http___www.towerofbabelfish.com_ga_language-resources_learn-thai__1.xml
1.1 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 3.1 4.1 4.2 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.6 6.1 7.1 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 8.5 8.6 8.7 8.8 9.1 10.1 10.2 10.3 11.1 11.2 11.3 11.4 11.5 12.1 13.1 14.1 14.2 14.3 15.1 15.2 15.3 15.4 15.5 16.1 16.2 16.3 17.1 18.1 18.2 18.3 19.1 20.1 20.2 21.1 21.2 21.3
Learn Thai with these resources To learn Thai, you’re going need a way to learn correct pronunciation and the alphabet, a frequency dictionary to form your base vocabulary, and a good grammar book. You’ll also benefit from a thematic vocabulary book for specialized vocabulary and maybe a book or two, once you learn your first 1000 words. Make sure you read the Method sections of the website, then check out some of these recommended resources (pictures are links). I’m going to change the order of Thai around a bit compared to other languages, because the resources available are pretty different. Pronunciation First off, get a feel for how pronunciation works in English. The video tutorials here should help. Once you understand that, start working on Thai. It’s a tricky language for an English speaker. It’s tonal, it has some difficult to distinguish consonants (aspirated vs unaspirated t, p, k and tɕ), and it has long/short vowels. You’re going to need to be able to hear, spell and say all of these things first. Benjawan Poomsan Becker’s book seem to be the best option available designed specifically for pronunciation. It comes with a CD and covers all the main pronunciation topics. For online resources, see Wikipedia’s Thai Phonology page, and Omniglot’s Thai guide as well as this wonderful guide at Slice-of-thai.com The Alphabet Next stop: the alphabet. The A.U.A. language center in Thailand is sort of the center of Thai studies. The books coming out of that program and related programs (Cornell is closely associated with it) are the main college-level books available for Thai. If you’ve used Becker’s pronunciation book, then you should have a decent ability to hear the sounds and a not fully developed ability to read the alphabet. So get the AUA Reading book. It goes through the alphabet slowly and methodically, uses IPA and should get you on your feet with the alphabet. Even better, the AUA Center has recently released videos that go along with the book series. Get the book and watch the videos! Grammar book I’m jumping to a grammar book because it will give you your intro vocabulary anyways, and you can go back and fill in the gaps later. Everyday Thai for Beginners by Wiworn Kesavatana-Dohrs is supposed to be phenomenal – the only catch (and one of its biggest strengths) is that it uses the Thai alphabet exclusively – no transcription into English letters. Good thing you learned the alphabet already in step 2! This book should be perfect after the AUA Reading book. Once you’re done with it, you might be interested in moving on to the AUA books by Marvin Brown. Here are the first two levels. You’ll probably be able to skip to level 2 at this point. If you just adored the AUA Reading book, you can use the rest of the AUA books instead of Everyday Thai for Beginners, but they’re expensive because the CDs need to be ordered from Cornell University directly (and you should probably have the CDs). If you loved Becker’s pronunciation book, she has a whole series of books that are pretty well reviewed, but I think Kesavatana-Dohrs’ book will work better for most students if they start with pronunciation and the alphabet. Your vocabulary Here’s where you fill in any holes in your vocabulary. I’ve made a base vocabulary list of 400 words to start you off – you should know the terms for most of these words. After that, try one of these: I have not found a printed frequency dictionary for Thai, but to make up for it, I’ve found some online sources for smaller ~1000 word frequency lists. A 2000-3000 word list would be better, but it doesn’t seem to exist! So…the best option I’ve found is the wonderful user friendly list at thai-language.com. It comes with examples and English translations. The words are in alphabetical, rather than frequency order, but you should know all 1000 anyways, so it’s not a big deal whether you’re learning #357 or #493. Sealang.net also has a bunch of vocabulary lists. The intro ones are based off of the AUA Reader, and introduce words chapter by chapter. They rank frequency on a 0-9 scale (0 is the most frequent) and they even have Thai translations of the English Academic Word List (which I discuss over in the vocabulary section), should you wish to learn academic Thai. Book-type book You can read anything that you enjoy. I’m a big fan of the Harry Potter series in translation, especially if you can find an audiobook version to listen to at the same time as reading. The Thai translations are a bit hard to get a hold of, but right now there are some used copies of book #6, so get them while they’re hot. Other Resources There is a wonderful series of introductory 100% Thai videos at the AUA language center website. Watch these once you’ve studied a bit so you have some sense of what’s going on (or if you’re particularly masochistic, jump right in; you’ll probably get it after a while!) Thai has a lot of online resources and blogs. Women Learning Thai is one of the best, and has a wonderful resource section. Rather than copy it out over here, just go there!
1.1 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 3.1 4.1 4.2 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.6 6.1 7.1 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 8.5 8.6 8.7 8.8 8.9 9.1 10.1 10.2 10.3 11.1 11.2 11.3 11.4 11.5 12.1 13.1 14.1 14.2 14.3 15.1 15.2 15.3 15.4 15.5 16.1 16.2 16.3 17.1 18.1 18.2 18.3 19.1 20.1 20.2 21.1 21.2 21.3
Foghlaim Téalainnis leis na hacmhainní Chun foghlaim Téalainnis, bhfuil tú ag dul gá ar bhealach a fhoghlaim fuaimniú ceart agus an aibítir, foclóir minicíocht chun foirm do bonn Foclóir, agus leabhar gramadaí maith. Feicfidh tú tairbhe freisin as leabhar foclóra téamach chun foclóir speisialaithe agus b'fhéidir leabhar nó dhó, nuair a fhoghlaim tú do chéad 1000 focail. Bí cinnte go léann tú an Ailt Modh ar an láithreán gréasáin, ansin a sheiceáil amach cuid de na hacmhainní molta (Tá pictiúir naisc). Tá mé ag dul a athrú ar an ord Téalainnis timpeall le beagán i gcomparáid le teangacha eile, mar go bhfuil na hacmhainní atá ar fáil go leor éagsúla. Fuaimniú Ar dtús, fháil bhraitheann ar conas a oibríonn fuaimniú i mBéarla. An ranganna teagaisc físeán Ba chóir go gcabhródh anseo. Chomh luath agus go dtuigeann tú go, tosú ag obair ar Téalainnis. Tá sé ina teanga tricky do chainteoir Béarla. Tá sé tonúil, tá sé roinnt deacair idirdhealú a dhéanamh consain (asú vs unaspirated t, p, k agus tɕ), agus tá sé gutaí fada / gearr. Tá tú ag dul go mór a bheith in ann a chloisteáil, litriú agus a rá gach ceann de na rudaí chéad. Leabhar Benjawan Poomsan Becker ar dealraíonn sé go bhfuil an rogha is fearr atá ar fáil deartha go sainiúil do fuaimniú. Tagann sé le CD agus clúdaíonn sé gach na príomh-ábhair fuaimniú. Chun acmhainní ar líne, féach ar Vicipéid Téalainnis Fóineolaíocht leathanach, agus Omniglot ar Téalainnis treoir chomh maith treoir seo iontach at Slice-of-thai.com Aibítir na Stad eile: an aibítir. An A.U.A. Tá ionad teanga sa Téalainn saghas lár na staidéir Téalainnis. Tá na leabhair ag teacht amach as an gclár agus ar chláir ghaolmhara (Cornell a bhaineann go dlúth leis) Is iad na leabhair is mó coláiste-leibhéal ar fáil do Téalainnis. Má tá tú ag úsáid leabhar fuaimniú Becker ar, ansin ba chóir duit a bhfuil cumas réasúnta chun éisteacht leis an fuaimeanna agus cumas nach bhfuil forbartha go hiomlán a léamh ar an aibítir. Mar sin, a fháil ar an leabhar Léitheoireachta AUA. Téann sé tríd an aibítir go mall agus methodically, Úsáideann IPA agus ba chóir a fhaigheann tú ar do chosa leis an aibítir. Fiú níos fearr, an Ionad AUA Tá scaoileadh le déanaí físeáin a théann in éineacht leis an tsraith leabhar. Faigh an leabhar agus féachaint ar na físeáin! Leabhar Gramadach Tá mé ag léim chun leabhar gramadaí toisc go mbeidh sé a thabhairt duit do stór focal anyways votepage, agus is féidir leat dul ar ais agus líon isteach na bearnaí ina dhiaidh sin. Téalainnis Laethúil do Thosaitheoirí ag Wiworn Kesavatana-Dohrs bhfuil ceaptha a bheith phenomenal – an ghabháil ach (agus ceann de na láidreachtaí is mó) is é sin úsáideann sé an aibítir Téalainnis go heisiach – aon trascríobh go litreacha Béarla. Dea-rud d'fhoghlaim tú an aibítir cheana féin i chéim 2! Ba chóir an leabhar seo a bheith foirfe tar éis an leabhar Léitheoireachta AUA. Nuair a bhíonn tú ag déanamh leis, d'fhéadfadh go mbeadh suim agat i bogadh ar aghaidh go dtí an leabhair AUA ag Marvin Brown. Seo iad na chéad dhá leibhéal. Feicfidh tú a bheith in ann is dócha a scipeáil chuig leibhéal 2 ag an bpointe seo. Má adored tú ach an leabhar Léitheoireachta AUA, Is féidir leat úsáid a bhaint as an chuid eile de na leabhair AUA ionad Téalainnis laethúil do Thosaitheoirí, ach tá siad daor mar gheall ar an Ní mór dlúthdhioscaí a ordú ó Ollscoil Cornell díreach (agus ba chóir duit na dlúthdhioscaí is dócha). Má grá agat leabhar fuaimniú Becker ar, Tá sí ina sraith iomlán de leabhair go bhfuil go maith go leor athbhreithniú, ach sílim go mbeidh leabhar Kesavatana-Dohrs 'obair níos fearr do mhic léinn an chuid is mó más rud é go dtosaíonn siad le fuaimniú agus an aibítir. Do stór focal Seo nuair a líonadh tú in aon poill i do stór focal. Rinne mé liosta foclóra bonn de 400 focail a thosaíonn tú amach – ba chóir duit a fhios ag na téarmaí don chuid is mó de na focail seo. Tar éis sin, triail a bhaint ceann de na: Nach bhfuil mé bhfuarthas foclóir minicíocht clóite do Téalainnis, ach a dhéanamh suas chun é, Fuair mé roinnt foinsí ar líne le haghaidh níos lú ~ 1000 liostaí minicíochta focal. A 2000-3000 Bheadh liosta focal a bheith níos fearr, ach ní chuireann sé cosúil a bheith ann! Mar sin,…Is é an rogha is fearr mé le fáil ar an iontach liosta cairdiúla don úsáideoir ag Téalainnis-language.com. Tagann sé le samplaí agus aistriúcháin Béarla. Is iad na focail i aibítre, seachas chun minicíocht, ach ba chóir duit a fhios ag gach 1000 anyways, mar sin ní tá sé ina déileáil go mór cibé an bhfuil tú ag foghlaim #357 nó #493. Sealang.net Tá a bunch de chomh maith liostaí foclóra. Na cinn votepage atá bunaithe ar thalamh an AUA Reader, agus a thabhairt isteach focal chaibidil ag caibidil. Rangaítear iad minicíocht ar a 0-9 scála (0 Is é an chuid is mó go minic) agus tá siad fiú aistriúcháin Téalainnis de na Béarla Liosta Focal Acadúil (a dtugaim os a chionn sa alt stór focal), más mian leat a fhoghlaim acadúil Téalainnis. Leabhar-cineál leabhar Is féidir leat aon rud a taitneamh a bhaint as tú ag léamh. Tá mé ar lucht leanúna mór de na Sraith Harry Potter i aistriúcháin, go háirithe más féidir leat teacht ar an leagan audiobook chun éisteacht leis ag an am céanna a léamh. Is iad na haistriúcháin Téalainnis le beagán deacair a fháil a shealbhú de, ach anois tá roinnt cóipeanna a úsáidtear de leabhar #6, mar sin iad a fháil fad a bhíonn siad te. Acmhainní Eile Tá sraith iontach de tosaigh 100% Físeáin Téalainnis ag an suíomh gréasáin AUA ionad teanga. Féach ar na nuair atá tú staidéar le beagán ionas go mbeidh tú roinnt tuiscint ar cad atá ar siúl (nó má tá tú go háirithe masochistic, léim ceart i; go mbainfidh tú a fháil is dócha uirthi tar éis tamaill!) Téalainnis Tá a lán acmhainní agus a blogs ar líne. Is é mBan Foghlaim Téalainnis ar cheann de na fearr, agus tá rannóg acmhainn iontach. Seachas a chóipeáil sé amach thar anseo, ach dul ann!