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Home » Language » Simple opening sentences in Thai
On July 17, I posted this article on Thailandblog hoping to interest some readers in the Thai language. After the earlier Thai lessons of Rob V, especially about the Thai vowels and consonants, this seemed like a valuable addition. There were quite a few critical reactions to the article.
The lack of punctuation marks in the phonetic part and the use of yet another phonetic structure were the main points of criticism. And I must say that the criticism was justified.
I discussed with Rob V how to proceed. Rob V was even prepared to convert the phonetic structure I used to the structure he used. But when it appeared in the conversations that Rob V was setting up a similar teaching pattern, so with simple Thai sentences - arranged by topic - I decided to abandon my attempts. In the belief that Rob V will do this very well.
So no more lessons with simple Thai sentences from my side. It takes a while until Rob V has his articles ready for placement.
Dear Charly, your elaboration may not have been successful, but that you and others have a genuine interest in the Thai language is something that makes me happy.
Personally, I like multiple perspectives on a subject. Some of the readers will like my pieces about language, for example, but some will probably prefer a different approach. It is therefore good that there are several authors on Thailanblog who write about the same or similar things. There are also Tino and Lodewijk about the Thai language. Daniël M, among others, also had his views on these pieces. It all seems fine to me. But I would personally advise submitting heavier concept pieces to a proofreader for checking. I often submit my pieces to someone else and even then there are still mistakes.
I don't expect my new series of blogs until the end of the year. There is something in the risers, but it takes a lot of hours, sometimes let it rest for a while and so on.
Dear Rob,
I also found your articles/contributions very worthwhile and look forward to the follow-up. I am busy learning Thai (my wife is Thai and we just have a 7 month old baby who is being raised by her in Thai so I don't want to be left behind otherwise at some point I will no longer be able to follow when they talk among themselves :0). Do you have any other good websites / tips that can help me learn Thai because there is so much out there and sometimes you can't see the trees for the forest.
thank you in advance
MVG
Erwin
Hi Erwin, I am also still learning a lot. The most important tips and materials have been included in the postings and responses. I wouldn't have any tips like that. Sometimes getting lost on YouTube or some Googling, for example, can be fun.
Perhaps the following free app is a nice addition: Loecsen. Simple sentences spoken for/by woman and for/by man for various situations in different languages, including Thai.
Annette D
what was the name of the free app???
There is a website by that name: https://www.loecsen.com/nl
There you can follow various languages, including Thai.
Dear Charly, Rob V and other readers,
I had made a document with the basic rules for reading Thai. Prepared in MS Word and saved as a PDF document on my smartphone: always handy to refresh my memory on the go.
During my last stay in Thailand, I accidentally deleted the Word document. This month I started working on that document again (based on the PDF document), under the impetus of your series of lessons. I hope to be able to make it available to interested Thailand blog readers in the course of next month.
I repeat: the document is not a course, but a handy document that you, as the holder of a smartphone, can always take with you and consult. Very concise and clear. Basic knowledge of reading Thai is a plus, because phonetic Thai is also used: Thai words split into syllables with hyphens in Thai.
It is absolutely not my intention to compete with Rob V, Charly or anyone else. It is only intended as a supplement.
I need to make some additions and corrections first. Then maybe I'll have it read by Rob V first...
To be continued…
Regards.