In this short video, Duangta takes you through the 9 Middle Class consonants. When people start out to Learn Thai, they always start with the Middle Class group of consonants. There is a perfectly good reason for this and it is simply that the Middle Class group contains the least amount of consonants – 9 ...…
When you first start learning the Thai alphabet there are a number of confusing elements, one of these is the consonant names. Many decades ago when I started to learn the Roman alphabet as a toddler, it was A-Apple, B-Banana, that kind of thing. The big difference here though, is that the only names the ...…
This is a newer version of the video we recorded last year. In the video, Duangta talks about the Thai Base Tones. Learning these is essential for getting the otnes right and getting well on the way to learning Thai. If you’re trying to learn Thai, you need to know these. Learn Thai Now - ...…
If you’re trying to learn Thai but are struggling with the Thai days of the week then there’s a free download over at How To Read Thai that will help you. It’s a story that is true (well, apart from the hangover bit on Sunday and helps me recall the days of the week practically ...…
If you’re trying to learn Thai at the How To Read Thai website, you’ll be pleased to hear that there’s a new post over there dealing with the short vowel, สระ -ิ. This post concludes the breakdown of the sample sentence given. We plan to put more on in due course, plus video’s and other ...…
Some people have asked for the links to Learning Thai, Your Great Adventure and Memory Aids to Your Great Adventure on Amazon, here they are: Learning Thai, Your Great Adventure on Amazon.com Memory Aids to Your Great Adventure on Amazon.com Russ…
It took a long time, lots of thought and deliberation, but I finally succumbed to getting the iPad 2. Though LTYGA as a pdf looked great on the iPhone, the iBooks functionality left a lot to be desired and, in my view, wasn’t worth the extra expense to get: this was why I started to ...…
In this second video, Duangta explains about the vowel ออ Àang that is inherent in every consonant in the Thai alphabet. Every speaker of the Thai language pronounces this vowel when they voice a consonant name but many beginners don’t know where this sound comes from or why it is actually spoken, etc. Well, here ...…
Chris is a PADI Course Director and one of only 55 (?) PADI Platinum Course Director’s world-wide. He owns Indepth Instruction which is based in Ao Chalong on the island of Phuket, Thailand. I did my EFR and EANx Instructors with Chris a couple of years ago. If you find yourself in Thailand and want to ...…
The full post for the long vowel sa-ra /aa/ (สระ-า) is now on the HowtoReadThai.com website. The earlier post gave an introduction to the vowel, its sound, characteristics, etc. But this full post follows on from the previous posts by using a sample sentence and then the author writes about the thought process to identify ...…