Comments on: I Learned to Speak Thai Fluently & You Can Too

By: Khmer movies

Khmer movies — Fri, 28 May 2010 23:43:10 +0000

Thai is not a difficult language to master. You can learn to speak basic Thai within a few months living in Thailand. For Westerners it may be a little more difficult to speak fluently.

By: thaikarl

thaikarl — Wed, 26 May 2010 05:34:18 +0000

ha! you got me! my struggles with learning thai are a constant frustration. well, not constant, but occasional for sure. the first time i came to my (now) wife’s house, all the neighbors came over to see the falang. there were about 20 people all sitting on the floor looking at me and talking. one of the young boys said something and everybody laughed hard. i asked my wife what he said. he said “he can’t be very smart, he can’t even talk!” i felt quite small in my big american body. hasn’t changed much. but the thai’s are so accepting inspite of my mute illiteracy. and thank _____ that my wife speaks good english! my consternation is at: http://thaikarl.blogspot.com/2010/05/friends-theres-word-i-hear-frequently.html

By: Talen from Thailand – Land of Smiles | Thailand Musings

Talen from Thailand – Land of Smiles | Thailand Musings — Tue, 25 May 2010 16:04:37 +0000

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By: Talen

Talen — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 01:58:48 +0000

Rick, Hopefully one day we’ll all be in Thailand at the same time and we can all head to Pattaya and have a shit session speaking fluent Buakhao Mao… it would be real interesting.

By: Siam.Rick

Siam.Rick — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 01:26:07 +0000

Oh my gawd, Martyn and Talen! I speak Buakhao Mao too! It’s a small world, isn’t it? I’m pretty proud about that. No one’s ever questioned my tones either. Sometimes I even remember to say “Krap!” at the end. Sometimes at the beginning too. As in: “Krap! Gep mahk!”
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By: Talen

Talen — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 23:39:35 +0000

That’s a nice storyy Pleiades. Little Fa is a cutey and we giggle and hand gesture every chance we get.

By: @pleiades21

@pleiades21 — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 14:53:53 +0000

hahaha, your post remind me something about my father said to me when I was just a little girl and didn’t study English yet.

“Go, and play with the boy next door and you can learn how to speak English.” (the boy’s half-Thai half-American and only 4 years old)

But the one who had earned the most benefit was a boy’s grandma because she’d leared how to order some Thai foods (how to pronounce some food names), such as Somtum,Kanom Jeen Kang Kai…, from me instead, and I never spoke English with them but we could communicate 5555+

By the way, Nong Fa is so cute I have imagine that both of you must have a lot of giggles and hand gestures. 5555+
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By: Catherine

Catherine — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 11:23:58 +0000

Talen, what a hilarious post! It was an absolute joy to read.

‘this Thai language is more of a free form flow of thoughts and ideas punctuated with giggles and hand gestures.’

Now THAT’s my kind of Thai
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By: Nomadic Matt

Nomadic Matt — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 19:55:50 +0000

I like the name “Fa” – sky!
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By: Talen

Talen — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 17:18:04 +0000

Jon, If nothing else you’ll be on an even footing with the your baby until he learns the language. And then hopefully you can learn better with him.