Thai - What's the Easiest and Fastest Way to Learn the Thai Language?

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  • čas přidán 11. 07. 2024
  • In order to put this clip together, I thought to myself "If I were to be learning Thai from scratch again, what advice would I give myself?" -
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Komentáře • 384

  • @DramaAndPages
    @DramaAndPages Před 3 lety +85

    Stuart be like "are you learning Thai to hook up with Thai women?". Half the comment section "we just want to undertand Thai gay series. Thank you very much". Behold the power of BL

    • @aa-kr6fy
      @aa-kr6fy Před 7 měsíci +2

      Alot of my co workers know thai and i know they talk shit about us in thai!! So I'm gonna learn thai, if ya can't beat em join em right??

    • @grophers1189
      @grophers1189 Před 5 měsíci +1

      Guilty

    • @coconutnut-mo6tj
      @coconutnut-mo6tj Před měsícem

      Guiltyyyy

  • @shawnhanes9148
    @shawnhanes9148 Před 4 lety +157

    In the beginning, I would simply try to learn 3 new words a day, and review words from the previous days. This is an extremely lazy way to learn. It takes only about 20 minutes a day. Over the course of a year, it can add up to over 1,000 words.
    Were there times I got bored or felt burned out? Yes, many times. If you feel that way, then take a break for a day or two. I've taken breaks as long as a month before. Come back your study routine when you feel ready again.
    Now I've been learning for over 4 years. I'm still not yet at Stuart's level of fluency, but I can read and have conversations with anyone in Thai. The point is, even if you're lazy like me, stick with it for the long term and you'll eventually have success.

    • @candiceswanepoelcanmurderm5160
      @candiceswanepoelcanmurderm5160 Před 3 lety +1

      This was extremely dumb. If u want to learn a language u have to do way more that like once every three months 😂 I learned that English by studying 4-6 hours a day and even if I felt burned out I still kept going.

    • @buggy-boy
      @buggy-boy Před 3 lety +8

      @@candiceswanepoelcanmurderm5160 i dont think you understood what he said

    • @Bcutter
      @Bcutter Před rokem +3

      This is a great technique actually. I used it for piano. I made sure to learn one new song per day and practiced my previously learned songs every day (as the collection grew I did not have time in a day to practice ALL previously learned songs every day). I reached a 1000 songs, which was my goal, over 3 years and then stopped. With this message, I realize I should do the same with Thai! Thank you!

    • @nuuat-daeng
      @nuuat-daeng Před 8 měsíci +1

      i needed to hear this :)

    • @CalumL-fr6lg
      @CalumL-fr6lg Před 4 měsíci

      Great advice

  • @norasidmohammad3305
    @norasidmohammad3305 Před 4 lety +216

    I’m learning Thai because of BrightWin, Period.

  • @ankicat3425
    @ankicat3425 Před 4 lety +71

    I was adopted from Bangkok when I was six weeks old, by Swedish parents, that's why I'd like to learn

  • @boxyblack2830
    @boxyblack2830 Před 4 lety +144

    I watch Thai Bl and it help me caught a lot of new words everyday and memories it well

  • @jamesstephennicdao3354
    @jamesstephennicdao3354 Před 4 lety +78

    I'm learning thai because Thailand is my most dream place I wanna lived in thailand and also because I want to be a BL actor in thailand someday and to be a flight attendant.. From philippines here😊🇵🇭🇹🇭

    • @jinhui_park_9688
      @jinhui_park_9688 Před 4 lety +5

      James Stephen Nicdao good luck! Susu! ❤️❤️❤️

    • @yemachi
      @yemachi Před 4 lety +6

      You can do it!

    • @neenraphatwiboonmat2085
      @neenraphatwiboonmat2085 Před 3 lety +4

      Welcome to Thailand, I have lot of Philippine friends who live and work in Thailand. Most of them are teachers.

    • @jamesstephennicdao3354
      @jamesstephennicdao3354 Před 3 lety +2

      @@neenraphatwiboonmat2085 Wow Nice..Thank you so much❤️😊✨

    • @winthefutr
      @winthefutr Před 3 lety

      Khub Khub Krub

  • @nikolai3620
    @nikolai3620 Před 4 lety +164

    My wife is Thai. If I don't learn the language my wife and children will plot against me in their native tongue.

    • @DirtyDanAvidan
      @DirtyDanAvidan Před 3 lety +6

      Thats a good point lol

    • @2000ViperGTSsubscribe
      @2000ViperGTSsubscribe Před 3 lety

      555 Mai Pen Rai They really do not do that from experience.

    • @nikolai3620
      @nikolai3620 Před 3 lety +3

      @@2000ViperGTSsubscribe Hey I actually understand that. My practice is paying off, haha.

    • @2000ViperGTSsubscribe
      @2000ViperGTSsubscribe Před 3 lety

      @@nikolai3620 That's good-it all start somewhere, but make sure you practice with a Thai person and not a farang. I can read and write a little, but can speak decently and get around quite well as I know about 5000 words now.

    • @nikolai3620
      @nikolai3620 Před 3 lety

      @@2000ViperGTSsubscribe I practice with my wife, haha.

  • @fernwang8260
    @fernwang8260 Před 4 lety +162

    I'm learning Thai to watch BL series 🤣

    • @michaelbier7837
      @michaelbier7837 Před 4 lety +3

      Watch 2gether the series

    • @fernwang8260
      @fernwang8260 Před 4 lety +2

      @@michaelbier7837 That's the BL I was watching when I first commented here 😍

    • @dojoven
      @dojoven Před 4 lety +1

      bruh same

    • @OOH1974
      @OOH1974 Před 3 lety

      Excuse me, I am Thai but I don't know what is BL.?

    • @fernwang8260
      @fernwang8260 Před 3 lety +1

      @@OOH1974 Boys Love 🥰

  • @herdingborahae
    @herdingborahae Před 3 lety +38

    I want to learn Thai so I can watch my BL shows without having to solely rely on English subtitles and so I can watch interviews and all the fun things the actors do and know what they are saying.

    • @bsdontop1000
      @bsdontop1000 Před rokem

      Where would someone get that ? I'm trying to get anything and everything that will help me learn this language lol only been studying the last couple days i got hello down lmao

  • @mewgulfyizhany-bl2872
    @mewgulfyizhany-bl2872 Před 4 lety +65

    When he's asking why I want to learn thai?
    Me: MEWGULF HONEY😂😍🤗💓💖😊

  • @sanako03
    @sanako03 Před 4 lety +55

    I completely agree that it's worth the extra time learning to read Thai. I absolutely hate the Romanization (pinyin for those learning Chinese) of Thai. It had always thrown me off 😫 Once I learned to read it with the Thai alphabet, learning to speak became much easier! So much easier!

    • @sangyedorje3564
      @sangyedorje3564 Před 3 lety

      Yeah the same thing holds a lot of people back when learning Tibetan.

    • @estleenpretorius7888
      @estleenpretorius7888 Před 2 lety +2

      Agreed. I feel like I'm learning vocab so much faster now even with very basic consonant knowledge. It's also so helpful for memory cause it's symbols, and many of us learnt to study using symbols as memory aids.

  • @takeshi_zero3271
    @takeshi_zero3271 Před 4 lety +26

    I'm Thai and I'm now learning English and Spanish. I found his video super inspirational and handy. Thanks for the practical pieces of advice, I would apply them to learn both languages.
    P.S. I can tell that his Thai is phenomenal!

    • @L3DICLE
      @L3DICLE Před 4 měsíci

      ya sabes español?? Ya se ingles y español, ahorita quiero aprender Thai!

  • @chrisdocherty6496
    @chrisdocherty6496 Před 3 lety +6

    I have been learning for years with varying success but Stu Ray Jay's explanation of tones is the simplest, easiest way to learn.

  • @toromeastro9803
    @toromeastro9803 Před 4 lety +74

    I'm learning Thai cause I wanna live in Thailand

    • @alexanderromeo4971
      @alexanderromeo4971 Před 4 lety +3

      I'm glad you want to come
      I'm thailand

    • @toromeastro9803
      @toromeastro9803 Před 4 lety +2

      @@alexanderromeo4971 you're Thai? Cool! I'm a Filipino

    • @alexanderromeo4971
      @alexanderromeo4971 Před 4 lety +1

      @@toromeastro9803 Yes I'm Thai

    • @toromeastro9803
      @toromeastro9803 Před 4 lety +1

      @@alexanderromeo4971 oh so cool... I wished to be friends with Thai maybe you can help me with my Thai Language and Alphabet study, I really want to learn Thai so bad

    • @alexanderromeo4971
      @alexanderromeo4971 Před 4 lety +1

      @@toromeastro9803 I can't teach you cause I just 13 years old

  • @tanthainium
    @tanthainium Před 4 lety +3

    ฟังอาจารย์สจ๊วตอธิบายมาจากดาวอังคาร ก็ยังเข้าใจเลยค่ะ อธิบายชัดแจ้งกระจ่างจริงค่ะ ขอบคุณค่ะ

  • @zulkiflijamil4033
    @zulkiflijamil4033 Před 4 lety +4

    Hello Stuart Jay Raj. These are very practical and useful advices. I have just started learning Thai. Thank you.

  • @zorro1487
    @zorro1487 Před 3 lety

    Excellent information for studying Thai language, thanks

  • @igandee5383
    @igandee5383 Před 3 lety

    EXCELLANT STUFF THANKYOU.THE WORLD NEEDS MORE PEOPLE LIKE YOU.MUCH APPRECIATED.

  • @86BusinessSolutions
    @86BusinessSolutions Před rokem +1

    SJR...you are my language mentor and hero!!! Thank you!!!

  • @crondigady
    @crondigady Před 5 lety +32

    I’m having a blast learning to read! I have the sounds and almost the tones. I am currently working on increasing fluency. LoveThai

  • @fover_
    @fover_ Před 4 lety +5

    I really wish I knew how I learnt English. Cause now I use it more than my mother language. I never really wrote down anything to learn English but I remember watching videos and stuff and it just came to me. I hope it can happen again with Thai. So far I know a few words and sentences but still gotta work on it a lot. And this video actually made me feel motivated and excited that I can learn it and be fluent, thank you.

  • @anisafitria9727
    @anisafitria9727 Před 4 lety +29

    I'm learning thai for understand what sarawat say in bl

    • @ssenfa6680
      @ssenfa6680 Před 2 lety +1

      I read this and I laugh, really laugh out loud, agree 1000%

  • @rolfkarneman6564
    @rolfkarneman6564 Před 5 lety +4

    Thanks for the tip of Bingos book to read thai. Bought it from germany, money well spent.

  • @ericcarlsson8758
    @ericcarlsson8758 Před 5 lety +5

    Very good advises already halfway through your book and ordered a lot of different books for learning Thai. Even about Thailand or Siam history to better understand the Thai people. Thanks for the tip about writing and get spoken Thai on my Mac, had no clue about that before I bought your book, perfect 👍

    • @StuartJayRaj
      @StuartJayRaj  Před 5 lety +1

      Yeah - learning a language is also tied to learning the culture and 'why' things are the way they are.

  • @krajchek
    @krajchek Před 4 lety +16

    6k views? This deserves lot more. You are a Genius! I am signing up. I am glad that I found you trough a friend of mine you taught. This video represent exactly how I study, matches me a lot! And I am sure it works for most people.

  • @adityachettry9646
    @adityachettry9646 Před 9 měsíci

    One of the most motivating channel to learn Thai language...
    You made it sound a cinch.
    Thanks ❤

  • @kawaiibonbon8476
    @kawaiibonbon8476 Před 4 lety +23

    I’m learning Thai so I could impress my Thai grandmother

    • @retroscares8434
      @retroscares8434 Před 3 lety +1

      Good luck 🧍‍♀️💞
      Do you have any updates ?

  • @NJonners
    @NJonners Před 7 měsíci

    After living in Thailand for about 8 years and messing around with language courses based on our own alphabet, I discovered a computer based resource, High Speed Thai, in 2013. That re-set the whole thing, starting with only working with Thai alphabet. It took a bit of effort but very quickly the results were really satisfying and empowering. Now back in the UK the last 7 years, any time I go back to Thailand I spend the month before brushing up on that old course and it all comes flooding back. I love it.

  • @ChrisBird1
    @ChrisBird1 Před 3 lety

    Thanks for all your help

  • @yanelcordoba7535
    @yanelcordoba7535 Před 3 lety

    Very inspirational! Thank you!!!

  • @climbertrev1
    @climbertrev1 Před rokem +1

    Inspirational my friend. I agree with you about not relating Thai to English and that learning to read Thai script is the key. Also I agree that everyone learning any language should appreciate that ultimately it is about anatomy.

  • @kpoptrash4085
    @kpoptrash4085 Před 3 lety +4

    I want to learn thai because I like watching thai shows and I also want to take a trip there in the future.

  • @paula-yr7pp
    @paula-yr7pp Před 5 lety +2

    Another great video stuart Jay Raj im going to be taking all your advice . Im just about to read your book now and after subscribe to your website

    • @StuartJayRaj
      @StuartJayRaj  Před 5 lety

      Great news! Let me know if there's anything I can help with ... And if there are any topics you'd like for a clip, I'm all ears

  • @buttaekookie8882
    @buttaekookie8882 Před 3 lety +6

    I'm learning Thai because I want to enjoy every entertainment exist without no eng sub stopping me. Especially the one that Fluke Natouch and Ohm Thitiwat in it.

  • @christinahall982
    @christinahall982 Před 4 lety +11

    I'm learning thai because its my grandmas language and i want to be able to meet her family some day

  • @-whackd
    @-whackd Před 5 lety +8

    Darn you for coming out with the book, now Im tempted to study Thai again! Haha. Although Vietnamese and (old) Punjabi are my priorities these days. Sometimes a good book pulls you back into a language.

    • @StuartJayRaj
      @StuartJayRaj  Před 5 lety +4

      Haha - The more the merrier - There are links to be made between all of them. I actually have the Gurmukhi script there in my INdic Consonant Compass too.

  • @hiro6842
    @hiro6842 Před 5 lety +4

    Lydia's FB post sent me here. Thank you for the information. I joined her autodidact academy this Jan and I started to struggle on how to learn Thai from a scratch. Then 3 weeks ago I tried LearnThaiFromAWhiteGuy materials to memorise consonants and tones, which is amazingly useful as you mentioned in the vid. Thanks to Brett's program I did crack the tone system for the first time in my life. Now I've just started Glossika after checking your vid, and I already know that it works perfect to my needs (A1 low lvl). Thank you so much Stuart !

    • @StuartJayRaj
      @StuartJayRaj  Před 5 lety

      There are some really good resources out there. Great to hear you attacking the Thai language with so much enthusiasm - best way to do it! Let me know if there are any other topics you want me to cover.

    • @hiro6842
      @hiro6842 Před 5 lety

      Stuart Jay Raj thanks for the reply 🙏 One of topics I would like to learn is Thai casual font that look like alphabet. It’s everywhere but to me it’s super confusing.

  • @joeyannbatican3029
    @joeyannbatican3029 Před 4 lety +16

    I am learning Thai so that i could watch BL Series without subtitle😂 but i want to travel in Thailand soon😍

  • @armeerohsamae3631
    @armeerohsamae3631 Před 4 lety +12

    I'm learning Thai because I'm Thai who cannot speak Thai because I used to live overseas, and now I'm in Thailand and so difficult to communicate with Thai people and my Thai relatives ,,,,,,,, I don't know what to do T.T T.T

  • @jackhusbands8462
    @jackhusbands8462 Před 8 měsíci

    Your a real character Stuart!!

  • @gamestv4875
    @gamestv4875 Před 5 lety +4

    You are correct.You can learn only yourself.
    There are enough resources on You-Tube.
    Nice video.

  • @CYNDGUNNR
    @CYNDGUNNR Před 4 lety +15

    I want to learn thai because I like this boy, and his first language is thai. It's so difficult 😭

    • @otakuleveledup8458
      @otakuleveledup8458 Před 3 lety

      CY4N1D3 GUNN3R Give him some hints. I’m a guy and can tell you we are blind and the fact you are trying to learn his language his parents will like you. Give him signs and a little direct maybe cheeky if that’s your thing or try to be friends with him and make sure not to make him think you friend zoned him. DONT GIVE THE FIREND ZONE ;D

  • @mikec.4519
    @mikec.4519 Před 4 lety

    very GOOD VIDEO And GOOD energy

  • @ouichtan
    @ouichtan Před 3 lety +3

    I regularly give public speeches in Thai after being in Thailand for only three and a half years. I learnt Thai by listening to videos on CZcams from Kruu Wee, from Thai with Mod, Thai for beginners and by spending so much time with people who only speak Thai. I don't even particularly like the language (I don't dislike it either) but I think it's respectful towards the locals to speak their language instead of forcing to speak mine.
    Spend time with Thais and learn to also think like them, that's how you can speak like them. Language and culture are indissociable.
    And yes: language needs to INFEST your life. It's such a difficult endeavour that you need to aggressively attack it head on.

  • @softboy2828
    @softboy2828 Před 3 lety +3

    Reason:
    I want to travel around when I get old, and I’m learning different languages. I’m fluent in English, Swedish, 25% Korean and now thissss

  • @MrSfein1
    @MrSfein1 Před 5 lety +5

    Great video. In my case (30 years in Thailand) the best resource has always been teaching kids English. Now that I live in the sticks in South Thailand and I am trying to do the same thing to learn the southern Thai dialect, but I think my mind was a bit more plastic back in Bangkok in the 90s. Anyway, it is always a fun challenge.

    • @StuartJayRaj
      @StuartJayRaj  Před 5 lety +1

      I love getting into Thai dialects. The best thing is that you can use Gedney boxes to map them and get your pronunciation very accurate.

    • @pujiacy
      @pujiacy Před 4 lety +1

      stephen fein hi, I’m mixed between southern and the western (of Thailand). I would say that despite that, I almost never talked with the southern dialect, even when I am in the southern dialect speaking regions. This is because we totally understand each other and although I don’t speak that dialect language, I can understand most of the time they speak (well, not that frequently but if I tried to put my common sense into it, I can partially understand more of the things).

  • @brightwinismylife3952
    @brightwinismylife3952 Před 4 lety +20

    Truer words have never been spoken, I learned English through music and movies apart from formal classses. It really helped me a lot cuz it developed my love for English. In my country learning English is mandatory, so when you're forced to learn something, it takes out the fun in learning them.
    Meanwhile, for Thai it's the other way around. I fell in love with Thai dramas (BL dramas specifically hahaha) and their culture first and that motivates me to learn the language but i kinda took the wrong first step as I tried to remember Thai word by word and the romanization often confuses me for example the word for fish in Thai is 'ปลา' and romanized as 'pbla' so i dunno whether it's supposed to be pronounced as 'pla' or 'bla' so I gave up altogether.
    But because of the MCO, I had too much free time, so i decided to take up Thai again but this time i decided to learn from the ground up, I spent two weeks remembering the consonants and vowels and also familiarising with Thai symbols such as 'อ้ ' and 'อ็' and this is the hardest part but once you remember all of it things will get easier as Thai letters will automatically tells you how to pronouce the word. In fact i dare say English pronounciation is harder to predict than Thai for example 'But' and 'Put' both have the vowel 'U' but sounded differently, in Thai you won't come across this problem.
    Entering my third week learning Thai, I can read the caption on my favourite Thai celebrities' IG now but I still got a long way to go

  • @kittenastrophy5951
    @kittenastrophy5951 Před 4 lety +1

    Look again by YT recommended in Apr 2020, คุณ เจย์ ยังรักษาภาษาอังกฤษสำเนียงไทยได้อย่างมั่นคง

  • @Ron-iu8kp
    @Ron-iu8kp Před 4 lety +16

    Stuart, you make a lot of sense in your approach. Are you able to determine the tone of a word quickly as you read? Do you recommend memorizing a tone chart.

    • @StuartJayRaj
      @StuartJayRaj  Před 4 lety +3

      Yeah... It just becomes second nature. I recommend learning and internalizing the tone rules, but when it comes to applying them, drills like Thai kids do from books like Darun Sueksa ดรุณ ศึกษา can do wonders

  • @Shoolpani
    @Shoolpani Před 3 lety

    you teach wonderful, god bless

  • @damonmartin1572
    @damonmartin1572 Před 4 lety +8

    If anyone can speak basic Thai your already better than me (half Thai). I want to learn to communicate to my grandmother and cousins :D

    • @straighyt2154
      @straighyt2154 Před 3 lety +3

      Omg I'm half Thai too but I moved to america with my dad so I barely know my other side of my family, so I'm trying to learn Thai (no progress) to communicate with my Thai side of my family

  • @norriss1
    @norriss1 Před 3 lety +1

    ภาษาไทย เป็นภาษาที่ค่อนข้างมีเสน่ห์ครับ ผมก็อยู่เมืองไทยนี่แหละครับและผมก็สัญชาติไทยครับ ผมมาเห็นคลิปนี้แล้วชอบมากๆเลยครับ^^

  • @user-jt8eg6bx2x
    @user-jt8eg6bx2x Před 2 lety +4

    Good video! Thanks to the author for his good work! I'd like to recommend Yuri Ivantsiv's practice book Polyglot's Notes: Practical Tips for Learning a Foreign Language. This book has many useful methods for learning a foreign language, how to develop your memory, how to memorize words, learn grammar, quickly learn to speak, read and write. All recommend this excellent book! Good luck to everyone in learning a foreign language!

  • @cuteradish7534
    @cuteradish7534 Před rokem

    “Because it’s just like that” triggered my ptsd 😭😂 great video!!

  • @alwayslearning7672
    @alwayslearning7672 Před 4 lety +3

    Basically ...you need a sh#t load of motivation,desire and excitement for learning the language.

  • @scotniver7180
    @scotniver7180 Před 2 lety +2

    Been here for years..
    I've come to the conclusion..
    Learning a language is a great litmus test for a person's intelligence. All the smart people I know picked up the language Quickly. I'm not that sharp , so it's been a struggle.
    The other aspect is ; all the mates who picked it up lived with thai girls..
    There's no real tricks..
    If you're not that sharp, it will be a struggle.. Been here 30 years..

  • @TaiTube
    @TaiTube Před 5 lety +2

    Substantial video

  • @puddle21200
    @puddle21200 Před rokem +1

    I want to learn thai because i love the way it sounds :3 also because i just like learning new languages as a hobby hehe

  • @awaterplease7885
    @awaterplease7885 Před 5 lety +5

    What an awesome video! U said a lot of interesting stuff

  • @nightfall9263
    @nightfall9263 Před 3 lety

    This will come in handy for my mug Thai if I ever go to bangcock to get better

  • @vladimirhybl6786
    @vladimirhybl6786 Před 5 lety +4

    Yeah, you have to realize it's gonna be a long way😉 Our brain tends to be lazy at times and if we do not enjoy it we just get disgusted or annoyed by all the long process of learning. It's about your motivation and your feelings to the language too. Make it fun and do not hesitate to laugh at yourself how funny you sound😁 I often enjoy speaking thai with Lao people when travelling and it makes me feel relax and I learn Lao language a bit by this way too.
    Regarding teachers and language resources, exactly as Stuart says, use everything and anything in your learning process. . . and trust your guts! If you feel like that try it and if it does work for you just stop andfind another way. There are not so many resources for Thai as for e.i. Mandarin chinese but you can find them and some of them are really good and even free. Everyone is an individual so something that works for me doesn't work for you or just a little bit.
    Regarding "tones" if you compare a few males(or females) sounds saying the same word they will sounds so different to your ears so as Stuarts says you need to speak to lots of natives and use plenty of resources and definitely do not rely on your teacher only. You must find your way and learn with love😇

    • @StuartJayRaj
      @StuartJayRaj  Před 5 lety

      Yeah - for people who really make the call to 'Learn the language', success is the ability to strap in and enjoy the journey.

  • @mrgriboman371
    @mrgriboman371 Před 3 lety +4

    I want to learn Thai cause it looks alien, exotic and mysterious.

  • @jecriskyut6186
    @jecriskyut6186 Před 2 lety

    Bl series convinced me huhu

  • @roxanne3517
    @roxanne3517 Před 3 lety

    Thank you for these. It would help a lot. Btw I want to learn thai cause I want to work in Thailand someday. 😊🙏

  • @cambodiangirl2095
    @cambodiangirl2095 Před 4 lety +2

    you’re awesome i’ve been finding person who teaches like you for so long

  • @MonkeyDLuffy-my4hl
    @MonkeyDLuffy-my4hl Před 2 lety +2

    I learn because I’m half Thai myself and want to communicate with my Thai family

  • @learnwithCI
    @learnwithCI Před 3 lety

    That Indic consonant compass chart... where can I find this??? It looked really helpful!!

  • @jayiwa
    @jayiwa Před 3 lety +5

    And the learners should know that Farang is shortened from Farang-sade (ฝรั่งเศส) which is derived from Français(e) ... yes, French. And if you learn Thai alphabet and Thai phonology you would know why Français(e) becomes Farang-sade.
    The reason Thais call the whites (or rather Europeans) collectively as French is because of the prominent presence of French people in Thailand / Siam during Ayudhya period - supposedly the close relationship with France’s Louis ✌️😉

  • @jdb6026
    @jdb6026 Před 3 měsíci

    I fell in love with Thai when I visited the country in 2015. The language was challenging (still is) and is extremely fun to speak. I don't like learning how to read and write it because it gives me a headache. HAHAHA.

  • @levinani6163
    @levinani6163 Před 4 lety +3

    im going to thai this september to start my class and its all for me to be able to watch BL series without sub.

  • @speakdelish7817
    @speakdelish7817 Před 4 lety +1

    Nice a video

  • @mangobob1184
    @mangobob1184 Před 2 lety +1

    I wanna speek Thai so I can talk to my family over in Thailand

  • @Saranghae-uu2ki
    @Saranghae-uu2ki Před 7 měsíci

    Спасибо за Ваш труд!

  • @OneMansJourney
    @OneMansJourney Před 4 lety +4

    I'm struggling making the B sound. Bp is the sound I'm making and what's being heard. Do you have any videos helping with this please? Cheers.

  • @qu14torze82
    @qu14torze82 Před 3 měsíci

    I've just come across your channel and this video. What do you think about Comprehensible Input and Automatic Language Growth popularised by Stephen Krashen and taught in AUA-Bangkok?

  • @yongjiean9980
    @yongjiean9980 Před 3 lety

    Complete Thai by David Smyth is a good fundamental. Google translate is very useful too ;)

  • @vluessky
    @vluessky Před 4 lety +2

    I’m learning thai because in Thailand there’s the biggest got7 fanbase and I want to experience a concert there 💚

  • @armunro
    @armunro Před rokem

    You have to learn how to read Thai; I learned along time ago but I got lazy; can still klunk my way through. You use the sounds of Thai script to say things in Thai perfectly, and a very good example is Pattaya and Phuket, which are quite long words in English but much shorter words when written in Thai script. In Thai script phuket is actually poo-get (ภูเก็ต).

  • @jhetdvlog6454
    @jhetdvlog6454 Před 3 lety +5

    because of BrightWin Im willing to learn Thai so I can understand them.

  • @hijabixprincess883
    @hijabixprincess883 Před 3 lety

    I got inspired by a series so I wanna learn it lol

  • @sitisalwavlog3624
    @sitisalwavlog3624 Před 3 lety

    I'm learning Thai because one of the classmate is Thai, Malaysia and my father come from Thailand

  • @zachboydston9580
    @zachboydston9580 Před 3 lety +5

    My GF was adopted from Thailand. She wants to find her real parents. We are learning Thai so we can go there and get around well enough to hopefully find them.

  • @davidfrost1399
    @davidfrost1399 Před 3 lety

    thx great vid can you send link of any thai movies eng subtitles hard to find thx

  • @Skvodo
    @Skvodo Před 5 lety +2

    Nice video

  • @LearnThaiRapidMethod
    @LearnThaiRapidMethod Před 2 lety

    What he said! :)
    I bought the book, btw. It's a Thai language bible.

  • @zizi6100
    @zizi6100 Před 4 lety +2

    Umm what's the first thing you need to study? Reading / writing or speaking? I would appreciate it if someone replies, thank's 💕

  • @Marcfj
    @Marcfj Před 3 lety +2

    I'm looking for a system of learning Thai that is similar to the one used in South Africa for teaching Afrikaans to English-speaking school children. They use readers (books) that start in very basic Afrikaans using 100 words in their first book with English meanings listed. The books get progressively more advanced from book one through book six.

    • @yimveerasak3543
      @yimveerasak3543 Před rokem

      Try to find Mani book series.

    • @Marcfj
      @Marcfj Před rokem

      @@yimveerasak3543 - Thank you, I will check them out.

  • @nduduzoblose4355
    @nduduzoblose4355 Před 3 lety +8

    WHO ELSE LEARNING FOR THEM GOOD GOOD GMMTV SERIES!!!?
    Shout out to my Win and Bright stans, and of course we can't forget the gunsmile stans too

  • @dexterginez3512
    @dexterginez3512 Před 4 lety +5

    For bl Thai series 😅

  • @stepkycopky9354
    @stepkycopky9354 Před 2 lety +1

    I’m Australian and am about to marry a Thai girl, so it is great to use your videos, thank you so much…

  • @asianlanguages5365
    @asianlanguages5365 Před 4 lety +4

    i want to learn thai because i want to watch thai drama n movie without subtitles

  • @heliosboy
    @heliosboy Před 5 lety +5

    How could I find that table about palatal/dental/aspirated/nasal/etc you show in the video? I think it's very useful to pronounce the Thai aksorn correctly

    • @StuartJayRaj
      @StuartJayRaj  Před 5 lety +2

      you can go to jcademy.com - it's available as the standalone 'Indic Script Compass', or in the tools for the Cracking Thai Fundamentals course. It's free - you just need to set up an account and login and you can access it.

  • @minholee2669
    @minholee2669 Před rokem

    thx

  • @arundhatibose8456
    @arundhatibose8456 Před 3 lety +8

    Wow, he missed the biggest reason why most of us are here. BL SERIES!

  • @wilkieroyall3507
    @wilkieroyall3507 Před 4 lety +3

    My auntie is from Thailand so I am trying to learn it

  • @ararsaruda
    @ararsaruda Před 3 lety

    I'm learning thai because I'm a thai-pinoy and I born here in the Philippines. I wanna visit my relatives in Thailand

  • @togker4024
    @togker4024 Před 4 lety +2

    ไทยครับ from Thailand.

  • @kinnsturbulence
    @kinnsturbulence Před rokem

    Yes! Learning to read is so important. A lot of learning resources that use romanization seem to base it on British English, and as an American, it can be hard to wrap my head around. เธอ becomes ‘ter’ and with me being American, I pronounce it differently.

    • @danielm.4346
      @danielm.4346 Před rokem

      Hello.
      The romanization is a littte of help at the very beginning. But after the very beginning, it is not learning Thai.
      Look at the writing while you listen. And eventually your brain shall figure it out. It shall come to you what means what, without your having made any effort to figure it out.
      This what happened for me.
      I hadn't looked at any of my study material for almost a whole year, then looked at it again, and it was immediately visible, knowable, what parts of the written Thai language meant what in sound.
      Except for words where the spelling is historical.
      The entire understanding of wasn't wholly complete, but the whole gist of it was definitely obvious (to me).
      Years ago, I had been interested in learning Thai, and something from having seen the writing had caused me to think that it was too complicated, that I could never learn it, but that was only like causing a mental block for myself.
      Learning to read Thai is not something that comes from reading a romanized version of Thai writing. The Thai writing system, aside from where the spelling is historical, shows perfectly what the words are supposed to sound like.

  • @betee2555
    @betee2555 Před 4 lety +2

    What’s your advice for learning how to read Thai? What do you think are the best resources if I want to start off by learning to read before learning to speak? Or do you think they both should happen at the same time? I’m just asking because I’m more of a visual followed by auditory learner so I feel like it’ll be easier for me to learn in this way but I was wondering what your thoughts are since this is the first language I’m attempting to learn.

    • @rabbieburns2501
      @rabbieburns2501 Před 4 lety

      I would say do what you feel is best for you. Personally, I think that learning to speak first is the best way. Forget tones and reading, as that can all come later. I feel it can be too intimidating for people to try too much at once.
      Learn like a child learns their native tongue; speak, then read and write. You will make mistakes, of course, but Thai people will understand in context what you mean. Then, when ready, (after 6 months or so maybe) learn the alphabet (Learn Thai from a White Guy is good, and video on youtube that teaches 25 most common consonants for free, then learn the rest yourself, don't give the guy 100 dollars ;0).
      Then, read children's books. I learnt from this site : ressources.learn2speakthai.net/
      These are kids stories that Thai children used to learn in school about a brother & sister and their friends and pets called "Manee Mana." Similar to a "Jack & Jill" in English.
      When you start to learn the words/ phrases you can already speak is awesome! Then, not so awesome is realising that you have been saying them wrong, incorrect tones etc .. so, you have to re-learn them the correct way. Depending on your ear, you may have been saying them correct. I know a guy that cannot read or write, but you would swear he could as has all th tones etc correct already.
      As SJR says, use lots of resources. I use the Paiboon dictionary app & the excellent "Learn Thai" app from Codegent that you can change male/female speaker.
      You can learn words & phrases & play it whilst in the shower, making food etc
      Immerse/ absorb
      Do at least an hour a day.
      Watch youtube videos, my favourites are:
      "Learn Thai with Mod," czcams.com/users/ThaiwithMod
      "Kruu Wee Teach Thai" czcams.com/channels/CNPGGH7lguWWeFiHTp-OtQ.html
      & "Speak Thai Easy" czcams.com/channels/pN4LJgM6Tvr_iaectfiTjg.html
      Don't give up & don't compare yourself with anyone else, only yourself the day before.
      ขอให้สนุกนะครับ Enjoy

  • @oops541
    @oops541 Před 3 lety +1

    I love Thai TV Drama. I love good looking handsome Thai actor and beautiful Thai actresses. Also, I love Thai culture and Thai music video.