Thai Made Easy

By Joachim K. Stiller

This is the ePub edition of the SLIM LANGUAGE GUIDE + A Manual about Thailand entitled “Thai English Deutsch”. The course provides Thai for English-speaking learners in a basic course for self-study. Thai is given in English transcription, making it a course for spoken Thai. With the Thai script for selected words, one may start learning to read Thai texts. 35 themes cover all the necessary items to be used in daily life. Phrases are provided in speech bubbles. A general overview over the Thai alphabet is presented. Lots of additional information on the language and on the country will be found helpful. The index is made up of 3 sections, to find words and phrases from each of the 3 languages. --- J. K. Stiller is a German teacher of English and school-books editor who has brought many English language teaching materials to life. He has founded the internet publishing company InfoLogi in 1992. He has lived in Thailand since 2000 and is now retired, but more active than ever.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Lulu.com
• Release date: Jul 22, 2015
• ISBN: 9781329400559

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Thai Made Easy

Thai Made Easy

For English-speaking Learners – Basic Course for self-study

A Course for Beginners

Joachim K. Stiller

InfoLogi

THE SLIM LANGUAGE GUIDE    PLUS  A Manual about Thailand

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Joachim K. Stiller. Thai Made Easy. For English-speaking Learners – Basic Course for self-study. A Course for Beginners. THE SLIM LANGUAGE GUIDE + A Manual about Thailand. Khon Kaen: InfoLogi, 2015.

21124803

First Edition, first Imprint 2015

ISBN: 978-1-329-40055-9

© Copyright Joachim K. Stiller, 2000 (2543) – 2015 (2558)

All rights reserved  – Alle Rechte vorbehalten

Introduction

For whom is the book?

All those who travel to Thailand need to know something of the language and the country.

For them, the book is in the first place. It combines a Language Guide with information about the country.

Why is the Language Guide trilingual?

- Because Thai and European languages are completely different from each other, a third language may be found helpful.

- If you do not know it already, you may wish to learn some useful German in the same book.

Find more information after the vocabulary section and on the cover.

Contents - Inhalt

A: Words  sentences  Tips - Wörter  Sätze  Tips

Spelling and Speaking - Schrift und Sprache

1: sawat-dee – Hello– Begrüßen

2: oh kay – General– Allgemein

3: Mee ...? – Questions– Fragen

4: dai mai? – Negotiating– Verhandeln

5: tahn kao – Eating– Essen

6: rot – Vehicle– Fahrzeug

7: pom bpen … – I am ...– Ich bin ...

8: tam-ngahn – Jobs (lit.: work) – Berufe (wtl.: arbeiten)

9: chaht – Nationality– Nationalität

10: kon – Person– Person

11: peu-un – Friends / Family – Freunde / Familie

12: tahm – Asking– Fragen

13: poot boy – Frequent words – Häufige Wörter

14: pom … – Pronouns – Fürwörter

15: ka / krup – Polite – Höflich

16: rot … – Traffic – Verkehr

17: ahahn – Food – Essen

18: ponlami – Fruit – Obst

19: puk – Vegetables – Gemüse

20: prik ti            – pepper (& spices, herbs) – Pfeffer (& Gewürze, Kräuter)

21: gin nahm – Drink – Trinken

22: korng wahn – dessert – Dessert

23: bpen … – Verbs (lit.: to be) – Verben (wtl.: sein)

24: doo-ay… – Little words (lit.: also) – Kleine Wörter (wtl.: auch)

25: pairng … – Adjectives – Adjektive

26: seu kohrng – Shopping – Einkaufen

27: sa-tang – Money – Geld

28: see – Colours – Farben

29: mi sabai – sick – krank

30: ni muang – (Places) in town – (Orte) in der Stadt

31: ni baan – In the house – Im Haus

32: muang – Towns, Cities – Städte

33: ber – Numbers – Zahlen

34: welah – Time – Zeit

35: wan – Days – Tage

A B C – Alphabet – Alphabet

B:  More Information

About the country

About the writing

About the culture

Something about the language

Indices

More about the book

A: Words  Sentences  Tips - Wörter  Sätze  Tips

Thai - spoken and written

Thai writing consists of letters. It is possible to learn them.

For the alphabet: see the end of the vocabulary section.

The language is completely unlike European languages. To learn it is not easy.

But: it consists of words.