Learning Thai the Easy Way!

"You just had three lessons where we gave you an easy introduction into reading Thai words. Most Thai teachers probably wouldn't agree with our method of using English words spelled out in Thai but I personally found it useful when I started to learn to read. What we will do now for the next few lessons is give you some English sentences spelled out with Thai letters. At least you won't need to worry what each word means!"

- Richard Barrow (Sriwittayapaknam School).

LESSON 4: English for Taxi Drivers.

All of the sentences on this page come from a book called "English for Taxi Drivers" published by the Tourism Authority of Thailand. Please remember, some English letters don't have an English equivalent. For example, you will notice that for the "th" sound Thai people use dor dek. So, "the" comes out sounding like "der". Also, they don't have words ending with "s". Normally, letters like sor sua will change to a "t" when it comes at the end. Don't do that when you are reading English words.

Finally, the character อ์ which is called a Garan in Thai, shows that the letter it is above is silent.

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