tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-51760830377690335042023-09-20T08:52:32.501-07:00Learning Thai, Read and Write Thai | Thai Culture and ObservationsBillythekids' Blog for getting better at Thai. Tips on learning Thai with a focus on reading and writing.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger36125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5176083037769033504.post-46599610099485079002011-10-23T10:01:00.000-07:002011-10-23T10:01:50.134-07:00Thai FloodsI'm sure readers will be keeping abreast of the serious flooding in Thailand, especially in central provinces.<div>I've found Twitter to be a great resource for finding out what's happening on the ground and get real-time information. Here's some people I recommend following: @RichardBarrow @WomenLearnThai @georgebkk and of course just searching the following hashtag: #ThaiFloodEng</div><div><br />
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</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5176083037769033504.post-45840214848286717782011-09-21T07:52:00.000-07:002011-09-21T07:52:25.253-07:00Learning Thai Through The Latest Technologies - Tablet ThaiA very interesting <a href="http://www.bangkokpost.com/learning/learning-from-news/256904/educational-tablet-made-in-thailand">Bangkok Post </a>article about how a firm plans to offer affordable slate technology to Thai pupils for language learning as part of the Thai governments 4 billion baht 1 tablet per child program. It's very interesting to see the progression and development of learning and using technology in this process, after all it was only a 100 years ago that pupils would have been using a chalk board to write down new vocabulary and learn grammar structures. Nowadays, with the increasing popularity of touch based devices, students will no longer have to resort to using a pen and paper to take notes in class and will find various language facilitating apps to help them gain better understanding of a language. Who knows what's next, maybe future generations will be implanted with chips that allows them to bring up any kind of information within an instant (powered by Google and Intel perhaps).<br />
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Let me know your thoughts on how technology is changing the way we learn.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5176083037769033504.post-30254395426183841212011-08-21T08:18:00.000-07:002011-08-21T08:50:36.156-07:00Whats On the Menu Today? กินอะไรอร่อยIf you've dined out in Thailand, especially at the restaurants out of the Touristy areas you may have not had the luxury of having a bilingual menu. This can of course present its problems, and often people might end up with something a bit too hot to handle or worse still a somewhat less than palatable meat - I once heard a story who wanted to order a crispy pork dish with rice - <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span class="hps">ข้าวกับ</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span class="">หมู</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span class="">ทอด (Kow gab moo tort)</span></span> but ended up with rice and frog - <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span class="hps">ข้าวกับ</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span class="">กบ (Kow gab gorb)</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;">Tom Yam Kung </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; line-height: 16px;">ต้มยำกุ้ง Spicy Shrimp Soup</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; line-height: 16px;">Tom Kha Guy </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; line-height: 16px;">ต้มข่าไก่ Chicken Soup with Coconut Milk</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; line-height: 19px;"><em style="font-style: normal;">Pad</em></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; line-height: 19px;"> Ka-Prao Moo/Guy ผัดกะเพรา</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;">หมู/</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;">ไก่</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; line-height: 19px;"> Fried Rice with Basil and minced pork/chicken</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; line-height: 19px;"><em style="font-style: normal;">Pad See</em></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; line-height: 19px;">-</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; line-height: 19px;"><em style="font-style: normal;">Ew</em></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; line-height: 19px;"> Moo/Guy ผัดซีอิ๊ว</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;">หมู/</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; line-height: 19px;">ผัดซีอิ๊ว</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">ข้าวผัด</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;">หมู</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; line-height: 19px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; line-height: 19px;"> "River Noodles" - Thick Noodles in Soy Sauce with pork/with chicken.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;">Pad Thai ผัดไทย Probably the best selling dish on Koh San Road - Fried noodles with egg, and usually a combination of tofu, chicken, shrimp, crushed peanuts, corriander and lime.</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">ข้าว</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;">ต้ม - Kow Tom - A traditional Thai breakfast staple; rice soup (can be served with pork </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">ข้าว</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;">ต้ม</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;">หมู)</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: sans-serif; line-height: 19px;">ข้าวผัด</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;">เนื้อวัว Kow Pad Neua - Fried rice with beef</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: sans-serif; line-height: 19px;">ข้าวผัด</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; line-height: 16px;">กุ้ง</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; line-height: 16px;"> - Fried rice with shrimp</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; line-height: 16px;">แกงส้มไก่หวาน </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; line-height: 16px;"> Kaeng <em style="font-style: normal;">Som</em> Kai Wan </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; line-height: 16px;"> Sweet and Sour Chicken Soup</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; line-height: 16px;">กุ้งกุลาดำนึ่งซีอิ๊ว </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; line-height: 16px;"><em style="font-style: normal;">Kung</em> Kuladam Neung <em style="font-style: normal;">Si</em> Io </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; line-height: 16px;">Tiger Prawns Steamed with Soy Sauce</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; line-height: 16px;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Quick-Easy-Thai-Everyday-Recipes/dp/0811837319?ie=UTF8&tag=widgetsamazon-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">Quick & Easy Thai: 70 Everyday Recipes</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=widgetsamazon-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=0811837319" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;" width="1" /></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; line-height: 16px;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Thai-Food-David-Thompson/dp/1580084621?ie=UTF8&tag=widgetsamazon-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">Thai Food</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=widgetsamazon-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=1580084621" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;" width="1" /></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; line-height: 16px;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Modern-Thai-Food-Fabulous-Contemporary/dp/0804842299?ie=UTF8&tag=widgetsamazon-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">Modern Thai Food: 100 Fabulous Thai Recipes for Contemporary Cooks</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=widgetsamazon-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=0804842299" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;" width="1" /></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Free = Pron. "Phree" (Its common in Thai to use English loan words and transliterate) 2nd. Image : 'Ham Tai Loop'</td></tr>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">There are other ways to learn Thai......</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Whilst I'm not dissing Thai teachers in any way, many do a fantastic job and let's be honest it's not easy teaching foreigners, I'm simply pointing out that consider other perhaps supplementary ways of progressing. One such way is to get on the ol' tinternet and seek out that strange breed of people, ฝรั่งสอนภาษาไทย</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">And it seems you don't have to go very far in cyberspace for all these largely male western guys (and a few western women if you search hard enough) bustin' out the Thai. And for people like me, who have been out of the country for a couple of years now, its a great way to keep up practice and I don't know there's something nice about hearing a non-native speaker speak with a near perfect Thai accent and has actually taken the time to seriously crack Thai. Puts me to shame really.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Okay enough chitter chatter, here's some people I rate highly for learning Thai of:</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">The first is a recent stumble: an American guy that runs a TV show called: 'Farang Pok Pok'. Well recommended. Here's the first episode: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9aS9ykGe7rU">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9aS9ykGe7rU</a></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Polyglot, Stu-Jay Raj is probably one of the better known <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; line-height: 15px;">ลูกครึ่ง (mixed race) </span>famous faces, following several TV programmes on Thai TV. And most recently his travel series programmes<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 15px;">: </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-weight: bold; line-height: 25px;">เหนือชั้น 1000แปล </span>looks at him going to some very exotic places and documenting on the weird, wonderful and supernatural. This guy astounds me, not just in Thai but in so many other languages. But his Thai is also flawless.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">In terms of blogs and reading resources, hopefully you can pick up a few tid-bits from this one, but there's so many more (and much better ones, no false modesty intended) out there. Here's some that I frequent:</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.richardbarrow.com/">http://www.richardbarrow.com/</a> - Not so much of a Thai language blog, but contains everything you need to know about Thailand and Thai culture.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://rikker.blogspot.com/">http://rikker.blogspot.com/</a> - Regular on Thaivisa.com a great Thai language blog. Suited to more advanced readers of Thai.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://womenlearnthai.com/">http://womenlearnthai.com/</a> - A great blog, with a well-needed women's perspective on learning Thai</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/forum/43-Thai-language/">http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/forum/43-Thai-language/</a> - An essential forum to visit for posting questions and getting answers on Thai.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">There are of course a lot more, but these are just a few of my picks. Ill post more later on perhaps. This post seems to have gone on for long enough, so Ill end it here. Let me know if this was useful in any way.</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0United Kingdom55.378051 -3.4359729999999942.200901 -24.84370049999999 68.555201 17.97175450000001tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5176083037769033504.post-90059081295622030052011-03-14T03:00:00.000-07:002011-06-17T03:16:34.969-07:00Back To Basics - Polite Articles & Phrases<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">So I realized there's probably not much in this blog for people just starting with Thai as yet, so in this post Ill look at some of the more fundamentals aspects of Thai in the form of polite articles and requests.Polite articles in Thai are fairly easy to grasp once you're acquainted with them and start listening out for in everyday conversation.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Most people when starting to learn thai will have picked up the different polite particle endings depending on whether you're a guy or girl -</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">ครับ - kráp (think less in terms of how we say 'crap' in English but more hybrid between the b and p --> Krabp with a soft p)</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">ค่ะ - kâ (i often associate this word with the ford Ka advertising if you're from the UK you know the adverts im talking about - said with high then falling tone on the vowel)</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Then, comes the most useful polite request phrase: kŏr-tôot (ขอโทษ) - use this when approaching someone you don't know or apologizing:</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">For males: ขอโทษครับ ---- kŏr-tôot kráp</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">To put this into action a typical polite request would be:</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">ขอโทษครับ<span class="short_text" id="result_box"><span style="background-color: white;" title="how much">อัน</span></span><span class="short_text" id="result_box" lang="th"><span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">นี้</span></span><span class="short_text" id="result_box"><span style="background-color: white;" title="how much">เท่าไหร่</span></span>นะครับ -<i> </i>kŏr-tôot kráp an née <span id="search">thâu-rai </span>kráp</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Not the addition of another particle นะ to soften the sentence a lot. This is used a lot in spoken Thai together with other 'softner' particles such as: จ้ะ <i>- já, </i>ละ or ล่ะ - la or สิ - si</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Or for a girl/woman would be:</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">ขอโทษค่ะ<span class="short_text" id="result_box"><span style="background-color: white;" title="how much">อัน</span></span><span class="short_text" id="result_box" lang="th"><span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">นี้</span></span><span class="short_text" id="result_box"><span style="background-color: white;" title="how much">เท่าไหร่</span></span>นะค่ะ <i> </i>kŏr-tôot kâ an née <span id="search">thâu-rai </span>kâ</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Of course there are a variety of ways to frame the same question, and beginners may be tempted to over use the polite particles, but as long as you finish the sentence with a ครับ or ค่ะ most Thais will be appreciative of this!</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5176083037769033504.post-63396361966374779382011-01-12T06:59:00.000-08:002011-06-17T03:19:44.630-07:00สวัสดีปีใหม่<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Happy New Year to all Readers!</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">(And also a very late <span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">สุขสันต์วันคริสต์มาส)</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span></span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5176083037769033504.post-66001884471979585832010-09-30T07:34:00.000-07:002011-06-17T03:20:37.355-07:00Back Once Again With The Renegade Thai Language Lessons and Round Up News<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">So the last time I posted, I was preparing to go back to Thailand for a short vacation. I went back expecting lots of eventful drama, as it was still the time of protest of the Red Shirts. I thought my friend was pretty foolhardy wanting to get right up and close to the barricade near MBK, although he had long changed careers his journalistic tendencies were still shinning through. But, luckily for us we went at a time that not much was going on, it was a Saturday and people were even venturing into MBK for some food and shopping. I noticed some tourists didn't seem to deterred either, had we gone a week latter when one of the Red Shirt Leaders was shot it would have been a different story perhaps. My flight out of Bangkok on the Sunday and the journey to the airport was perhaps more reminiscent of the kind of chaos I had expected, with rising smoke from various points in the city it resembled the kind of apocalyptic Bangkok I had seen on the news. The whole holiday was a bit surreal from the start, as down South one could be forgiven for thinking that there was not any kind of turmoil happening in Thailand, and there seemed to be plenty of tourists enjoying Thailand's famed beaches.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">In my stumblings today, I found a number of interesting highlights I'd like to share. The first one being from Richard Barrow's blog (whom you should all follow on Twitter if you don't already: @RichardBarrow) - it's good to see the boys in brown up to their usual tricks with their <a 09="" 12="" 2010="" href="http://www.blogger.com/%3Ca%20href=" http:="" index.php="" the-litter-scam-in-bangkok?blog="5"" www.thai-blogs.com="">http://www.thai-blogs.com/index.php/2010/09/12/the-litter-scam-in-bangkok?blog=5</a></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Also I revisted Thaivisa language forum for the first time in months, and once again we can rely on David Houston to post an interesting news snippet: <a 400993-%26-3605;%26-3636;%26-3604;%26-3652;%26-3617;%26-3657;%26-3605;%26-3636;%26-3604;%26-3617;%26-3639;%26-3629;%26-3652;%26-3611;%26-3613;%26-3634;%26-3585;="" forum="" href="http://www.blogger.com/%3Ca%20href=" http:="" topic="" www.thaivisa.com="">http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/400993-%26-3605;%26-3636;%26-3604;%26-3652;%26-3617;%26-3657;%26-3605;%26-3636;%26-3604;%26-3617;%26-3639;%26-3629;%26-3652;%26-3611;%26-3613;%26-3634;%26-3585;/</a>"<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white; font-family: arial, verdana, tahoma, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black;">ติดมือไปฝาก</span></span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">and just for fun, a subject that's been done to death already, but just for good measure the topic of Thai-farang sponsorship: <a href="http://thaiwomantalks.com/2010/05/10/thai-women-and-the-question-of%C2%A0money/">http://thaiwomantalks.com/2010/05/10/thai-women-and-the-question-of%C2%A0money/</a></span><br />
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<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Okay enough of me pretending im down with the kids. </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span> </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Anyway reading his blog there was a mention of </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">วันเด็ก </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">or Children's day on Twitter. Now, my job requires a certain level of web savvyness and use of web 2.0 technologies for internet marketing, so of course i was already familiar with tweeting in english as most of us are. But, before today it never would have occurred to me to tap into this resource for learning and improving my writing and reading. (something i desperately need to do, given my position outside of thailand now). </span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
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Hope you all had a great Christmas and New Years.<br />
Looking forward to 2010, and keeping the blog updated with hopefully some useful nuggets for learners of Thai at all levels. Unfortunately, as I'm no longer living in Thailand, it's harder for me to maintain my level, as I'm concentrating on learning Mandarin for the moment. So if you spot any glaring mistakes in my written Thai, please feel free to point them out.<br />
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</div><div>but i'd thought i'd add something to this from a language point of view. My previous install was using XP Pro, which was fine when i wanted to add Thai to the language bar. However, when I wanted to add Chinese (Traditional) to the language bar, it caused no end of headaches as that was never listed in my language service pack and trying to download it independently was a no go. I therefore, decided it was time to make the leap forward and go with something a bit more multi-lingual friendly, which Microsoft Windows 7 is - surprisingly. It was dead simple, adding Chinese to the language bar, and know I can easily switch between Thai, English and Chinese, with a few shortcut keys. However, I was a bit disappointed to read that Microsoft Windows 7 is only available in 5 languages, which might come as a bigger disappointment to people not versed in those 5 languages.</div><div>Will have to wait and see if 2010, brings any updates and developments to this.</div><div><br />
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<span style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; white-space: pre;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In the case of พอดี when put at the start of the sentence the phrase it takes on a completely meaning to instances where we might hear this phrase used out in public (usually in the just right/just enough context). </span></span><br />
<span style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; white-space: pre;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As Katana points out, when พอดี is put right at the start, followed by a verb in the future tense then it takes on the meaning of just about to do something.</span></span><br />
<span style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; white-space: pre;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">But, you will usually hear พอดี used in these kinds of scenarios:</span></span><br />
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<span style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">คุณมีโซดาพอดีในแก้วของคุนไหม - do you have enough soda in your glass?</span></span><br />
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Here's a link on the Matchion site to a news story about Robbie Williams and his previous addiction to prescription drugs, after it came out the Michael Jackson died from a drug overdose from a cocktail of prescription drugs. <a href="http://www.matichon.co.th/news_detail.php?newsid=1255336425&grpid=01&catid=">http://www.matichon.co.th/news_detail.php?newsid=1255336425&grpid=01&catid=</a><br />
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Here's some words/phrases I've picked out that might be useful:<br />
ติดยา = drug addict <br />
วันนั้น = on that day<br />
ผมเล่นยาหลายประเภท = i tried many kinds of drugs<br />
โคเคน = cocaine<br />
เฮโรอิน = heroine<br />
ยาบ้า = ya ba/metaamphetemine<br />
ยาแก้ปวด = painkiller(s)<br />
"ไมเคิล แจ๊กสัน" ราชาเพลงป็อป = "Michael Jackson" King of Pop.<br />
นักร้องหนุ่ม = young singer<br />
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<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">So it's been a couple of days into my chinese mandarin learning. I haven't found a place to study yet, just doing some traveling before I still down and find a school. I think its a better situation here, because not many people seem to speak English so I will be forced to speak chinese on a daily basis to convey what I want.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Mandarin has 5 tones, which a new learner first has to get to grips with if they're not familiar with tonal languages.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Coming from learning Thai it's not such an issue. Some of the sounds are quite hard to imitate particularly, and gonna take me a while to get a hold on. I have to say one major incentive for me learning, is that the girls here are seriously cute :) So one day would be nice having a conversation with them that extends beyond the basics.</span></span><br />
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I'm writing this post from my hostel in Taipei, Taiwan. I've set myself a new challenge and this is to learn Chinese mandarin in 6 months. Of course, I don't hope to be proficient in the language in 6 months, but by 6 months at least be speaking if not reading and writing a little. I shall still try to keep up the Thai blog post at least fortnightly, but apologies in advanced if the posts are ridden with language errors - due to my lack of practicing Thai on a daily basis. But, it in order to preserve my link with the Thai language, I shall be making an effort to listen to some of the radio stations and reading other people's blogs.<br />
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Meanwhile, if anyone has some good recommendations for books they would be most welcome to either email me or post here. Hopefully I can start another blog for learning Chinese in the not too distant future :)<br />
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谢谢Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5176083037769033504.post-1543635491051824792009-09-14T10:33:00.000-07:002009-09-14T10:37:09.329-07:00Thai graffiti<span style="font-size: small;">Although Thailand isn't renowned for its graffiti, there are still some interesting pieces of artwork found in and around bangkok. I was over at Tirbudragon's blog and was reminded of the talented artists that exhibit their work within the kingdom. This particular work that he features is found in พระนคร Phra Nakorn district. Also I stumbled upon another site, that also shows something a bit more refreshing than the BNE was here stickers and other BNE bits of graffiti found all around Bangkok. Later on in the week, I shall post some interesting bits of graffiti that strike a chord with me, and I encourage all of the two readers on this blog to send me any pics that bangkok or upcountry graffiti pictures.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.thailand1.net/thailand-graffiti.html">More Thai graffiti</a></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5176083037769033504.post-3432377496729318122009-09-09T04:04:00.000-07:002009-09-09T04:04:44.181-07:00text promotions<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Lately I've been getting loads of promotional (spam) messages from True. I'm really regretting my switch from DTAC to True. Just because I went back home for a few months, True decided I'm not a loyal enough customer and know everytime I top my phone credit up, I get a ridiculous time limit for a few days to use 100 baht worth of credit. I've tried phoning them up too, but just get annoyed with their phone system and me waiting for an operator to become free. Anyway rant aside, here's a message I got from them today regarding today's lucky day:</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">I'm ignoring this message today, being the cynic I am about such promotions on such 'auspicious lucky days.' </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">My balance is showing as 1 baht, i really do need to top up but I think I'll wait till tomorrow on a non-luck day.</span></span><br />
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English: earth, ground, soil, from Sanskrit Bhumi.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial; mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma;color:black"><o:p>Here are just a few of the common english loan words still used today:</o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial; mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma;color:black"><o:p><b><span lang="TH" style="mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt; font-family:Tahoma;mso-ascii-font-family:Arial;mso-hansi-font-family:Arial; color:#333333">บิล</span></b><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt; font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma;color:#333333"> </span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma; color:#333333">= bill;a tourist's favourite. often will be paired with </span><span lang="TH" style="mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;mso-ascii-font-family: Arial;mso-hansi-font-family:Arial;color:#333333">เช็คบิล </span><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma; color:#333333">to ask for the check at a restuarant.</span></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="TH" style="mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt; font-family:Tahoma;mso-ascii-font-family:Arial;mso-hansi-font-family:Arial; color:#333333">ออฟฟิศ</span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt; font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma;color:#333333"> = office.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt; font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma;color:#333333"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><b><span lang="TH" style="mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt; font-family:Tahoma;mso-ascii-font-family:Arial;mso-hansi-font-family:Arial; color:#333333;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">คอมผิวตอร์</span></b><span lang="TH" style="mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;mso-ascii-font-family:Arial; mso-hansi-font-family:Arial;color:#333333;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB"> </span><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma; color:#333333">/</span><b><span lang="TH" style="mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt; font-family:Tahoma;mso-ascii-font-family:Arial;mso-hansi-font-family:Arial; color:#333333;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">ผีชี</span></b><span lang="TH" style="mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;mso-ascii-font-family:Arial; mso-hansi-font-family:Arial;color:#333333;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB"> </span><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma; color:#333333">= computer/PC</span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma; color:#333333"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><b><span lang="TH" style="mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt; font-family:Tahoma;mso-ascii-font-family:Arial;mso-hansi-font-family:Arial; color:#333333">ไปรเวต</span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt; font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma;color:#333333"> = private; used when talking about a private outfit.</span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="TH" style="mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Tahoma; mso-ascii-font-family:Arial;mso-hansi-font-family:Arial;color:#333333">แปลน</span></b><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma; color:#333333"> </span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt; font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma;color:#333333">= plan; i've come across this as an alternative to </span><span lang="TH" style="mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;mso-ascii-font-family:Arial;mso-hansi-font-family: Arial;color:#333333">เเผน</span><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt; font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma;color:#333333"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="TH" style="mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Tahoma; mso-ascii-font-family:Arial;mso-hansi-font-family:Arial;color:#333333">แบงก์</span></b><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma; color:#333333"> </span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt; font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma;color:#333333">= bank</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma; color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="TH" style="mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt; font-family:Tahoma;mso-ascii-font-family:Arial;mso-hansi-font-family:Arial; color:#333333">ปิ่น</span></b><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt; font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma;color:#333333"> </span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma; color:#333333">= pin; e.g. </span><span lang="TH" style="mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt; font-family:Tahoma;mso-ascii-font-family:Arial;mso-hansi-font-family:Arial; color:#333333">ปิ่นเกล้า</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt; font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma;color:#333333"> <i>pin klao</i>,<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>pin used for holding up one’s hair. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="TH" style="mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Tahoma; mso-ascii-font-family:Arial;mso-hansi-font-family:Arial;color:#333333">ฟุ</span></b><b><span lang="TH" style="mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;mso-ascii-font-family: Arial;mso-hansi-font-family:Arial;color:#333333;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">ต</span></b><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma; color:#333333"> </span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt; font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma;color:#333333">= foot (unit of measure)</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><b>เเสตมป์ = stamp</b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><b>การ์ด = card as in</b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'Microsoft Sans Serif';color:#000000;"><b> </b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><b>คีย์การ์ด</b></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal">I know I've left loads out, please post some in the comments if you want, and forgive me if i've got some of the spellings wrong it was quite late when i posted this. Cheers. :)</p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p></span><p></p></span></span></div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0