Series: Learning Thai Quickly and Easily

Avainsanat: thai, kielen rakenne, lausuminen, kommunikaatio

Understanding the structure and grammar of the Thai language is very important since it may differ considerably from your own language.

Thai is not as difficult as it seems. The common problem for foreigners who are studying Thai is how to learn new words and how to pronounce them correctly. This book helps on the way to reach your goal – to speak Thai fluently. It contains more than 1500 commonly used Thai words. They have been organized according to the relevant subject matter and grammatical function. There are many tips and example sentences to help you use these words.

Included are: • All Thai consonant and vowel sounds • Original Thai words compared to foreign origin words • Personal pronouns and family members • Days, weeks, months, seasons and numbers • Telling time – 24-hour clock compared to the Thai style • Foods, drinks and spices • Travelling, places, buildings and countries of the world • Names of animals and insects • Health words and personal items • Adjectives, adverbs and verbs • Thai question words, prepositions and conjunction words • Classifiers and prefixes • tsai ใจ heart -word • Summary of the Thai tenses • “Words of wisdom”

This book has been designed to be used together with the book ”Learning Thai with Original Thai Words”. It can be used as a complement with any other Thai learning book.