Anyone want to learn Thai? XD

meta_knight_lover • 27 December 2012 at 3:07 AM

So I was browsing the forums and came across people teaching languages. I WAS going to offer Japanese, but the way Egg Cave's font system works, I can't display the characters. And Japanese is a language that you have to be able to read in order to understand. So with that idea shot, I decided to go with Thai! XD

Now, normally, Thai is written with Thai letters. But I feel comfortable teaching my English-ifide alphabet. X3

Alright, here we go! Lesson 1!

nak-rien sa-wat-dii kha!

Vocabulary (kam-sap):

Hello - sa-wat-dii
Yes - kha (for girls), krabp (for boys)
No - mai-kha (for girls), mai-krabp (for boys)
How are you? - sa-bai-dii-mai?
I am good. - sa-bai-dii
What is your name? - khun cheuu a-rai?
My name is... - cheuu...
thank you - korb-khun
sorry - kor-tordt
It's okay - mai-bpen-rai
I - chan (for girls), pom (for boys)
you - khun
he - kao
she - ter
it - man
we - pwak-rao
they - pwak-kao

Sentences (bra-yohk):

Anytime you want to make your sentences polite, you should add the particle "kha/krabp" at the end. If you are a boy, you use "krabp", but if you are a girl, you use "kha". It is always polite to say "sa-wat-dii kha", "kor-tordt kha", and "korb-khun kha" especially with people older than you! D:<

Well I'm out of room... XD

#thailesson1

whitefall • 27 December 2012 at 9:12 AM

@meta_knight_lover
Darn it, I would've loved Japanese. xD
But Thai is good too ^^

meta_knight_lover • 28 December 2012 at 7:42 AM

@whitefall

Yeah, I would teach Japanese, but it's a lot harder if you don't learn the alphabet first. XP Thai has hardly any grammar and it's writing system is closer to English than Japanese. So hence my decision. LOL

shadyboots • 1 January 2013 at 7:52 PM

my cats name is thai

teabits • 1 January 2013 at 8:15 PM

Cheuu teabits kha! 'O'

Deleted • 1 January 2013 at 8:24 PM

"Sa-wat-dii kha. Cheuu rushinwater kha! Sa-bai-dii-mai kha? Sa-bai-dii kha. Khun cheuu a-rai kha?"

I did good, right? 😋

@meta_knight_lover

jemmie • 1 January 2013 at 9:09 PM

@meta_knight_lover
I wish I could teach Chinese...I'm pure Asian. (live in USA) But, the system doesn't work!

meta_knight_lover • 1 January 2013 at 9:39 PM

@teabits

teabits sa-wat-dii kha! geng maak. Good job! ^-^

@rushingwater

tuk-dtong! Correct! ^-^ Very good job. chan cheuu miki kha. lae-gor sa-bai-dii maak kha. ;D

@jemmie

Yeah! So you know what I mean. LOL Technically you can't teach Thai without the script, BUT I figure people here will learn it more of fun than actually using it. So it doesn't matte if it's correct. I think people will be more likely to use their Japanese if I taught it, so I don't want to teach something that's not correct especially if they will use it. XD

I will post lesson 2 soon. LOL

jemmie • 1 January 2013 at 9:50 PM

@meta_knight_lover
This is what happened when I type in hi in Chinese:

Hi=&#20320;&#22909;

meta_knight_lover • 1 January 2013 at 9:55 PM

@jemmie

LOL This is Thai: &#3626;&#3623;&#3633;&#3626;&#3604;&#3637;&#3588;&#3591;&#3632;

EDIT: Holy cheese that's long! XD I just typed sa-wat-dii kha! XDDD

Deleted • 2 January 2013 at 10:07 AM

@meta_knight_lover

"Correct" or whatever you said isn't in the dictionary!! Lol 😸😋😃� 😉

meta_knight_lover • 2 January 2013 at 11:39 PM

@rushingwater

LOL That's what my language teachers do. They tell me things like "correct" or "good job" in the language I'm studying. At first I have no idea what it means, but I just go with it and then find out. XD

jmt_1992 • 4 January 2013 at 1:45 AM

My boyfriend knows some Thai. ^^ I only know some very basic words haha.

musicgurl333 • 4 January 2013 at 1:48 AM

@meta_knight_lover This is cool! Thanks for the lesson! 😊 How did you learn Thai? Hvae you ever been to Thailand?

meta_knight_lover • 4 January 2013 at 7:55 AM

@musicgurl333

If you look on my profile, you'll find out. But I'm actually studying abroad for a year in Thailand. Right now I have been here for close to 10 months, so I know a lot. X3

Also~

Lesson 2:

Vocabulary (kam-sap):

kao-jai - to understand
chan/pom kao-jai - I understand
mai kao-jai - I don't understand
puut - to speak
paasaa - language
dai - can, be able
puut paasaa-thai dai mai? - Can you speak Thai?
puut paasaa-thai dai - Yes, I can speak Thai
puut paasaa-thai mai dai - No, I cannot speak Thai
puut paasaa-thai dai nit-nawi - I can speak a little Thai
thai korng-chan/pom mai geng - My Thai is not good
bpen - to be (for people)
keuu - to be (for objects)
yuu - to be (for places), at

Grammar (wai-yaa-gon):

Thai doesn't have much grammar. Sentences are structured very simply. In fact, you can say one word to make a whole sentence. For example, you can just say "dai" or "mai dai" when someone asks if you can speak Thai.

Furthermore, the "to be" verbs are often left out even in simple sentences. If you want to say something like "I am sorry." you do not say "chan/pom bpen kortod". You just say "kortod". However, it is important to know the extra words for now as they help build sentences until you get adjusted to the language.

#thailesson2

fuzzykins412 • 4 January 2013 at 12:55 PM

&#20320;&#22909;&#25105;&#21483; fuzzykins412 XD


@jemmie
^^ Lets see what happens when I try Chinese. o-o


EDIT: I could have sworn it worked this one time, in a forum long long ago. XD

lucky_cricket • 4 January 2013 at 12:59 PM

@meta_knight_lover I have a question about the first list of words.

I am good = sa-bai-dii

I = chan (for girls)

Wouldn't that be:

I am good = Chan bai dii

meta_knight_lover • 5 January 2013 at 7:49 AM

@lucky_cricket

You CAN put "chan". However, if you read lesson 2, I explain Thai has very limited grammar you use when speaking. This means you don't have to include all the words if they're already understood. In this case, if someone asked you "sa-bai-dii mai?" they are obviously talking to you and so when you reply, they obviously know you're talking about yourself, not anyone else. That's why you don't need to include the extra words. ^-^

whitefall • 5 January 2013 at 1:14 PM

I want to learn Korean. >_<

Korean; [I wanna see how it'll fail xD]
&#47792;&#46972;&#50836; = I don't know.



EDIT;;
Lol, it failed xDDDD
It was only three syllables~
Mollayo ^^