Making Out in Thai
A Thai Language Phrasebook & Dictionary (Fully Revised with New Manga Illustrations and English-Thai Dictionary)
Published on 19. December 2013
96 pages
978-1-4629-1396-1 (ISBN)
Description
Making Out in Thai is a fun, accessible and thorough guide to Thai as it's really spoken in Bangkok, Chiang Mai and throughout Thailand.
This is your guide to modern spoken Thai as it is used in everyday interactions in Thailand today--including many colorful expressions and informal phrases not found in any other Thai phrasebook.
This fully revised edition of Making Out in Thai features a pronunciation guide for beginners to be able to speak like a native speaker, updated notes on Thai language and culture, even more useful phrases for getting around Thailand and for shopping and ordering a meal and handy tips about communicating with Thais on all sorts of levels.
The phrases are organized according to typical situations and encounters, including:
This is your guide to modern spoken Thai as it is used in everyday interactions in Thailand today--including many colorful expressions and informal phrases not found in any other Thai phrasebook.
This fully revised edition of Making Out in Thai features a pronunciation guide for beginners to be able to speak like a native speaker, updated notes on Thai language and culture, even more useful phrases for getting around Thailand and for shopping and ordering a meal and handy tips about communicating with Thais on all sorts of levels.
The phrases are organized according to typical situations and encounters, including:
- Starting a Conversation
- Discussing Likes and Dislikes
- Sharing a Meal
- Going Out on the Town
- Developing a Romantic Relationship
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Additional editions
John Clewley | Benjawan Jai-Ua | Michael Golding
Making Out in Thai
Revised Edition (Thai Phrasebook)
Book
03/2004
2nd Edition
Tuttle Publishing
€8.00
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Persons
Original edition by John Clewley; revised by Benjawan and Mike Golding. Benjawan Golding, a native speaker of Thai now living in Melbourne, Australia, is experienced both as a tertiary-level teacher and an accredited translator. Her husband Mike Golding also teaches Thai and has written learning materials for the language. They are also the authors of the Pocket Thai Dictionary and the Essential Thai Phrase Book (Periplus Editions).
Content
- Frontcover
- Copyright
- Contents
- Introduction
- INFORMATION
- TONE TIPS
- PRONUNCIATION TIPS
- THAIGLISH
- CULTURAL NOTES
- 1 What's Up?
- 2 Got a Minute?
- 3 Say What?
- 4 Did You SeeThat?
- 5 Let's Go!
- 6 Eat, Drink, Be Merry!
- 7 As You Like It
- 8 Mind Your Mouth!
- 9 Steppin' Out
- 10 Lovers' Language
- 11 The Other Side
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