Thai langauge kindergarten class

[High till Dry]

Originally Posted by suteerak1099

fundamentals considered quite important also leh... besides, if wanna learn.. must get the fundamentals correct 1st... havent learn to crawl, wanna learn how to fly???

My pasar thai has been stagnating for too long.

Maybe we can hold a weekly gathering to learn from each other...

[overnighter]

Originally Posted by High till Dry

My pasar thai has been stagnating for too long.

Maybe we can hold a weekly gathering to learn from each other...

yes yes, then all bros must bring along their "private tutor"

[suteerak1099]

Originally Posted by High till Dry

My pasar thai has been stagnating for too long.

Maybe we can hold a weekly gathering to learn from each other...

as some seniors would say; learning from the book is fast, but the catalysts of naam-laai from the puying thai will sure to accelerate the learning progress hehehehe.

bro, i tot u spoke decent pasa-thai on the phone...?

[reuters]

Originally Posted by suteerak1099

as some seniors would say; learning from the book is fast, but the catalysts of naam-laai from the puying thai will sure to accelerate the learning progress hehehehe.

Are you here to take the place of Prof free?

Originally Posted by reuters

Are you here to take the place of Prof free?

he is a horse, dunno face long...haha...how to say that in thai huh??

[suteerak1099]

Originally Posted by reuters

Are you here to take the place of Prof free?

Originally Posted by Red Perrier1099

he is a horse, dunno face long...haha...how to say that in thai huh??

take the place of prof free? sorry... i'm not so free...hehehehe

[ParaParaSakura]

Originally Posted by suteerak1099

take the place of prof free? sorry... i'm not so free...hehehehe

Sorrie hor, as I recalled, Professor's lessons weren't free one.....must pay one okay...no free lunch here

[Midnightiger]

Originally Posted by suteerak1099

bro, no disrespect, but according to the dictionary, its spelt as follows (with intonation):

1) nèung one
2) sŏng two
3) săam three
4) sèe four

Bro, with no disrespect too. The dictionary is written by a person who teaches in the way he or she feels comfortable. A different dictionary written by another person will probably have some words spelt differently.

There isn't any authority on "Romanized" Thai language as even the Thai authorities spell Thai words in English differently. Just take a look at road signs and you will know what I mean.

I personally feel what Bro rocketscientist is doing is commendable. If I were to use your spelling with the intonations, I would probably pronounce it wrongly as how do we know what the intonations mean when we don't get to "hear" it?

But using what Bro rocketscientist has provided, it appears quite straight forward except for the "swang" and "song".

[Midnightiger]

This is only my humble opinion and observation and I'm sure that will be some disagreement which will probably cause some of you guys to flame me.

I see a fellow samster trying to contribute to the forums by starting this thread. For what it's worth, I feel the effort is commendable.

There are several who has helped by posting positively, giving some corrections, etc but I also noticed that some "slightly" out of topic posts has also come in. I'm fine with a little humour but I feel that some of the intentions are not to humour but has a pinch of ridicule in it. If not checked, then this thread will eventually go to waste and becomes really a kindergarten class where nothing is really taught but every child is probably only playing.

I feel that those who can, please do help to contribute. Like some has already done, sharing the various dictionaries or books to buy is good. Maybe also tapes and other materials that can help those who are interested.

For those who can speak Thai, you could assist by expanding on what the threadstarter has provided. For example, Bro suteerak1099 could maybe provide some "lessons" here on intonations like what those "marks" above mean, etc. Or help by showing us some examples of how to use the words in phrases or sentences.

I don't know. I'm just a newbie so maybe my expectation of a good thread whereby fellow brothers in the know share, is but just a dream?

My 2 cents worth.

[High till Dry]

Originally Posted by overnighter

yes yes, then all bros must bring along their "private tutor"

Ya. That will be interesting. But mine is in BKK...

Originally Posted by suteerak1099

as some seniors would say; learning from the book is fast, but the catalysts of naam-laai from the puying thai will sure to accelerate the learning progress hehehehe.

bro, i tot u spoke decent pasa-thai on the phone...?

Think u must be drunk the other time...

Originally Posted by suteerak1099

bro, no disrespect, but according to the dictionary, its spelt as follows (with intonation):

I think if you say according to a dictionary, no one will fault u. please dont make a fool of yourself.

[pfingo]

Originally Posted by Midnightiger

I personally feel what Bro rocketscientist is doing is commendable.

bro with all u wisdom that sounds off. a non proficient language teacher should refrain if simple thing like numbers can get 100% right. if like tat i also can teach malay satu dua tiga?

[ThaiG]

PPle who read these w/o hearing may not get it correct too. Eg, They may read Neung as Niuung, Sam as the Sam of sammyboy

Originally Posted by rocketscientist

I feel many samsters asking simple questions about thai langauge. So I will start a kindergaten beginners class here for all the newbies so they will not clog up posts in the Thai langauge thread.

I will start by teaching all numbers. 1-10

neung
swang
sam
see
ha
hok
jet
patt
gow
sip

that is all for today, more to come tomorrow

[Midnightiger]

Originally Posted by pfingo

bro with all u wisdom that sounds off. a non proficient language teacher should refrain if simple thing like numbers can get 100% right. if like tat i also can teach malay satu dua tiga?

Hi Bro pfingo,

I'm only a newbie just learning the ropes in this forum so I'm afraid there's actually no wisom there. But I understand what you mean.

Some may reason that if you don't know, instead of teaching, you should be asking. May be true. But in some other threads, there was a samster who requested pictures of Geylang ladies but responses were things like "Why you don't start first?" or Waiting for you to start the ball rolling", etc.

Anyway, what I was trying to put across is that a samster has an idea to start a thread to teach Thai language and maybe along the way, also learn. To me, that is commendable. Samsters in the "know" will and has already started contributing by giving imputs, corrections, their versions, etc.

But I sensed that there were posts which were trying to instigate "flames". Maybe I'm wrong. Whatever it is, I thought by voicing it out may help to keep this thread in check. I apologise if I should have done that.

My 2 cents worth.

[Midnightiger]

Originally Posted by ThaiG

PPle who read these w/o hearing may not get it correct too. Eg, They may read Neung as Niuung, Sam as the Sam of sammyboy

True, so without the sounds aids, no one is the wiser.