The reason Thai is hard has nothing to do with the structure of the language. As you point out it is a lot more consistent and regular than, say, English. No, Thai is hard to learn because it is not a forgiving language. By that I mean that you have to get everything just right or you won't be understood. Say นำ instead of น้ำ and you're toast. English is hard, but it's very forgiving. If my Australian friend hands me the keys to his Toyota and says "Pahk the cah in the cah pahk", I know that he is trying to say, "Park the car in the parking lot." He gets it all wrong (from my point of view) but I can use context and logic to figure out what he's saying. We have to be able to do this because there are so many varieties of English spoken around the world. Thais generally don't have to listen to other than Central Thai so most haven't developed the ability to use context and logic to understand different or poorly formed Thai. - - Why is this important? As a beginner you need positive feedback to keep on trying. But, since, as a beginner, your Thai is bad, it's very hard to make yourself understood and get positive feedback, On the other hand, English, a hopelessly complex and irregular language, is easy to learn because you can make all sorts of horrible errors and the English listener will still understand what you're trying to say. They understand! You get positive feedback! You can keep going!
Thank you for these tips!
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งาย is actually a word mean Morning for example พ่อแผนจะไปแต่ในงาย สายแล้วสำรับไม่ยกมา (BUT MOST PEOPLE DON'T USE IT)
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The reason Thai is hard has nothing to do with the structure of the language. As you point out it is a lot more consistent and regular than, say, English. No, Thai is hard to learn because it is not a forgiving language. By that I mean that you have to get everything just right or you won't be understood. Say นำ instead of น้ำ and you're toast. English is hard, but it's very forgiving. If my Australian friend hands me the keys to his Toyota and says "Pahk the cah in the cah pahk", I know that he is trying to say, "Park the car in the parking lot." He gets it all wrong (from my point of view) but I can use context and logic to figure out what he's saying. We have to be able to do this because there are so many varieties of English spoken around the world. Thais generally don't have to listen to other than Central Thai so most haven't developed the ability to use context and logic to understand different or poorly formed Thai. - - Why is this important? As a beginner you need positive feedback to keep on trying. But, since, as a beginner, your Thai is bad, it's very hard to make yourself understood and get positive feedback, On the other hand, English, a hopelessly complex and irregular language, is easy to learn because you can make all sorts of horrible errors and the English listener will still understand what you're trying to say. They understand! You get positive feedback! You can keep going!
I actually agree with you on this one!