Master grammar with comprehensive explanations and examples
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The Five Tones of Thai
A good first topic
Can hear and say the five Thai tones in common words, and work out the tone of a written syllable from its consonant class and tone mark.
Can end greetings, thanks, questions and answers with the right polite particle for my gender.
Can say my name and where I am from, ask someone's name, nickname and home town, and address them with คุณ or พี่.
Can choose polite words, pronouns and forms of address for strangers, older people, monks and friends, and greet with a wai.
Can choose the right word for I and you by gender and politeness, and say whose something is.
Can point to things near me, near you and far away, ask what something is and say which one I want.
Can say what someone does and where they are from with เป็น, and describe things with an adjective and no verb.
Can say what I have, ask whether something is available, and say that there is or isn't something somewhere.
Can say and ask where people and things are and where someone lives, and say what I am doing right now.
Can say what I like and don't really like, what I want to do or have, what I have to do and what I can do.
Can say where I am going, ask someone to bring or take something, and use the everyday greetings ไปไหน and ไปไหนมา.
Can ask politely for food, drinks and permission, ask someone to do something for me, and say that I give or buy something for someone.
Can say that something is not so, did not happen, is impossible or has not happened yet, and tell someone not to do something.
Can ask yes/no questions and questions with what, who, where, when, why, how and how much, and answer them the Thai way.
Can build simple Thai sentences in the right order and describe a noun with an adjective, a number and this or that after it.
Can count to a hundred, understand and say prices in baht, and give my age and phone number in Thai.
Can count people, animals and everyday things with the right classifier and order food and drinks by the glass, bottle or plate.
Can say that something is happening now, has happened, has not happened yet, will happen, or that I have done it before.
Can name the days of the week, say when something happens, ask the time and tell it the way Thais do in everyday speech.
Can say who I am with, that I like or do something too, and join two things or two ideas the Thai way.