Bangkok’s Chinatown is known among Thai people as “เยาวราช Yaowarat”. It has been the main center for trading by the Chinese community for more than 200 years. There are many small streets and alleys full of shops and street vendors selling all types of goods – Chinese herbs, clothes, gold etc. Yaowarat comes alive each evening after dusk, and it [...]
Chinese New Year in Thailand (Wan Trut Jiin)
Sawatdii ka, Every year, many people in Thailand with Chinese ancestors (about 14% of the population of Thailand), celebrate the Chinese New Year วันตรุษจีน (Wan trùt jiin) with elaborate ceremonies. This year which is the Year of the Snake according to Chinese zodiac, Chinese New Year starts on February 10, 2013.
Hor Mok (ห่อหมก) – Thai Curried Fish Custard
I love all types of curry – with or without coconut milk, curry soup dish or dry curry dish, and Hor Mok is one of my favorite curry dishes. ห่อหมก Hor Mok is Western-style fish mousse flavored with curry paste and thickened with coconut cream as opposed to cream. Also, instead of being formed [...]
Learn Thai – How often do you exercise?
1. ชอบออกกำลังกายมั้ย /chôrp òrk-gam-lang-gaai mái?/ Do you like to exercise? - ชอบออกกำลังกายมากค่ะ /chôrp òrk-gam-lang-gaaimâak kâ/ I like to exercise a lot. Click here to learn more about how to ask and answer Thai Yes/No question
Cat Cafe in Bangkok
I have always been a cat lover. I grew up with many kitties before I moved out from my parent’s home – my mom currently has six cats. Now I am living in a condo in Bangkok so it is not convenient to have a cat. Couple of months ago I walked pass a construction [...]
Learn Thai – fruit
I got a question on my Facebook page asking how to say ‘apple juice’ in Thai. You can add the word น้ำ ‘náam’ meaning ‘water’ in front of any kind of fruit, and you get the word that particular fruit juice. For example; apple in Thai is แอปเปิ้ล /áb-bpêrn/; apple juice is น้ำแอปเปิ้ล /náam áb-bpêrn/ Watch this [...]
Learn Thai – practice your listening skills
I would like you to practice your Thai listening skills. I couldn’t think of anything to tell so I decided to tell a short story of my life, all in Thai language! Here are the transcripts of what I say in the video:
Learn Thai – Colors
There is a Thai saying I really like จะถูกจะแพงขอแดงไว้ก่อน /jà tùuk jà paeng kŏr daeng wái gòrn/, in English it would be ‘it doesn’t matter if it is cheap or expensive, go for red’ : )
Bangkok Recieves “World’s Best City” Award
BANGKOK RECEIVES TRAVEL+LEISURE’S “WORLD’S BEST CITY” AWARD FOR THE THIRD YEAR IN A ROW I have been living in Bangkok for almost 10 years so I am very delighted to know that where I live named best city in the world for the third year in a row by Travel & Leisure magazine:-)
Learn Thai – Introduce oneself
I have got a few questions regarding introducing oneself in this past week. This lesson is one of the very first lessons I filmed when I started my teaching career. I went back to watch it and I felt like..Oh! that was so embarrassing! I spoke soooo slow in my first few videos, so after [...]
Loi Kratong Song Lyrics
This week is the week of Loy Krathong day, this year it falls on Nov 28th, 2012. (If you are not sure what this festival is, click here to learn more about it) I have been hearing the Loy Krathong song everywhere I go and also in the local TV. It is kind of catchy [...]
Loi Krathong Festival
Loi Krathong festival (ประเพณีลอยกระทง) is celebrated throughout Thailand. It takes place on the evening of the full moon night of the 12th month in the traditional Thai lunar calendar which is a great flood season; it usually falls in November (พฤศจิกายน). The word ลอย /loi/ means ‘to float’ and กระทง Krathong is a small lotus-shaped [...]
Learn Thai – giving a compliment and more slang
Sawatdee ka, I was at my parent’s home with my younger brother and sister a few weeks ago, I asked them to make a Thai lesson video together. You will learn a few more Thai slang in this video. I hope you like it. See below to learn what were said in the role [...]
Learnthaiwithmod.com on TV
I was invited to be a guest on channel 7 on Thai TV to talk about making online Thai lessons and teaching Thai language to foreigners. It provides good listening practice for you. I already contacted the producer for the raw video files so I can put the English subtitle in.Hopefully I will receive them [...]
My Top 5 favorite Thai restaurants (mid-range)
1. The Local by Oamthong Thai cuisine A 70 – year old house turned into a Thai heritage restaurant. I really like the traditional Thai atmosphere with history and culture beautifully painted on the walls, and the fact that I can enjoy my meal in the comfort of rattan chairs and a Thai silk cushion. [...]
Learn Thai – It serves you right
Below are the translation of the role play in the video: Mod: มิ้งช้าจัง Mink châa jung. Mink is so late. ช้า /cháa/ = slow, late จัง /jung/ = very, used for emphasis at the end of a statement.
Learn Thai – Do something “for” someone & other “for”
“For” can be translated to a few different words in Thai language. 1. “ให้ hâi” used in the pattern “do something for somebody”
Learn Thai – asking for help
The pattern used to ask for help or ask someone to do something for you as in English ‘Could you…?’ is below: chûai + verb phrase +nòi dâi-mái? Could you speak slowly please? chûai pûud cháa- cháa nòi dâi mái? ช่วยพูดช้าๆหน่อยได้มั้ย
