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In this conversation lesson a couple enjoys the sunset together. The girl is not sure whether the guy thinks the sunset is beautiful or she is No matter what you will know how to use the word for beautiful in Thai after this lesson. The transcript (PDF) and video of this lesson can be found in our members area.

Tailor in Thailand are famous for their work and one of the first things you might have heard about Bangkok was get a suit while you are there . This conversation takes place in a tailor store and you will learn some clothing related words. If you want to learn Thai vocabulary quickly and efficient consider joining our Premium Course. We have covered more than 300 words in our daily vocabulary lessons just in the last 4 weeks since we launched. These conversation lessons focus on your listening skills and help you to get a feeling for the language. What does it help if you can speak perfect language school Thai but can t understand Thai people on the street? A transcript of this lesson and the video is available for premium member.

If you learn the Thai language you might already know that Thai is spoken very different in various parts of the country. In our lessons we generally use Bangkok Thai which is understood throughout the whole country. Part of learning a language is also training your listening skills and these lessons are exactly for that. First you hear a short conversation and then we explain you each part of the conversation step by step. This not only trains your listening skills but also gives you an understanding about the sentence structure and speaking habits of the Thai language. The video of this lesson, transcript and PDF are available for Premium Members. In this lesson a husband comes home to his wife and brings another women with him. You hear what they say to each other right after he comes through the door.

Learn the complex Thai vowels in this lesson. Each vowel has either a long or short sound. In the Thai language, each vowel is pronounced with either a short or a long duration which alters the meaning of words! This is very much unlike English in which the meaning of words remains the same no matter how long you pronounce a vowel sound. Most Thai vowels can not stand alone and are either placed before, after, below or above consonants. Complex vowels consist of several parts and can be placed around the consonants. Please refer to our Thai alphabet reference for a transcript of this lesson.

This is the audio file to our video about complex Thai vowels. Please check our Thai alphabet overview for a transcript of this lesson.

Learn the Thai vowels in this video lesson. They are part of the Thai alphabet and this is the first of two lessons that focuses on the Thai vowels. This is nothing for you if you just want to learn some Holiday Thai Phrases . The Thai alphabet is a bit more advanced topic, and this lesson helps mostly people who learn to read and write the Thai language.

This is the audio file for our Thai language lesson about vowels. Please check our Thai alphabet site for a transcript of this lesson.

This is the video for our Learn Thai Lesson about Numbers in Thai. No matter if you count the beers or the days until you come back to Thailand now you can do this in Thai. A video makes this probably much easier as many people are visual learners. You will learn to count from 0 to 300.000 and beyond. We skipped some numbers though and focused on explaining how the system works. Please also visit our old post for the transcript.

In this short lesson you hear Jo saying the names of the 44 consonants (Thai: พยัญชนะ) (phá-yan-chá-na) of the Thai alphabet (Thai: อักษรไทย) (àk-sŏn). Learning the alphabet is one of the first steps if you want to learn how to read Thai. While listening to this lesson keep in mind that the first sound of each of the names is also how the consonant sounds. Besides the consonants the Thai alphabet has 15 vowel symbols (Thai: สระ) (sà-rà) that combine into at least 28 vowel forms, and four tone marks (Thai: วรรณยุกต์ or วรรณยุต) (wan-ná-yúk or wan yút). The Thai language is a member of the Tai group of the Tai-Kadai language family that originated in Southern China. Other languages belonging to this group are spoken today in Laos, Vietnam and in some parts of China. Check our overview of the Thai alphabet and transliteration system used on this site.

The audio for the Thai Alphabet lesson.

This is the video to our third lesson about Thai food and eating out in Thailand. Whenever you visit Thailand don t miss out on the variety of great food here. Thai food has a sensational mix of spices that will make almost every foreigners taste buds go crazy. But don t worry in this lesson you also learn how to ask for not spicy food.

This is the video for our second lesson about dating in Thailand. You will learn relationship and dating related phrases.

This is the video for our first lesson. We are right now in the process of adding videos of our old lessons that we just have as mp3 files. We already updated all transcripts and added the right transliteration that also shows the tone marks. Please visit our site about the Thai transliteration system to learn more about the system that we use. It is the one also used by one of the most popular Thai phrase books, the Thai: Lonely Planet Phrasebook. If you just start out with the language don t get too caught up in learning a Thai transliteration system. It does help but at the end of the day it really matters what you hear and say. As part of our little renovation that is going on we also got rid of the cheering sound in the mp3s of the Dating and Food lesson. The Learn Thai Podcast Premium Course launches on Monday and we also prepare some new free lessons for next week. Enjoy your weekend!

In this lesson you will learn some Thai tongue twisters to train the use of the five tones. Each sentence has many words that sound very similar but have a different pronunciation. Try to repeat these sentences loud if you can or even better (and more fun) say them to a Thai person. We will now always post for the transcript of a lesson together with the audio file (see the post below). The next lesson will be about business Thai. So if you have any phrases in mind that are related to this topic (meetings, discussions ) and want them to be included in this lesson just email us! We have been pretty busy working to get everything ready to launch our premium course and we are happy to say that next week we will definitely go live!

The mp3 file for this lesson. Please click on the link below to get to the transcript of this lesson. (more )