Spoken Thai and written Thai are not always the same. I’ll let you know when I’m finished. If I was doing a transliteration of the name in the photo above, I would use 'bpee-dter'. Going to a language school can work well too as you get to interact with other people in Thai in person. The 'u' in 'but' sounds different to the 'u' in 'put', etc etc. In Reading Thai is Fun, James shows you how to feel the natural flow of writing Thai by using the cursive style of an adult. A phrase such as 'key to the gate' would therefore be written 'khey to the kate' with this system. Thai is definitely a bit more difficult for a native English speaker than for example Spanish or French, because these languages have much more vocabulary in common with English. The Thai alphabet - stands to reason. Can you see that the word is 'din'? Better get your pronunciation right from the beginning to have solid Thai language basics. Choosing Thailand as the destination for a language mission definitely had its benefits…. The ‘mid’ tone has no tone mark, so essentially there are 4 to identify. Now, here's the first difference between Thai and English. Here’s the first video where I explain my daily study routine: Stu Jay Raj is a polyglot originally from Australia, but he has been living in Thailand for over 20 years and speaks Thai like a native. Glossika comes with 1000’s of sentences in Thai. We documented our whole learning journey in a YouTube video series which you can find here. One of the great things about visiting Thailand is that hotels are plentiful and a lot cheaper than in most other countries. I learned the alphabet after my Thai mission and I found out that it really takes some time to learn how all the features work. I can't do this without your feedback and therefore I would be very grateful for constructive feedback and criticism. Note: In this post I won’t be taking you through the Thai alphabet letter by letter. You also learn how to pronounce them correctly from a native speaker. There are two tricks: As there are no conjugations, cases and genders in Thai and the word order is pretty similar to English, you can start using the words you learn from the beginning. This is a brilliant and very encouraging post. Thanks for pushing me to write. The secret to speaking Thai from the beginning, My goal was to simply succeed at what I failed at during my first attempt; holding a spontaneous, 10-minute conversation in Thai. There was no English translation and no one to help you. You've stumbled across this page probably because you thought it might be a good idea to learn to read Thai. This means that two or more vowel sounds are combined into one smooth sound. The same vowels are always written in the same place and it isn't random. Here’s a short list for you. Although Stu was not involved in my daily study routine, Stu regularly gave Olly and me feedback on our Thai: Thai is a tonal language, it sounds very different from English and it has a script which might scare you. Duke Language School Jentana & Associates. I like. I know this because I have a young daughter who studies at a Thai school. For beginners I recommend getting wall charts (this link opens a pop-up image) with the Thai consonants and vowels. The vast majority don't have a clue how to read Thai and apparently have no interest in learning. However, it’s kind of bad advantage for me. pasa Thai ≈ paasăa Thai). For example, F-A-T. Then I would explain the rules of the language. cats last blog post..The Easy Way for Beginners to Read and Write Thai. What are you going to do? What is the reason for this complete lack of interest? I learned Thai for 21 days straight so it means that my total study time was more or less 42 hours. If you’ve never learned a tonal language before, it will take some time to get your tones and pronunciation right. If tech savvy, record each into a loop for hands-free ease. 6. By the start of the second week, I began to feel that I “knew enough,” and what I really needed to do was to consolidate everything I’d learnt in the first week. Disclaimer: I participate in the Amazon affiliate program and should you use one of these links to order a book I will make around 4% of the sale price.