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Originally posted by Dan View PostBy your own admission, you don't speak Thai, so it should (I hope) come as no surprise to hear that this is complete bollocks.If I dont respond it is because: A) Libtard; B) Blocked Libtard; C) Playing Golf
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Here is pretty good Facebook page that a Thai member here has, although not posted on TC in some time ☹️
https://www.facebook.com/fluentthai1/.
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Originally posted by Buadhai View PostI've been trying to learn Thai for decades and have lived here since 2005. I've spent lots of money on courses, books, CDs, etc. After all that time and effort I still can't make heads or tails out of spoken Thai. I've never had any sort of conversation with anyone in Thai.
If we're out and about and I hear something I don't understand (around 100% of the time), I ask my wife about it. She usually translates the Thai from standard spoken Thai in to what we call "Rosetta Stone Thai" which I readily understand. I'm sure you can see that this approach is impractical.
Yesterday we were at lunch when one of the patrons asked for the bill. I only know he asked for the bill because soon after he spoke one of the waiters delivered the check to his table. I understood none of what he said. I could pick out no familiar words.
I asked my wife to "tell me exactly what he said". I amended that by telling her to text it to me instead. This is what she sent:น้องครับ เช็คบิลด้วยครับ
Of course, as soon as I read that I did indeed know exactly what he said.
How can I persuade my ear/brain to do as well with spoken Thai as I do with written Thai?
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