of my former students, Emil Vøhlert has written an e-book called “Thai Language. Straight To The Point” Where he has shared tips and tricks on how to learn Thai language. 4 years of learning Thai language, including 93 lessons learning Thai with me in 2010. The e-book has boiled down ... Continue »
Category: Thai Language
Unlike the Japanese, who have no strong R and L, we Thais can say those sounds just fine. We have a perfectly good R/ร, and use it all the time – the Thai word for love รัก/rák starts with it and many others. We have a lovely L/ล, too. We couldn’t say monkey ลิง/ling or ... Continue »
July 29th was picked as National Thai Language Day to celebrate His Majesty the King’s visit to Chulalongkorn University to join experts on the Thai language in a conference on problems with using Thai words. On 29 July 1962 at the Faculty of Arts, During the discussion, His Majesty urged everybody, to be aware of ... Continue »
I’m sure you’ve heard Thai people say “same same ” or a popular Germany film called “Same same but different “. When it’s come to Thai grammar and Thai way of like thing are quite not the same. Like, in Thai greeting “wâi” some might think “I know how to wai , you put your ... Continue »
You might have heard a Thai speaking with words or phases that you can’t find the meaning of in a dictionary. Thais might tell you that it’s slang or teenagers’ expressions. All other languages have slang, the same is true with Thai. Native speakers understand and know when to use it appropriately. For those who ... Continue »
Did you know?? August 12th is one of the most revered days of the year for Thai people? Not only it’s The queen birthday but also Thai Mother’s Day When I was a little girl, of course I love my mom every days but Mother’s day it’s very special for Thai people. Thais even have ... Continue »
I’m so excited! I just had one of my dreams come true. I’ve wanted to talk to Ratchanee Sripaiwan, the author of the Maannii มานี books, for as long as I can remember and it finally happened. I was enthralled to finally meet her.
Hey Everyone! I’m so excited! I just had one of my dreams come true. I’ve wanted to talk to Ratchanee Sripaiwan, the author of the Maanee มานี books, for as long as I can remember and it finally happened. I was enthralled to finally meet her. It took almost two months to find her. ... Continue »
I recently spoke to one of my new students that has spent the last year learning Thai on his own, without any help from a teacher, following a well known course that uses a variety of books and DVDs. When he first sent me an email, I was very excited to get to meet him, I thought to myself, ”wow, he must be a ... Continue »
I love my job, full of surprises, here is one of them : One day, one of my students tried to impress me with the new word he learnt over the weekend. He said, “You will be so proud of me, Mia….I learnt a new word last weekend” I smiled and excited, “อะไรค่ะ??” (à-rai ká : what??) ... Continue »
Thai Proverb
