How to Become Fluent in Thai Like a Local.

Learning how to become fluent in Thai is not hard with the online resources available today. Posts and online lessons can have you speaking quite quickly.

If you haven the desire, then I am going to give you the best start possible. What is fantastic is if you don’t have a Thai speaker to practice with, this is the ideal way.

Here at DreamingGuitar I have created Thai Language lessons that grow regularly to help you get started ifbyournon your own.

Lessons and Formatting.

The aim of lessons on DreamingGuitar.com is to give you enough knowledge and tools to arrive in Thailand and be able to speak the basics.

Phonetic Thai is a great way to get you speaking individual words, then expanding into short phrases that you can use straight away.

Lessons use both English sentences with Thai phonetic translations. There is a use of BOLD, ITALIC, as well as BOLD ITALIC fonts so you can reference English to Thai words in a sentence. This gives you a great visual picture as to the word order in the sentences.

Thai – English Examples.

Let’s look at this adopted format before opening up the lessons here on DreamingGuitar.com.

Today is Monday.
Wanee pen Wan Jan.

This simple sentence shows the format of this statement to be the same as English. Let’s look at some more examples:

Tomorrow I will wear my red dress.
Proognee Ja sai gapong see daang korng Chan.

In the above example the sentence format has changed. The bold, Italic hilighted word give you an idea of this.

Tomorrow = Prugnee

Dress = Gapong

Red = See Daang

Will wear = Ja sai

Red = See Daang

My (possession) = Korng chun (Female item)

Do you Need to Read Thai?

Learning Thai writing can also be an excellent avenue in how to become fluent in thai? This path is what I would recomend if you have the time and resources. It is the only way to become super fluent and reading as well as writing is beneficial.

Can you get by without learning reading and writing? Oh you certianly can and this really has been my path most of the time. Learning by listening and interacting with Thai people is how you can also become fluent in Thai.

Thai Subjects.

The lessons herenat DreamingGuitar.com will build our knowledge at an efficient rate. You can move through the lessons at your own pace. The lessons are not particularly long but include sentence format examples and all the general Thai language words you will need.

Lessons:

Thai Format and Dialects.
Order Food & Drinks.
Greetings.
Numbers and Counting.
Shopping.
Family & Titles.
Colors.
Home.
Transport.

Author:

Brendon McAliece is an Australian Expat living in Chiang Rai Thailand. He has visited and lived in Thailand over nearly 40 years. He lives with his wife of 37 years who comes from Chiang Rai. He traveled extensively working on Military Aircraft for the RAAF and BAe Systems. Living and working in Australia, Malaysia, Saudi Arabia & Thailand with 23 years as an expatriate.