 Well, to learn any foreign languages, what is better then to know a little
history about that country. The original name of Thailand was Si�m.
In 1893 cedes Laos to France. 1939 changed its name back to Thailand. In 1943-1945, Siam
was an ally of Japan occupies 4 northern Malay states. 1945-49, Thailand was named Siam
again. In 1949 Regains the Thailand name (fotw).
Thailand is a Buddhism country located in the Southeast Asia, it resides just west of Laos
and Cambodia. The capital of Thailand is Bangkok, it is one of the most visited city in
Siam. Just like Bangkok, Chaing Mai is also one big city located in the northern part of
Thailand. About 75 percent of the people are Siam, and about 14 percent are Chinese
ethnics. Thailand is a tropical country and the leading rice producer. Thailand also has
the leading percentage of literacy among kids age under 12, compared to its neighbor
country as Loas, Cambodia, and Vietnam (Encarta).
Their language came from Mon-Khmer. Mon-khmer language come
from Myanmar (Burma), and Khmer (Cambodia). Furthermore, Mon-Khmer alphabits borrowed from
the Indian languages Sankrit and Pali.
Sankrit came from Aryans a group of
nomadic tribes from central Asia; they entered India around 1500 BC. They believed
to be the first people to brought an early form of Sankrit. Furthermore, Sankrit is a
language that long nearly all the major languages of Euro and many Asia, belong to the Indo-European family. Pali Prakrit is a popular dialects related to
Sankrit. Sankrit and its related languages and dialects are known as the Indo-Aryan languages (World Literature).
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Before we can go on, first you have to read the below
sentences carefully.
The color BLUE is for male speaking; the color PINK is for female speaking. These two colors are PHONETIC
Thai sentences, in other word, blue and pink
are Thai/English to help you learn thai easily.
More importantly, to speak Thai in a correct way, one must know and recognize the
differences between male speaking and female peaking, NO, I am not talking about the
colors blue and pink any more.
Please pay attention closely. To be more polite, guys you have to use POM (I, Me), KRAP (in Khmer is like a BAHT, Yes); ladies you have
to use Di-Chan or Chan (I, ME), KA (in Khmer is like JA, yes).
Kao-jai mai (do you understand)? Kao-jai
(yes, I understand). Mai kao-jai (no, I don’t
understand). Mai bpenrai (that is all right). Hey guys and
girls, you can can polite particle to the end of these red words.Here is our first conversation, ok.
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