I bought an online course called Linguaphone because it was "on sale". I kind of see why. Though it does a pretty good job of presenting the language, it seems very old-fashioned. I know, not the most horrible thing to be. It would probably turn out to be good if I would sit down and use it regularly, but it seems to be totally oriented to the tourist. Granted, I haven't gotten that far in it, so can't really complain much.
I've begun making a list of words I think a 4 year old probably knows in "karaoke English". Honest, that's what they call it. You can find Thai karaoke videos on youtube where they spell out Thai words at the bottom using the English alphabet rather than the Thai alphabet. So it's my basic vocabulary I started, with words I should know and which are not (generally) presented in the beginning of this course. Most of these were compiled by my fourth and fifth grade classes on the last day of summer school. I told them they could teach me Thai this time. It was fun watching them all come to consensus on the karaoke spelling. The Thai teacher even chimed in (she can't speak any better than most of the kids). I started using ٧ and ٨ to indicate go up or go down at the end of the word.
General dialogue
English
|
Thai
|
English
|
Thai
|
English
|
Thai
|
Eng.
|
Thai
|
faster
|
leaw
|
please
|
ko long
|
yes
|
chai
|
bring
|
ow mah
|
slower
|
cha
|
harder
|
yah
|
no
|
mai
chai
|
take
|
ow pai
|
drive
|
kub
|
softer
|
baow
|
on
|
bon
|
get
|
dai
|
walk
|
den
|
drink
|
duh
|
off
|
pit
|
work
|
tam
ngan
|
run
|
wik
|
outside
|
kang
nog
|
eat
|
ghin
|
short
|
san
|
up
|
ghun
|
inside
|
kang ni
|
also
|
la gor
|
long
|
yaw
|
down
|
luong
|
under
|
kang
tei
|
looks
younger
|
wai
loon
|
high
|
sung٨
|
toilet
|
hong
nam
|
sleep
|
non
|
inappropriate
|
mai mor
som
|
low
|
tam
|
beautiful
|
suwai
|
soft
sound
|
siang
|
hard
difficult
|
yak
|
play
|
len
|
handsome
|
laaw
|
soft
feel
|
nim
|
hard
feel
|
kang
|
stop
|
yud
|
loud
|
smooth
|
liab
|
rough
|
kru
krah
|
go
|
pai
|
|
sticky
|
niau
|
good
|
dee
|
bad
|
mai dee
|
learn
|
liund
|
fast/quick
|
lieaw
|
scared
|
kuwah
|
sad
|
sao
|
itch
|
kun
|
brush
|
pang
|
comb
|
wi٨
|
happy
|
mee
kwam sonk
|
stink
|
pee akk
|
wash
|
lang
|
sanook
|
fun
|
shampoo
|
ya sap
um
| really? |
reuu
|
Food
English
|
Thai
|
English
|
Thai
|
hungry
|
hiw
|
full
|
tem
|
rice
and duck
|
kow na ped
|
crispy
pork w/rice
|
kow moo
krob
|
BBQ
pork w/rice
|
kow moo
daeng
|
mixed
veg. w/rice
|
kow pad
pak ruam mit
|
pork
omelet with rice
|
kow kai
jiaew moo sub
|
shrimp
|
goong
|
check
please
|
kit
tang
|
rice
noodles w/black sauce
|
pad see
ew
|
spicy
sour soup
|
tam yum
/goong/ moo/gai/etc.
|
I
bought for you
|
sue mar
fan
|
I’ll
have that too/“also”
|
la gor
|
At the Doctor
English
|
Thai
|
English
|
Thai
|
doctor
|
mor
|
fever
|
kai
|
nurse
|
payaban
|
swelling
|
buom
|
pain
|
puod
|
poison
|
yapit
|
stomachache
|
puod
tong
|
leg
|
ka٨
|
headache
|
puod
hua
|
arm
|
kaan٨
|
fever
|
kai
|
head
|
hooah٨
|
diarrhea
|
tong
sia
|
neck
|
kaw٧
|
cost
|
nun/jai
|
thank
you
|
kob
khun
|
