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.
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.
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!
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😊🇵🇭🇹🇭
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!
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.
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.
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
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.
@@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.
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!
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
@@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
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 RUclips 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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 👍
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
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
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 !
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.
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.
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.
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.
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..
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.
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).
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 ✌️😉
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😇
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.
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.
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.
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!
9:30 Hey Stuart, I think you got it backward. You need to watch a movie in Thai dub and read Thai subtitles, this way you will learn how to pronounce and write new words at the same time. And when you found some words you don't know the meaning, you can trace it back by counting the syllable to that word and then check it in the dictionary. This works best on dubbed movies you have already watched because you already know the meaning of the sentence, the rest is just to learn the word/pronunciation.
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.
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).
Yuki's content is great. I wish I could mention everyone in this clip. I think the main thing that I wanted to get across is that when I learn a language, I use everything I can get my hands on to feed the language learning craving.
I have an unusual stumbling block. I can read, write & speak at a basic level (although my listening & reading comprehension is still pretty awful), so whenever I’m in Thailand I try to get “deep in the soi” so as to run into as many Thai only speakers as possible. Almost inevitably, when a person gets a feel for my proficiency level, they want ME to teach THEM how to speak ENGLISH, and usually only give lip service to an ‘equal exchange’ of lessons. Without actually employing a tutor, it seems hard to find a Thai that has the patience to help you improve your skills, even if your dating them! Any suggestions?
First thing is to really hone your skills of listening and being able to get past your mother tongue's filters and hear sounds for what they are - and then master even just cerebrally at first how the sounds and rhythms should be in normal speech. That way, when your body starts producing something wrong, your subconscious will kick in and self correct. If you can find a native speaker to do this, all the better. The other thing in this circumstance, is to take up the challenge and do everything you can to make your language live up to their expectations of it. Use it use it use it - soon enough, it'll hit the mark.
@@StuartJayRaj Great advice! I just came back from my first short trip to Thailand after I started to learn Thai and I had the same problem that @zencat described.
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?
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.
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," ruclips.net/user/ThaiwithMod "Kruu Wee Teach Thai" ruclips.net/channel/UCCNPGGH7lguWWeFiHTp-OtQ & "Speak Thai Easy" ruclips.net/channel/UCpN4LJgM6Tvr_iaectfiTjg Don't give up & don't compare yourself with anyone else, only yourself the day before. ขอให้สนุกนะครับ Enjoy
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
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.
Definitely couldn't agree with you more! I used to be in the shower, holding press conferences with my different languages! I haven't ever been off the American continent and I have both Japanese, Chinese, and Thai people cannot believe I never stepped foot in the country and yet I have so much knowledge. I did like you said, I allowed the language and the culture infest within me, that someone thought I had visited the country.
I think understanding why you think it's unbelievable would be a good insight as to what stands as a psychological obstacle for most people to go out and make things like language happen
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.
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.
When ur Thai and u wanna live in Thailand when u grow up but Thai is not a popular language so their are no good apps to help u learn effectively..... I'm very sad. I need an effect way, any recommendations for apps or things like that??
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.
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.
@@candiceswanepoelcanmurderm5160 i dont think you understood what he said
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!
i needed to hear this :)
Great advice
I’m learning Thai because of BrightWin, Period.
Literally everyone
And i feel you😂 i am self studying 😂
yusssssss
Me2me2
Same
I watch Thai Bl and it help me caught a lot of new words everyday and memories it well
I can only remember the word 'shiya' HAHAHAHA it's tine's favorite to say
Chopped Hair 😂😂 the same
Chopped Hair omg sammeeeee
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😊🇵🇭🇹🇭
James Stephen Nicdao good luck! Susu! ❤️❤️❤️
You can do it!
Welcome to Thailand, I have lot of Philippine friends who live and work in Thailand. Most of them are teachers.
@@neenraphatwiboonmat2085 Wow Nice..Thank you so much❤️😊✨
Khub Khub Krub
I was adopted from Bangkok when I was six weeks old, by Swedish parents, that's why I'd like to learn
Oh wow
:) I can help you
Bow_kusuma Can you help me? :)
When he's asking why I want to learn thai?
Me: MEWGULF HONEY😂😍🤗💓💖😊
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!
Yeah the same thing holds a lot of people back when learning Tibetan.
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.
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.
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
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.
I'm learning Thai to watch BL series 🤣
Watch 2gether the series
@@michaelbier7837 That's the BL I was watching when I first commented here 😍
bruh same
Excuse me, I am Thai but I don't know what is BL.?
@@OOH1974 Boys Love 🥰
My wife is Thai. If I don't learn the language my wife and children will plot against me in their native tongue.
Thats a good point lol
555 Mai Pen Rai They really do not do that from experience.
@@2000ViperGTSsubscribe Hey I actually understand that. My practice is paying off, haha.
@@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.
@@2000ViperGTSsubscribe I practice with my wife, haha.
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!
ya sabes español?? Ya se ingles y español, ahorita quiero aprender Thai!
I have been learning for years with varying success but Stu Ray Jay's explanation of tones is the simplest, easiest way to learn.
I’m having a blast learning to read! I have the sounds and almost the tones. I am currently working on increasing fluency. LoveThai
fantastic!
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
I want to learn thai because I like this boy, and his first language is thai. It's so difficult 😭
I'm learning Thai cause I wanna live in Thailand
I'm glad you want to come
I'm thailand
@@alexanderromeo4971 you're Thai? Cool! I'm a Filipino
@@deluxasmo2005 Yes I'm Thai
@@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
@@deluxasmo2005 I can't teach you cause I just 13 years old
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 RUclips 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.
ฟังอาจารย์สจ๊วตอธิบายมาจากดาวอังคาร ก็ยังเข้าใจเลยค่ะ อธิบายชัดแจ้งกระจ่างจริงค่ะ ขอบคุณค่ะ
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.
I am learning Thai so that i could watch BL Series without subtitle😂 but i want to travel in Thailand soon😍
Same🤣
I'm learning thai for understand what sarawat say in bl
I read this and I laugh, really laugh out loud, agree 1000%
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.
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.
I'm learning thai because its my grandmas language and i want to be able to meet her family some day
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
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.
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
I’m learning Thai so I could impress my Thai grandmother
Good luck 🧍♀️💞
Do you have any updates ?
I want to learn thai because I like watching thai shows and I also want to take a trip there in the future.
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 👍
Yeah - learning a language is also tied to learning the culture and 'why' things are the way they are.
SJR...you are my language mentor and hero!!! Thank you!!!
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
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
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
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 !
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.
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.
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.
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.
Hello Stuart Jay Raj. These are very practical and useful advices. I have just started learning Thai. Thank you.
Basically ...you need a sh#t load of motivation,desire and excitement for learning the language.
One of the most motivating channel to learn Thai language...
You made it sound a cinch.
Thanks ❤
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..
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.
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.
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).
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
555 same
EXCELLANT STUFF THANKYOU.THE WORLD NEEDS MORE PEOPLE LIKE YOU.MUCH APPRECIATED.
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 ✌️😉
im going to thai this september to start my class and its all for me to be able to watch BL series without sub.
I want to learn Thai cause it looks alien, exotic and mysterious.
I’m learning thai because in Thailand there’s the biggest got7 fanbase and I want to experience a concert there 💚
“Because it’s just like that” triggered my ptsd 😭😂 great video!!
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😇
Yeah - for people who really make the call to 'Learn the language', success is the ability to strap in and enjoy the journey.
because of BrightWin Im willing to learn Thai so I can understand them.
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.
And did you find them?
ภาษาไทย เป็นภาษาที่ค่อนข้างมีเสน่ห์ครับ ผมก็อยู่เมืองไทยนี่แหละครับและผมก็สัญชาติไทยครับ ผมมาเห็นคลิปนี้แล้วชอบมากๆเลยครับ^^
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.
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
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
You are correct.You can learn only yourself.
There are enough resources on You-Tube.
Nice video.
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.
I’m Australian and am about to marry a Thai girl, so it is great to use your videos, thank you so much…
Thanks for the tip of Bingos book to read thai. Bought it from germany, money well spent.
Thank you for this! I’m learning Thai because my mother is Thai but my parents never taught me the language 😞
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!
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Hey Stuart, I think you got it backward.
You need to watch a movie in Thai dub and read Thai subtitles, this way you will learn how to pronounce and write new words at the same time.
And when you found some words you don't know the meaning, you can trace it back by counting the syllable to that word and then check it in the dictionary.
This works best on dubbed movies you have already watched because you already know the meaning of the sentence, the rest is just to learn the word/pronunciation.
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.
Try to find Mani book series.
@@yimveerasak3543 - Thank you, I will check them out.
Your a real character Stuart!!
Look again by YT recommended in Apr 2020, คุณ เจย์ ยังรักษาภาษาอังกฤษสำเนียงไทยได้อย่างมั่นคง
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.
you’re awesome i’ve been finding person who teaches like you for so long
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).
Thanks for the informative video. What's you opinion of Pick-up Thai Podcast?
Yuki's content is great. I wish I could mention everyone in this clip. I think the main thing that I wanted to get across is that when I learn a language, I use everything I can get my hands on to feed the language learning craving.
Wow, he missed the biggest reason why most of us are here. BL SERIES!
What an awesome video! U said a lot of interesting stuff
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.
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
Thanks for all your help
I have an unusual stumbling block. I can read, write & speak at a basic level (although my listening & reading comprehension is still pretty awful), so whenever I’m in Thailand I try to get “deep in the soi” so as to run into as many Thai only speakers as possible. Almost inevitably, when a person gets a feel for my proficiency level, they want ME to teach THEM how to speak ENGLISH, and usually only give lip service to an ‘equal exchange’ of lessons. Without actually employing a tutor, it seems hard to find a Thai that has the patience to help you improve your skills, even if your dating them! Any suggestions?
First thing is to really hone your skills of listening and being able to get past your mother tongue's filters and hear sounds for what they are - and then master even just cerebrally at first how the sounds and rhythms should be in normal speech. That way, when your body starts producing something wrong, your subconscious will kick in and self correct. If you can find a native speaker to do this, all the better. The other thing in this circumstance, is to take up the challenge and do everything you can to make your language live up to their expectations of it. Use it use it use it - soon enough, it'll hit the mark.
@@StuartJayRaj Great advice! I just came back from my first short trip to Thailand after I started to learn Thai and I had the same problem that @zencat described.
My strategy is to annoy at least 20 Thai people and ask them questions equally so they don't get burnt out on me.
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?
I’m here because i love SaintZee 🐰🐨🥺❤️❤️
Excellent information for studying Thai language, thanks
I'm learning that since my family is Asian, but I'm only 75% Asian. And I lived in Thailand for about 5 months, until I moved to the U.S.
Out of all the languages that I am learning right now Thai is the most frustrating one.
But its worth it
My auntie is from Thailand so I am trying to learn it
That Indic consonant compass chart... where can I find this??? It looked really helpful!!
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.
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," ruclips.net/user/ThaiwithMod
"Kruu Wee Teach Thai" ruclips.net/channel/UCCNPGGH7lguWWeFiHTp-OtQ
& "Speak Thai Easy" ruclips.net/channel/UCpN4LJgM6Tvr_iaectfiTjg
Don't give up & don't compare yourself with anyone else, only yourself the day before.
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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
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.
Umm what's the first thing you need to study? Reading / writing or speaking? I would appreciate it if someone replies, thank's 💕
I'm learning Thai because one of the classmate is Thai, Malaysia and my father come from Thailand
Definitely couldn't agree with you more! I used to be in the shower, holding press conferences with my different languages! I haven't ever been off the American continent and I have both Japanese, Chinese, and Thai people cannot believe I never stepped foot in the country and yet I have so much knowledge. I did like you said, I allowed the language and the culture infest within me, that someone thought I had visited the country.
Yes! Some of the best language learning is done in the bathroom . Fogged up shower recesses make great white boards too :)
@@StuartJayRaj OMG!!! You know me!!! LOL!!! That's where I learned how to write my Chinese Characters!!!
@@Krisstofers hahaha the power of the 毛筆 finger.
Very inspirational! Thank you!!!
This will come in handy for my mug Thai if I ever go to bangcock to get better
I'm learning thai to understand behind the scenes of BL couples without sub
Bl series convinced me huhu
What he said! :)
I bought the book, btw. It's a Thai language bible.
as a kid you went to Danish restaurants and started to build a community of friends? That's kind of amazing; and not easy to believe;
why not easy to believe?
I think understanding why you think it's unbelievable would be a good insight as to what stands as a psychological obstacle for most people to go out and make things like language happen
I'm learning thai because I'm a thai-pinoy and I born here in the Philippines. I wanna visit my relatives in Thailand
CAN SOMEONE PLEASE GIVE ME A SUGGESTION FROM WHICH BOOK TO LEARN THAI AND WHICH RUclips CHANNELS TO USE?
RUclips Channel, Learn Thai With Naam
Unfortunately Glossika isn't for Thai language beginners. I tried.
Yeah, I got your book and it's easy to read and understand.
I'm learning thai becuase i want to go there soon and live . And also i dont need to put english sub. Hahaha
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.
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.
I"m learning Thai so I can watch BL series without subs. Thank you
ไทยครับ from Thailand.
I want to learn thailand because ilove watching thai series
When ur Thai and u wanna live in Thailand when u grow up but Thai is not a popular language so their are no good apps to help u learn effectively..... I'm very sad. I need an effect way, any recommendations for apps or things like that??