I have probably mentioned before is some of my posts that one of the issues about intercultural relationships between Western men and Thai women is language. I know from experience it can actually cause many misunderstandings if we are not careful
I’ll bet that most of you don’t know that Bangkok is simply the name used for foreigners, it isn’t the real name of Bangkok. The Thai name for Bangkok has been recognized as the longest place name in the world and even most Thais couldn’t tell you what it is. The full name of Bangkok [...]
When you meet a girl and you like her or think she’s pretty you want to be able to tell her right? It can be hard enough for some of us when the girl speaks the same language as us, but what can you do if you’ve just met the Thai girl of your dreams [...]
Thai can be quite difficult for Westerners to learn, however if you’re just visiting the country you’ll find that you really don’t need to know much Thai in order to get around. Having some knowledge of the Thai language though will help you when it comes to meeting and interacting with Thai;s as they will [...]
Before I go over more about those 21 consonant sounds in Thai I would like to take a break by talking about learning how to say different colors in Thai. In Thai language we have noun, adjective, adverb, and etc. just like in English, but when we’re talking about “Adjectives in English”, adjectives nearly always [...]
Hi everyone, I’m so excited for my first Thai lesson post. Today I want to talk about Thai language from scratch so I picked “Thai consonants” to start with. Like we all know that the English language contains 24 consonants, but in Thai language we have 44 consonants total. Hmm…just 20 more for you to [...]
I’ve just gotten some really good news from one of my friends in Thailand. We had a long conversation on last Monday and I saw the pictures of her with a young cute guy. So next thing I found out was that she’s just gotten married with a guy from Switzerland, that was the cute [...]
Lots of you come to Thailand Musings looking for Thai love phrases and that’s not surprising. You want to be able to express yourself in your new Thai girlfriends native language and that’s a really good thing. It help you to understand the culture a little better and it gives her a really good feeling [...]
