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Lao, spoken nekdhbouring Laos, is vety closely relive 0 Thal (alkough most ‘Thais fom Bangkok would have some difficulty Understanding if, but the other neighbouring Burmese, Carnbodian and Malay ~ are complet Distine: dialects of Thai are spoken inthe north, northeast and south ofthe county, but iis the ltigage ofthe Central Region and Bangkok whieh is used throughout che couary as the tedium for education and mass media snd which i faght in this course, Til ba euler nae go ital Seca y ee wean is annie os cals ae no he ete a Sieeah cringe acl oar alt Oe ae {Pith mate pronucinton in That ecm mre comple Sa BSS ae re eee a Sane Sean mee re ee See are St eae yelas ices = sin crema aguante Wh ks Seip fom © sp gay eal is ‘cr te mer ion ota a can owe paring eee cake ae eens me weey aes re ese S'Tia pas mil alr oom onda a ‘About the book ‘Thishookis intended forthe complete beginner It ims equip the later with the necessary vocabulary and grammar 0 cope ‘with the day-to-day situations aforeignes is ely vo encounter In Thailand. A further important aim ofthe courses provide ‘solid introduction to the Thai writing system #0 thatthe learner will have the means to extend hs or her knowledge of the language beyond this course. ach units bi around loge, ellowed hy hie curl hackgroand note which dens oot aspects ofthe nse 0 Soci contest of the Glogs, Key phrases and expressions Se highlighted wl he fl wocabulary Ine and explanatory ‘Stgatge nots should enable you to uadertand conrematons ‘thot too mach dic. A arey of pacts eres ep {orcnfore the mateal coveted inthe Gloucs ad the key 1 de end ofthe book alls you vo ep a close check hat fo are.on the sige ack Acoaierable par ofeach uit = Ucted to reading and wring Tha, The sip preset in snonageale chunks and eed in reading exerci. Mos of che material in each units reprodaced in ecorded form {accompany this book, You are srngly advised to purchase ‘hist gan a lear idea of how Thal shoald sound. How to use the book ach individual wil have their own preferred way of working ‘hrough dhe course. you have the recorded material, you ‘night hike to stare cach unity fsening to the calogue a ‘mbes of tne with your book closed, simply to get your et sened tote language. Aleroaivel, you may prefer to work atthe dialogue means before you consider inening to \t'toes ne veally mater whae approach you adopt as long as you ae happy witht and you sre prepared to follow it feyuly. Whatever approach You adopt, however, you ae tums faced withthe task OF memoraing and accrately ‘cprodociag unfaiar combinations of sounds Te best 10 ‘nenorze words in meaningful pha rather than. isolation ind your pronmcndon anf steno wioviouy be peaiy sll i you have the recording to we a8 2 model. Frequent feview of ere sso and exercises is esental if the language In'them isto Become almost second nature. =People learning 4 langage whichis writen in an nf Scapemay ofa say Ohy ony wan olan speak ie Ph ot bored bout wating’ They aul imagine hat aang ine esp willbe ceely Ges and dis cavering aed thaethey wl beable roses ahead mach more quickly hey ‘oncettate merely om the spoken language You amy if you ‘hoos, work shrogh his book in tae acon, simply noting the vctons on serge. B if you 8, you won be geting yout tmoncys work fom che course ad youl be adoping a hore Sigh and scl imiing view Jot think how sdcsloos you ‘would think war if 2" tod you he war studying Engle onversation fom thi dialbgne ecanse he coulda read ‘women sce A qanodis anadeaorin B jofs Sanofaaru umorSyyia? [When you have reached uit 11 you will ee how silly iis!) ‘The familar Thai script would encourage him to pronounce these English words with a ‘That acent and he cersily ‘wouldnt be able to get English speakers to wrte down new ‘words for him if he were tying to expand his vocabulary in ‘het he would never progres beyond the one or two books it Buk beg e wien pleancliy a Tha heen Ma a epi cp e cmt ad Maomper es deter eran es al ee en ee eae ems ea ones ie a oe Soe vine oe ree rad erecta ae hiucaei amen ba Sei ek Perens SoS ca ee ae eee ee ele pees cee a eee anes Seen ors oe haere ey ee es, Sete ee eater a Se ees to read more quickly and develop the ai 9 recognize rods tay wiourhviog labour over inca ers Sch ine Remember that when laring + foreign language, ‘ile and be much more tec shan lng bu meget seston. ‘Ten to 15 minitescvery day i far more productive than one long seston once 8 werk. Romanization of Thi or westerners laming the language itis convenient 19 use ‘omanized Thai atthe beginning, but it mast be stesed that thir ia'no mors than « learning id. Tei not am secepeble ‘Sematve tothe Thai srpe snd most Thais would not be able fovread That writen in romanized frm. There area number of ‘erent stems of romaniaing Tha, each wih is advantages tnd disadvantages. Like all ystems, the one used in this book San offer only an approximate presentation of the Thai sound. ‘The mos ellcive trategy Ist learn pronunciations from the reoveding andl to memonce Thal sriptspelings rather than ‘omanied spelings. You should teat the romanization stm fs.a crutch and you should aim to discard it as quichy 38 possible cerempan |uoleiounuod__=) ‘Thete ar afew sounds in Thi that do nt exist in English and ‘which can cause some problems. But the vast majority of Thai Sound havea reasonably lose equraleat in English. @ Consonants A the beginning of « word, consonants are_gnerly Dronounced Engh low ound, bower ne thet ater: sin (ot in) i, Sl oud which wr mi wih Fgh he {he of words ke "wrong aod toed be wich alo oars at SE tegunng of wee Tak seabo—vgii—ngahm —ngp0 tp. singe sound which i somenyre brewer ab sound and 2p sound in Enplah Many aretha obo prose Sete nce af datas tom by Bot ‘descapad pe Us i pebling Wx ll bah ad thar re 1 ped of tne or ell play Taw ‘psi pen tooo bpldo eating wound whch is eomentetebeten ad ound and $+ sound in Engl Aga many lene” Bod scl “ing rom ta fst ltogh oul sach problems are eu ehh eval ech el aie dk chor aong [At the end ofa word the sounds yp and tae not lene ‘ample of unease Snalcononasn ng nce the {int when tat taped Guay andthe pia the cata pronunciation of ‘ep At first you may fe! that words ending {nk pad all soand the same, bu within avery shor time you wwllfnd har you can heat a din ference: balhp ake vikp yah ‘Many Thai have diffculty pronouncing an sound and will, fibeetes sound ines. Pha, aa? Go) becomes ali? In word that begin with two consonant, you might also hear ome ‘Thais omi the second consonant sound. Krai? whof) Tresomes kai? and blah (fh) becomes bpab. Aa even more towering change, asosated widh Bangkok. working-class ‘pos, iz hen ke atthe beginning of word becomes {40 ‘hae evi righ) is pronounced ht Vowels Most Thai vowels have near equivalents in English, In the ‘omniztion sytem used inthis Book vowels are pronounced. ‘stollows: a ssinago asin pen bie thes father Sin that ras far Soasin Loo Syasinmey Seif asin momber Seinen Oo ia ook Syasin boy ‘Orbee sounds, however, have no ner equivalent in English and dost need tigen to the recoding to hate a proper ide of how {hey should be pronounced omen sea ken fia meta Seana Siro lite’ glee iro roe leree Reree —nense‘woamenvond Be G Tones ‘There are five tones in Thai: mid tone, low tone, high tty rising tone and falling tone, These ate eepreseated in the Fornanization syste by the following cent mid tone (no ‘mark}, low tone), high tone ying tone } and falling tone (). To help you attane your ears to the diferent tone sounds, listen to the recording of Thai speaker saying the following words, Don't worry about the meanings at his sage — simply concentrate on listening midtone = -kOOn ksi mth pa img mace daimg—bpen Tow tone jahk pire wake vai jae eine, high tone msi flo ik 60 ile fisingtone —sBoay pn ir Hea kimg dio falling tone andi chi ee pio mah chip poor Xe is obviously important 10 be able both co hear and «9 reproduce tones conecly if you are going t9 make youself SZioedhe Eek be ota ci pag a es ag Inhibie you from practising Sarpesinghy wrong toncs ae very ‘eldom the cause of misundertandings and communication teakdowas Indeed, many non Thais operate conficly and ‘lectively in the language with far trom perfect accuracy it theron as BEO ow 220 735 20 I> 3M ¢ 2 I ies é ‘unit you wi ea haw to tate your nemo, ‘atonal, lacs ot oak ‘d cecupaton + what? questionsB Dialogues Peter is spending some tre wanking ats company’s Banokle ranch. The frat person he moet at the ofe fe aes Molee wad: saci dee ki qudooslme ——soonettv aide pate BoDine atu —chturetarip. Mase uidima‘ida toon Petertpon wauaiilatnans kon amay-t-gun cl mit ka? or Thilinty act iip \ShumuonqanS_— penton nt i. HIT TNUNULTAIMDT man jr Manchester. olnvniy eet, qooosan¥u —_toonehtu salinip? (00 momingtanemaon evening hale godtye (botte partes) 04; (pole te) stra, to ave the fet ame. tobe (0) sie as akan Pst down tothe Labour Dopartmant o ort ‘ut a wore pert An ote askrg Rr forte nnn Po ede to iin sem omit iyBooclseyy kd chou eral trip? ae So Dune He cota Pte omit wnnanso:ls itm erg0One-? Make ena rss atm 2 00m Gren ones dhunsiniio:lon) penton ch aan? vawe —thinsfinqys ——opntonerart oma snSanqullin ——sonun-n8ims? sae Tae ei. omit yinaruarly ‘tum ngabn ara? wae hlingsfing: ———ppennaktOone-ot kt virwiLuiin ——amagan ip tert wea ae. wo ase on sat mg00n sane: senage "oath sure. cane ton wa tum ngahn to work vos roktG0-rt-otpuiessran fingaiia oa en iu uidniala 4 1 What nationaley does Malee assume Peter is? 2 What Is Peers real nationality and where does he come om? 3 Whats Peters occupation? 4 Who are his employers?j i : Fist ramos are used in both formal ae inna suatione sland, Th, bot male and forala, shoud nora be ‘adressed by el fs are precede bythe le KOOn ~ nly pet Rion in romanized leliers. Thus, Mrs Palchaeo. Sabua, ‘Ur Sompong Tonga and Ms Araya Jarerang should be sade a Khun Patchares, Kin Soripang and Khan Araya "espectey. This dealing wit westemars i forme! potssa Cartext wi en preter to Use Khun wth the westarers surname, Cares Pips being adcrosead as Khun Pio rah than Ur ‘Ghar. Sumames have ony come into genera use i Talend ‘within te ast 100 yous and tha usege Is rete to wien ocumants G Key phrases and expressions How to 1 greet someone sso de kip (ale speaking) ean soma dee ka (onal speaking) Sis 2 ack somebody name and sey you name 100n chu ara? oifoosls pm (chin) cha Has (Hayy 3 ak somebody's sumame and sy your sumame 4000 maha 2200s ani? qannnanaozls im (f-chin) nah s2qg0On... Hi AY ENLAIA 4 ask somebody natonalty and wate your nationality 100s bpenkon chitreca? qaudhuenaniacls ‘pom (di-chiim) a (ARC) ben kon net Shumonqy 5 ssk somebody’ ocupation and sate your occupation L00n tm aga en? qanivernaely ‘péim (di-chiin) bpen. wn a4) Eh, ‘pm (di-chdin) HH (st) ‘um agahn ji vhowiy Language notes 1) Greetings se-wat dei general geting which canbe wsed rears of thcTume of day in nfotnal spoken Tht ofen abbreviated {oat de: The expression it lo used when saying goodbye 2 Polite particles Particle are anranslatable words that occur atthe end of biterances ‘There are three main types of particle ~ pote parle, question particles and mood particles. Polepre are dh eno tate nd ions (emake te spenkeh desu ore pole they Bar no Seoul ge a es So ied The molt common pl parce sr ip Eland Ma ‘fates arp he of bothers an dato, Tike als et tthe eno scons andl ah Ahesion ls noc necator ‘Egtae ins consnten kimugh or er ledey pa 3. Pronouns There ate many more pronouns in Thai than in English; the Conse choice wil depend on such factors asthe flaivestaras und degree of intimacy, between speakers. For the leame however quite possible vo use Tha ellecsively wih limited ‘number of pronody the most common of which are: om Tnale) tiechinvehén Tema 00! you (singular snd pra) Kao. eta, they ike western languages, the word fr I varies aecording ro the fsndet ofthe speaker; of the two female orms, cha ste les Normal, Howeves Thats fequeaty crit peosoune altogether ‘when it is ar from che context who ir speaking, being ‘uessed or being refered to In many of the examples inthis ‘ours, you wl hd tha the pronoun hasbeen omited in Thal i)410 to make it sound more natural and that an axbiteary choice of ‘Pronoun hasbeen included in the Engh translations chen ai? hea Perr ‘The fist example could just as corel have been translate as ‘Whats hisher name? andthe econ as My name x Peter, yo, loo at the logs athe begin of he leon, you wll ‘otie that bpen koa uoggrt the fist dialogue means Pt English and, the second, He's English What your name? Hie mane is Peter 4 Noun (singular/plural) + adjective ‘Nouns in Thai, unlike in many European languages, have 2 single fixed form, which docs noc disngaish berween singular And plural. Thus Kon ean mean ‘either Pervon or people, ‘Energon the contest. Adjectives follow the ow they eon ung aie British perso Kio pen kon ti, Poereaele Hetbeyislare Tat 5 The verb ‘to be’: bpen + noun ben is one of several diffrent That verbs that are wed to tMansate iar, souhuere ete. bpen docs have other meanings (sce unit 7), bat when iemeans 20 be, ie always folowed bys pom ben kon ung it. Lam Brith (Lam persoo-Bih Eivippn ak tOOzrge, Hele «bussonan, : In negative sentences ike, Iam not a, bpen i replaced tna ca cipro nf i mee or tl (nr cannot be wed belo bpen so tean io bm mi chi on 2may-r-gun. ae atch nk cles 1am not American Hele nota stdent, 6 ‘Yes/no' questions: ... chai mal? Yes and no answers o questions in Th ce determined by the fe he orator 3 se word fryer sl my the ares has to len carta f0 he gues parte In fonderto be ale fo anwescomeety une" The question partic. chi mai? ig tagged onto the end of & ste oa igo onmaionne (tthe Mkesss iow? tess dont they? een English can tied fr checking thet you bavehetd or understood corey Wtiae has jst bee sid eh mal? quesGons are answered Tike chil yer or mi cl ns ko chéu Perch mi? v4 His name i Peter isn't itt ay bet io bpen kon amay-c-gun He's American, in bet chat ma =m ch No. 7 ‘What?’ questions “The Thai word for what? is asi Te noemally oceurs a the end of asentence io chéw nea Whats bis name? Keo nahn sgOOn avai? What i is surname? Io bpen kon chit acai? What nationality is het go tm gaa a What job) does he dot “To answer sch question, substan aai withthe appropiate orig oxepon fhe question kg rom again ea? 0 ‘Phe the normal SS hao bpens le a.) [towed byte mn ofthe ocapton i chin wes? ‘What i bi name ‘feb chen soma, "HS name i Somche- open kom che aid What nationality is bet euepes kon Hei That. ps Lam mgabn sea? ht Gob does be dot Guo bpen whet doco Exercises (21 How would you respond if a Thal asked you shee eee {s) LOO btu ari? {B) KOOn nahin e-g00n a-aiz {e) kOOn bpen Kon che ari? (a) kOOn rar ngahn ara? ‘yess on uOOHHAROLD o How would you respond if Male asked you these questions ise a (a) ko cha Ptr chi mit > 1) Kain ag0On srt (6) do pen Kon acm gan cht nal kat a (a) ko bpen kon ch acai kt ton "Tha stdene stent ke bash, a io sey in Eland. Match he gunsons wag asked wien she Went tthe Brissh Embassy withthe answers the gave Questions {a) bp kon ti, ch mi pe (©) canzoni kedp? {© na s-g00n a iip? {@) kO0n cif stat ip? Answers {nahn s-:00n bOOn-de (i) chika (i) dh che chima-nah kd. fi) bpen nk sbubeth 34 How would you inrodce these people? 1 2 3 + nme Somat fon ator Pats a Soin Tat Aneicin | HesFe fs, (emt) (peebpOOn) rangi energie Seceai™ wO Fegan emg) Gey Yok) ober . wcipaion doce wade fuuntenan er im) (ksi) (nak OOH) fan) ko chs sme tah 4-g00n trngseom penton ta AME cheng Bpen mi 5 Using the information in exerise 4, complete the fllowing scelces using bpem aad mai chi |a) simi. ..konta.kon yée-bpOOn {B) Jotns.. Kon ungegrit.. kon amay-z¥gun_ [o) Makoro nok seuksih.-- Gk OO (a) Paula. ain... mir 6 How would you ask the fllowing questions? (a) Excuse me, what's your name? (b) His name i Soma, n't? (e) Whacis his surname? () What nationale che? (e) Hes Thais et (H) Sheva tener an she? ig She or Thai es Fran {h) Heis noe Engl he is French. Reading and writing (31 Consonants Consonants in Thai are divided inc tice groups or “ase Called Tow lass, mid clase and high eas. Win inporta £0 femember which iss consonant belongs fo a the class of he {itil ensonan in woed wil arty determine the tone ofthat ‘word The consonant inthis ni af ll ow-elas consonant. Tn contenans areal prononed wit an igherent or ‘ound thon san sy a teen eon har we know {Aedes oes tor Sago "oe and noon. Fach Tha cso a a ten nw et ae ‘tensa and thn te sr mh (dh mean Fore), or Ite (oo meas ale and 9000, When Thain he "ISuteer oa, hy ap uh fest ‘pSocnccnry for efoto know cc names nore toheablew ead Lok careful a the folowing eer. Tey ae al writen with {Sad aro sting om the mde of he loop sod moving dords ness whee here tt oon, aren pt 2p lomo the keh side Copy ou ach tera tober tt unl yew ean seo acrid Moray say the name of he lee? fe mo each ine You Seni ep ou memorize 10(to Vowels are classed as ether long or shor. In English an ‘ample of shot yowel sound is th in bas wh he vowel Sound inacen’ iron Aa cach vowel symbol todd you wl ned to emamerwhether Ws along or shor vowel Yowel enh plays ar im determining the tone of a word. Fai of og and short vowels appent in an appendix: ‘The vowels symbol in hi ity with the exception of ay are refer oman bl, the da pening on of consonany a subsequent uty howerey yo wil ‘Se that crn vowel symbols arc wen ahae the cvaonan ‘ther below and tome fn font " & 6 474-29 ou @ @ “0 ore) own) $F) toms) Bs Words Here are some simple word combining the 8 ng the consonants and ‘oneiou havent nit you fete cri at compare the cure ten to them and then copy each word Gea bw see The frat wo words occurred atthe besning the wn nth converanon. Go back ro this soton alse you can deny them nthe That sp, om WH ww a toch eth nal uk focome work longtime Mr Lo tw sox leat oewe —oagree (34 Numbers ‘Alehough Arabic mumerls are widely uted in Thailand itis ‘icf ao be familar with the Thal sjaem of writing the umbers 1-10, These numbers re, incidentally, waten the ‘Sime way inthe Cambodian stipe gundé& vada masa (o_ ? ’ pie gio sp 6 3 ° Hy Reading practice 4 Letters How many lees an you dey in thi saple of Thi? Puta {itt pencl sake trough every tes you can ognize amamotrgtsnesigtunaudtyalasiaea Tnuiametéinny sowtinrsluufealestnatiufiian Fourminiiautudduundudnasheniy, aachl dosnafhsnnndunmedosnathudlostwsean use euyameniiongelahudauann ‘Perhaps laenng fo rad Thai im quite as daunting a8 you thouple! You probably found, however, that required quite we'Hfoe of concentration to scan through these fe lines, {fr you become more accustomed tothe Thai scrip, you wil ‘hat You can pick out leters snd words quickly and ctlorlesG2 Words ‘Read the worde inthe table several times until you can read both rows and columns quickly and accurately, When you can o his, pick words ar random and se how quickly you can read them. AS a further test, listen to the excse onthe eeording fad write doven the words as dictation. Dost worry about what the words mean a hi stage. www wen ho oh i ts iw & % ws ae uo ee Ds Sentences wi Bs et i ee Sta aaa mea rere ra SS eters et te Eee py cereae ces SS tt it el hn trp SRusSr rerucdas sere Seas rma deetcteeereratage ceeds nti ho wal en sad te sn. ihc cay ache poesia eel emacs var mm gma wean watchman Lao watchman The Lao waschman comes. we we yousown ose the bose waite The bees waits for along time ws nen namie, Me Mrelezece Mra lever work. mo meh ine Gramy Granny dances Granny dances for alone time, 4 Numbers How would you dial these Bangkok telephone numbers? 1 boab-weto 2 exo-nines 3 eee-dade 4 beeroaee! 5 edocs Learning a new script You cn only etn to read and write Thai by segue practi. ‘Tento 8 minutes practic cach day tmach nore effective than ne hoe twice 4 eek and as lngas You sicko daly peace you should find tat you make rapid progress. You mig foe Example, tr some of the following Yeaming state’ Copr caer i uch word one o me en ou hn ‘wie ie quick and accurately, lok atthe dialogues in Thai Tac and we Low many inet and how many pc of wed Socom copa, and geo the hab of Gouin a Thai 25 to improve your handwing or making up sentences with the Tha words yu can spell,60 Mitt rae Be]L ésiu} si yon Moy 1e1-0oe8 1 990U ce ‘this unit you wi tearm +t language f shopping ‘and baraling + ow much? questions G Dialogues 6 Putts w, um sang thesis tora tte pevmentatas | £ ‘along Sukhuemit Road in contral Bangkok. ' ash i sie frtitane séetiosihar z Vendor winaiuurmes: _bpdit-sip baht i. | sue uueduunnmfone pitta bie rk? unstuiminn pang taney wnfuarinl@ina oka tat a 8 vendor Lilie ia Talus siping som son sue fupadilnn ‘se dalmg mes mal? ‘vendor diez ‘mee ka. dumssrnsrimisn: oe ings ymin FALAPAUL MALAI kit jsp bart gor la-o gun ‘luncue raporans, sm Ton nay. mnauSefuunn ating tap ott ne the é tone tow mci wats pairtsip sigtty uate ane tiv entotarmey un {877 (spelt réu) (question pertice) vio eins eerie una pal nay alitte too. umias, dks siety wn au = wPeter aauilalatmaun%s st ndy asim kip, 7 Vendor Manilsiuworiz ‘sbe-sp mal pang ks 3 fraosintvihy asenonpeapim | f fudaiin erie an 2 Petr 9. kp 5 wdlandauwiaciitls lo goa wie ation Vendor Wiacilaurs whe la yep ka. & Grete roi as gen rare wt st sone ‘ff rte. pewr florian eal ip? vendor tioumbi: vert ot azlnucniy eosin? vendor Hurviifoumhls —wouk win npn at Stonmbilainas yan emma vendor Tai coda eto wM arty nk wt wiiskutes sox sgn See eee cei atoilya ety ni? What pce do they aly egce om? Doe ft ike the cna apple hes? low many laos docs he bay aad hw much dows he pay? How mach ae the bananas? Pater atoun¥u Tancinitls asoy kip, hla ioe? vendor Taazaiéuurmels {oh la ste-sip bat kd.GB ve: trac varsactona Thana, whee shoring tRekry hota ors ral an, hove tutor ben open berpering,Whgo tere ae tow res o Bangi Ho wher ia Drctce has Gserpeare (og. ee pees m departent sees ‘pomartets sn eter tn tho sy to haggle pte ove ‘os an lio ust te forego i halane Youd eee {Seam avaoe faecal pe rte gos eves you {20 yng to purchave your bearing Isto cary cosy to ‘Seu tt al pices have been mart op acon pocorage ‘oosmpinie: Abo a bee brain stub cares ot "avd ard ea garg moma eb a soe Pout {tar more ly secre a satactny deal han an any 2 Suri speonch, Extymeming mart were, tl coy, a good aco watch ‘ra bagging oer pecs endo petbe ageing, &t we {xy ro baht raglan, akan one Sreus w ty out sre snot nguge Sa When bushes Sick yu co ha Pe ne second cog ak wht unfair {eam te av cle Tha fe eral? onde rw wah Sri wk he enero rept wht she seal contra Satyuave neat conecty (teak wah ema) so er there ct her rice rover okra tio down alte W'jeu have the seme convertion wih hal ocen det ‘ory at wit amar of aye you Conor Signo oo, G Key phrases and expressions How 1 asthe pric of somthing aie o-i? ful 2 say somethings 00 expensive eg bp ty unshimies 3 mage pice jeep abe ds mie nll 4. ak fora discount Woe mby di mi? anmiiasilatna | 5 ase what something is called desis i 6 néeréeuk wih sai? fiddunhacly ; 6 ak how much something cos pr ilo i Xtobladoar x Tancrils 5 Language notes 4. ‘How much?” questions The Thai word forhow much? xt away oc atthe [$B end of semence. in (tat) tio? S60 (by) thor? $6426 car) aoa How mac i that Hos ch you yi Hote uch id Joy for G2 Numbers Tn the fis unit you leened the nuinbers 1-10. This anit add the muluplas of tea opto 100. These ate formed in a regula ‘way with the exception of 20: twenty vesip v0 irsy 20 forty eo fy #o sy 0. seventy aio city ao inet eo coe banded 200 3 ‘Yes/no' questions: ...1ér? ‘The question particle Ir, lke chai mal? (anit 1), is used in ) chohk dos good tuck Ton tn oad oun ternén sB0-kb0m-w Sumit Road ogy In sor 00 on yiesi-saten vent dune ido pert dh sbors0y eractness ou se ow m Daa: meant, tating a kts o meet a end ssa "ote cane Gangtok Sele ern oe hie, peck that aver owe wae kis peter Finlzauan lili’ ois ime oh i? ruck Ensura Taine wing rim chien Pater ou a eo. 80 ssouneniuk —— soygestyrain nig sia anna ‘cern gee-iah wisi Img chant tuk-tuk Ba awinfive (Or... sa-ndim geen wisn tél nana eure nar Fn verePower — luwilenty pal oval ip? tuetu Uhauunneyy —— otesip an x. Peter —unativtounyy palma bpalnoy kup. ructuk “Laiuwantonny mai paling rok kadp, ‘safaris ttt aie. Poor Meaulléllnn [Resp oi mar? Turck alli ‘nai rap. Finuungufudrin ra vpainsp go tro on por Tain ‘oh kay. bpai [they spproach a roercade, Poor gos th tuuk eer Rather Peter — igauunuda tang sein io Werthonty eo sal trp sukuk iu vee. poor... aides theo leo Vinwouingnitah Wo soy gestymsin Tulctak 899977 Wo-o kth bent Aaland ci ie pater Ton nati uiaaonitlin tivo ereweson Tné 5 anf gag tate dn sluum@uurme'y obs pain babe kip, uke ouqoint ap 400 kp. rok ‘tno e rogram ot! Lssum rotmg am ree-non Aero Hors ——FnguraTly 00 a coy gustmm-sin — Saikinomen —ssouinntuh | sath goolah stam aunty ssbimg ehaht——natont. wisn enti geeteh Nationa! Stam BNE hig chat uvisati or au(ectamaton So ot elation) ‘mal. rork rot...ata! ‘wen (On her trip to Siam Square, where dot Sue ask theta pull up? Flow mach does her journey cost? How mick doe she ve the taxi deiver? ‘What part of Soi 23 does Sue ive in? Tn S01 25, where doce Sue aa the tax to pull up? What st is te Reno Hotel stated on? What i the nearest major landmark? How much does the tak tak driver want to charge? ‘What fare doce Pet: nally negotiate? Does the alr make aright ten or a Ife urn into thes ‘here the Reno Hotel? ‘Where does the tk-ak pall up?sponges unter B £0 You ea eavel around Bangkok by exdhary bus sr condoned [is or samor thm ls) he heo-whealed retoriad bt ‘ab = popularly known as tute (tOOK eROOK ar the une Spurting sour ot ts eng. Pas of Bangkok are now inked by ‘the overead ay ral whe plan ae now underay to Bul an {serge a ayter ‘onordnay buses theres «ed fre win he cy conte, whe on ‘Srcondlaned bos fre are elelied according tote dtanoe ‘ovolod. Seat mape wit fl eta ale bus route eo realy stable fom book shops and hotels in Bangkok, whe route maps fn Ergieh are aso row posed a many Dus stops. Buss fe regent athougn often overcrowded, aes ee cheap en wath ‘clave bus lanes en some busy rad, te puble banspot system ‘orahow manages to run reagoneby fflely anil tho gonad Shave of Banghok tale. “als fer ales sbosstul way of raving around. Tha at you hou rahe your hand and signa o two ver wih beckoning ‘maton withthe fhgers poling downwards Al tvs in cena Banghok ae ar condoned at have teers, thus making ® lumacessiy tc haggis oer the pres. Batre geting ino a venice, ‘You do, however, ed to enue whe he sve prepare 1 {he yout your destration fo may decide thal he vast oo ‘baste goat way Rian bad oa to check eo that he knows the place yeu want og te. Athough tppngie nat customary. ay astongors round up the eter pes. As Your Tha mproves, YOu ‘yf that ta ourey of an ecole oppor fra spot {tcomersation pracice Pele comvoration ls eu ofthe queen ‘you go by somber (Haaly,"tve whet’; you wl alo hav to ‘agate the pres wth the Grr before stepping io the vehicle. Bowar of casing offence by Fla your fet aaist Ce ral Data th avers sea to do So is seers) bad manrrs and IS thet to cst Your drivers concertaton ~ with potently ‘Sembous consequences Mary of the major roads in Bangkok have smal acs of nes = called 07 (opel sof Engi ~ leading off hen. These ee ‘ual rsdental area ath afow ema shape nd vay In ent fom a Soule of huncred metas toa klomatre oF mre you se ogotatng @ pice with 2 wesuk diver B can ebvousy make Some difererce as to whether you ind to gto tte entree {o the se (pahk eof, the mice (glanng oy} or tho end (200t 2oy. G Key phrases and expressions 33 iow to ask taxi or elt rive 1 ie know X { rijukX msi Ho x Ya 2 ithe wiles you eX } tl X mit Ww x tone 2 hw mich bl cage p00 X 8 bal X os Ww x wile Xbpsi dont x la whe How coll seas or talk ak deve 4 the fare isto expensive and suggest an alkemative pairng bpai nby uwslumdas 1X (baht) dai mai? Xun) 5 togoimo the sot soy kip) ipaauru (#2) 6 to got the entrancelmidefend of the si pai bpabk/glabagy §—Tahhin/nana/ S00 soy krép ki) germane (ls) 7 romani leo sivhorah rip (ka) rshavarae (Fs) 8 to stop herelover there jor enéehtensia —— sanitiviiin 9 wospsaigheon lesbo valuénLanguage notes 1. Reduplication of adjectives In the fre dialogue, Sue wes che taxi diver to park gai gai (ear nay the eesstoads. This repetsion, ot reduplication, of fan adjecre or adverb is'@ common feature of spoken That [makes the meaning less precise and often corresponds 0 the English use of ish in neath, whitish soeetish and so on rl ste lh, lish tthe cron Enis” bh cr ‘eon wan Scr oraaes ‘You will sometimes find strect vendors in tourist areas wsing reduplcation in English co assure prospective customers that, ftwo ems ae ‘sine sane’ in edher gualty or pic, (2 Numbers ‘The remaining numbers heeween ten and 100 ae formed ina regular way withthe excepion of 21, 31, 41 ey where the ‘word for “one #8 and not adung (Remember that 20 is yeesip 21 yéesipe 22 yeesipsieng 23 yeenpesahmn 24 yeesipsce 25 yeep hah 26 yeesip hale 2 Yeoapt 28 yee-sip-paice, 28 eesipato 31 sihmeap- 32 sahmy 3 sthmsip-sthm 3 Location words: ‘here’ and ‘there? Th ew fi tnd aa ee a enn respetvely techn suggest some away thre whedon: ae 4 more immediate right here’ 4 Place names Indl ae names allow te nun esihng the re of nin OOLOOmwt Sukhumvit Road (Goad Sakhmrit) 07 gusiymesin Sor Kaseman (01 Kasesan) Reno Hotel (host Reno} SSenthm geelah hang che Nota Sadao (sadi-atonal) Dao Maan Aiport {cipore Don Mang) jimg-wie (province) abe ‘Tht Province grin Tat) 5 ‘Know! baja means know in the sense of being acquainted with peopl, places or things. A diferent word rd ofthe mare rma Sip, wed for Laowng ct Do.you know hit ox ‘Are you going? oT don ens ‘The patern mi + vetbladjective + sek is wed to contradict, nother person's tated opinion o asrumption: ping Is expensive. mi pieng rk Nomis so-ay na? es prety in ite “ml sovay dee Now swt bai maiz Shall we go? din mai pai rick ST not going. 7 Verb +Iélro ic tassel eel in te Monae epee iro gun le tte for». | wed when negotiating pice I ‘most Common se, haw inthe pten west © {lino to indie that the action of the ver has been completed arones wipes eae & £0cor the state ofthe adjective achieved. Often it can be translated Iai is aso sed oink sequences of actions where i might be canted aad thers tik io Ide si, Reach the crosroads and “hon ur fe Léco sitio Keo hth, Thm lft andthe ur ight Kee kwah dio joe ee-adhn, Thr righ nd hen park ‘ner there 38) as already: HH] sotpatine gon any, Y a Redesbaca oe Epo noah ice Thats enoah i Sk Coote) lo Tha coe 8 Yes: krip and ka ‘You have alcady me the polite pales krép and ka ben sued as yes answers (ui 2) they ae alo sed sa Jes /right (OK response to instructions lee sii kp. Tr ef. ~ kp. OK. im pa kp. 1m gong ae OK 1 yoa listen to & Thai man on a rephone you may hea him saying ile more than Kr os brik ep. Exercises 3s ow wold you sk atl ie ibe would tk ou be flowing ace (a Sam Saue (8 de Reno He (Seiden Road So 39 (8) Don Meany Apo hm bin dm meu-ang) 2. nthe fllowig pli of eens wth lee (o} Reach the comrods. Ta dip ies Coneeeet {6 tor ope Pack os ee {8} Govo he cad of theo Park earth ex. 35 Match che mumbers in the three columns: (56 @imspse Aad B57 Giccbeim = Ded 238 Gi gop Cole {74 to sha Dee 82 0 itp Pao 4 Pazr is taking 2 taxi to a friends house at the end of Sukhumwie Road, Soi 53. The takele drivers words are ven. Wha di Peer say? Tek Wao oy mala? Tuketuk pa sO soy Gl mal trip? Tuictuk Gosip Baht ip. Tue Tl pag TD. ‘Tuictuk HL bpRIF-Sip ai gor lair gun. 5 Translate the following directions into Ths, using 2 polite particle wo convey pases (a) Pack near the cromrouds, plese (6) Goro the end ofthe ri, please. {el When you rach the rotroads urn let, please (a) Park over here nea the eich et plase- Reading and writing “The words that you learned tread in the fist two units were all ronounced witha mid tone. Now ie tine to sat learning jew to read words pronounced with some other tones the end of thi section you wil have bogun to read words Wit high tones, falling tones and low tones In order to do this, you ‘sll have to beat thre things in mind when reading 2 Thal ‘ord or syllable: (1) whether te initial consonants alow cass, Inidelass or high-class consonant, (2) whether the vowel is a long vowel or a shoet vowel and (3) whether the syllable isa “dead elable ora live yale, BO somes meetin1. Live syllables and dead syllables “The ems ve’ and ‘es refer to the way asl ens. A ‘Bee splabe ca be prolonged ing cing (OEe witness physi impos to dots wakes ye Lie slabs eee with long vow hh 2,00 oe] ce ctmyararag tyes dans inlet aad ‘Atte words fn tetpe cpcbes in ene Tad se fe ‘plates Here ste ome Craps em yu wa fo sme daw nam ngahn yong bpai "Novice that they are all pronounce with amid tone. Dead sabes end with ithe a shor vowel (e ork sound. Here are some examples? no an fg meh ithe 4,00) ora, # q wu fn ann 4a 400 etep eth First, you will sce that these words are pronounced with diferent tones; dhe remainder of thi section onthe serie il explain how de tone of « dead syllable is determined by the ‘lass of heii consonant and the length ofthe vowel Second, noice that in ou transition, U fb) and @ (4) have been writen as p and t. Ths is because the sounds tha can fecur atthe end of Tha! words are quite limited and = cet, leeters change their pronunciation when they occur athe end of word, Here are he consonants you learned in unit 2 once more, Indicating how they are pronounced when they oecur a5 a8 ‘nial consonant and as final consonant Aaa nou da Petes (oe oar pe ok fal 20) Riera: date cesar pp A fal ist of initial and final consonant sounds appears in tppend 2 Dead syllables with low-class initial ‘consonants, che inital consonant in a dead syllable ow cls he tone sv be either high or fling: the vowel short 45 ‘tone is high: fin fu gn st ip 100k Ifthe vowel is long ann non ug nih yore top ep 3 Dead syllables with mid-class initial consonants 1 he inital consonant ina dead syllable is mid clas, the tone ‘will always below repardles of whether the vows i lng oF Shot fu oun fa fin yn aon wip fab die diet fOr jaet 4 Summary of tone rules atone as you have nt mee said in, the (lowing chat. You nay find i helpful to make a copy of ito tne for reference and checking. until you fel completly ‘confident about the rules. Consonant [tive ‘ed ayaa [So | Sie bao ao ‘ow tse | Midtone | High tone | Fang tone | toase | sees [PBS | Bes 0 sen-sounetarinon &70) Reading practice ‘Use he summary chart elp you work through thes execs. Dante worry i takes you some tine if you undesand the pobcil a ts cope, You wil fn! Gat Pou ang sped il gly improve fe well wort king the tne © work {Srooph uns or or ths enc, ater ies co poh on ‘he next wih a ater woth grasp of how tore rls operat. Ot Dead or tive? ‘The words following occur in the dialogues, Which of these are live lables? When you can read all hese wordy cura back 10 she dialogs and try to pick them out she Thal sept Woven ann tu Hw fin Tae 2 what tone? The tone mark hasbeen deliberately omitedin the transcription ieee aru Shoudthy bres ua? 5 Teemeetratioed wrdapesomel vd ane 329 Boon zsO ts 3 8 ty ow fay 3e8 bop ming. pe OO ot Roe 2 ow ym mn omn 32 o> briniaicalny incertae "26 au mm fie Tau hn z ig Sea age eee a 8g = trie yu wit oa G2 Worss zo "how to oder rs an Desiring shelling working your sie 0 ake = Spe mene Pee pe a «poem i oun ou Sn tad trough fight ea py Dt a risers ‘tone mec you all want calle yore, ou 2 : Sunred ‘can use the recording of this exercise co give yourself dictation °° numbers racic ® gy « re enone qo tame, Ma Seer ae on f§ ie oom a yw fa mn an «nage 9 8s A mw wou ga gn aan + vowels? buweneorior & @ Dialogues Petrie taking he two cildron out for na cfs shop. Watess oraclane soomits? Peter nQUITyMMIONASL se do mano ny, Waitrose ‘riz ne kd. peter .ardiafelrises —sokdo pun oastra sail hn oo tenthhyrine —meoas nt cher nrg woiress uthionbraslans taro anit avait? Peer —watthiaasuita kar bpsp-ate stro oto kana iro berash Koo wits ae woes dhidbaiiis: pts ma mee Taailalon tots ar Poter ‘ew di kr. watess ioudinfuaelng —sobeeatcoutyas wfewanin — uldoutnie pe srligety sao ip, sanhugenlsh a0 nim katrng bplao. wianiiedan ‘iro ntung dbo-a put tomy hoa iin ot chicken Wi somo 90 ans bm ate ar eura one wits tro ate os whi, temie xg roodee apni sah water ho bemienstm egg nooo soup uz cares owt wal Doteate Pas! sto ose ua keout ete mm beeashg Sha bow Minted o0-y ton on ofan Covaola Tren " toe ‘ond wa w wie We eval gn im eng feo shuts omnia toto keswater iia (Ca ther mest sri, Petr asks for the bl Pater my mp fuss nto. ndo gi ding ates: apsfautidunrnrls sono ynan sp need. Peter -talyyety raetthe beep Hasiirogitw name astm yo bona Woitrees agihsuuiis 360 gb Fahim rere ste pto- aymnn Yeo tangs Honingngs ame nt posing aga yéo ting hth row uoucints eepk00n We.