Can Thai People Speak English?

[@ThaiTalkwithPaddy]

Was this quiz too easy??? Or could you benefit from a 2 week free trial with Voiceping: bit.ly/3IlLT4Z Thanks for watching!

[@DC-wz7ob]

kid....ive lived here 10 years retired.....my thai wife laughs and laughs at this....falang with thai wife HAVE TO WATCH your channel

[@Knbhgcomng]

No. I thought that was appropriate

[@tylerdurden7288]

It was a good level, however, all these people were young in the video. Young people in Thailand can speak better English than older people.

[@insider_english1594]

You were too lenient, actually. Here are the discrepancies you let us get away with: "I'm not feel" | "during weekend" | "most favourite" | "will going to" | "so I eat" (for an exception we say "so I'm eating") Well, I saved you 2000 ฿ dude. Since each participant made at least one mistake. Hope everyone has learned something. And keep having FUN! (comment below for questions).

[@insider_english1594]

I take that back; I imagine each deserved 400 ฿ ;-)

[@Zed1987X]

As a foreigner living here in Bangkok, I see a lot of Thai people speak very well in English but they afraid to talk. Nowadays learning English is more easier than ever.

[@sayajinmamuang]

Maybe in bangkok but even there the English is not perfect. You can tell they prefer to speak thai.

[@mickbotcast]

Several of us just lack self-confidence, if they throw away those mentality then it is easy! I used to be like this when I was around 18-19. Tho I have background in Christ school, and study in international university (well teacher speak in English) It like many of us just didn't have a change to use English that why they have little confidence.

[@benzvd]

That's why many foreigners are not motivated to learn Thai because many people speak English

[@iPaulLee]

I agree. And I noticed that 90% of foreigners can’t speak any Thai even though they’ve lived here for many years. Very sad

[@benzvd]

@@iPaulLee whereas in Japan and China more portion of foreigners are able to speak Japanese and Chinese up to very basic level

[@Julian.91]

Be confident in yourself. Don't be afraid to speak English.Don't worry about what other people think. The more you practice,the more better you get🇪🇸🇹🇭

[@jakediaz3466]

But Asians unnecessary to understand English at all.

[@giannilyanicks1718]

why he wouldn't say the same about thai

[@LankyBoxFan2346]

It’s actually true, you do need confidence when speaking English. Even though the Philippines has a high English proficiency rate, some people lack confidence in speaking English 🇵🇭

[@tristonarmstrong4617]

this was so amazing to watch, my cheeks hurt from smiling so much and i was SOOOO engaged! So glad they all got their rewards that was awesome!

[@Knbhgcomng]

Mine as well, fun and cheeky

[@giovannisterlin695]

As an American this is incredible to watch . You chose five random people and four were able to complete the challenge . Absolutely stunning , very proud and humbled by the intelligence displayed by the people of Thailand .

[@icyboy771z]

Speaking another language has nothing to do with intelligence though.

[@giannilyanicks1718]

they're not ebough smart to learn english for tourists?

[@edurockforever]

When you ask some information to Thai people, even if they're not able to speak English they struggle to help you anyway. This is make them such kind people! That's why I love Thailand 🇹🇭 ❤ 😍

[@cottonbaifai7175]

😍💙

[@ProudEnglishman-g1c]

But we as Indians did not get any help from them. It appears that this is not the case with white people. Therefore, Thai people are racist and unwelcoming toward Indians

[@vviolettz]

Great to see how Paddy encouraged them by giving them another chance to speak and not judging them by their accent

[@FuseFrome]

Thanks for encouraging Thai people to speak English. Even they didn’t do perfectly but you generous enough to give the money to them. Besides giving money I believe you also gave them the confidence and good feeling towards English language.

[@songphil1376]

Paddy is definitely generous. He told them that the grammar has to be correct, but he literally let it all slide. With just a bit of imperfection, the new gens in the capital city can definitely speak more English. No doubt about it. Comparing this to just 20-30 years ago, Back then, it was surly hard to find anyone on the street who could speak English as good as these kids. My country has gone more and more international❤

[@nuchjareelosiri3662]

น้องๆๆเก่งกันมากเลยค่ะ ความพยายามในการแปลภาษาเกิน 100 เลยค่ะ ดูแล้วน่ารักและยิ้มไปด้วยค่ะ You guys are so awesome ka.

[@InphyFWT]

We definitely need a part 2 with harder vocab! The Thai talent at English is superb!

[@andrewbarry5130]

English has a fun trick. If you can get some keywords of the sentence, you can patch together the rest of the phrase. Love the enthusiasm of your contestants.

[@assail]

This was really entertaining to see how Thai people are able to speak English while foreigners who live there can't speak Thai. Thanks for sharing

[@icpoo1915]

I think it is becuse of the English languge is the National Languge which be used the most. So, in Thai, English languge has been indicated in standard lesson that almost kid need to be tought. However, Thai languge is not famouse in another country, more letter, more intentional ton. It will be so hard for foreigners to learn and take so much to learn.

[@natkhf3301]

You give them the courage to speak with confidence. Even if it's not 100 % accurate. But it will allow it to be developed further.

[@bookthief0796]

I'm an ESL teacher living near Bangkok. Watching the people concentrate and try so hard with translation activated my Teacher Energy SO MUCH. I was saying "Yes good job, thats it!" to the video.

[@dr024]

This is so good. I remember, i suggested this in my comment on your previous English to Thai challenge. It is nice to know that many Thai speak English confidently already. ☺️

[@thezone193]

I spent 12 days in Thailand. While I learnt basic Thai to get by, I found English proficiency varied ALOT. Depending on their level of education and occupation. Most of the Grab/Bolt drivers spoke very little or no English. Most Airport and hospitality staff had decent english. Average Joes on the street could only speak a little bit but there was always a fluent person around to help with English when people didn't understand me. But overall, you can easily get by with just English in Thailand. It's pretty English friendly.

[@実朝-t7l]

I enjoyed this video. I was amazed that Thai people spoke English very well . Their English level is much higher than I thought , If you had done this in Japan , You would not have lost any money .

[@adamirfan7496]

China too

[@easpa8449]

Paddy, says a lot about the quality of your videos that I didn't just skip through the ad break on instinct 😅 I think it's great how you set the whole thing up by telling the participants that you'd be a real stickler for sentence structure and grammar, but ultimately it was an exercise in building some confidence in your ability to communicate effectively in a second language. Looks like you did a great job encouraging everyone, and they all seemed proud of themselves for having passed. Keep up the great work!!

[@ThaiTalkwithPaddy]

Really appreciate it! Thanks a heap for watching

[@naturalselfyoga1617]

Great video! Very proud of the Thai people for learning English. They seem to have come a long way!!

[@JoshAwang]

Wow Paddy! Your Thai has improved quite significantly there, I presume from being in a totally immersive Thai environment... and these guys are good in their command of the English language also, especially the girl in white. I am really impressed with the young gen. Good for Thailand and its future!

[@oywatters9415]

Brightened up freezing afternoon in the UK 👍🤣 Fun challenge and lovely people 🙏

[@tylerdurden7288]

I really like these videos. As a westerner learning Thai I find it easier to understand you speaking Thai, than a Thai person. Also having the English translation is perfect.

[@FarangMike]

Because he's using the common Bangkok dialect which is used for learning Thai. In the North, North East, South, the dialects are different and that's where it gets tricky

[@kobemuic]

This is quite an eye opening experience, in the past I think many Thai people didn't have the confidence to speak English but seeing this shows that there is a great improvement, especially in the mindset and the vocabulary, most of the time Thai people are really good at writing English but it seems they are more confident in speaking English, even though this is probably mostly true for Thais in larger cities like Bangkok it's still very promising, thanks for this video Paddy! PS in Thai too but grew up abroad 😉

[@klaaskay2685]

น้องมิงค์น่ารักดี I love the mannerism of the girl named Mink. Her English pronunciation is on point.

[@maricelcooper6013]

This video was a lot of fun, I wish I could speak as much Thai as they could English, they were very impressive.

[@bobu32]

Nice to see that alot of thai people have been learning english at a high level. Though it makes me wonder wether this is just locally, around universities and so. You think you might head out to more rural area's anytime?

[@ThaiTalkwithPaddy]

Definitely in the city there is a much higher level of English!

[@sorac2252]

English is a main subject in schools.

[@walterwlim]

It appears the younger generation (whom you interviewed) will have a better level of English than older folks. It's good that people like Chompoo are learning English from non-International high schools too.

[@blenderconch]

The 2000 baht was worth it! Very entertaining. The participants did really well!

[@alisa_playzz.]

As someone who’s Thai and can speak English quite well, foreigners don’t rlly talk to me cause I’m just a kid. Like they thought teens in Thailand can’t speak English well, but some of us can actually speak better than adults.

[@FarangMike]

Makes sense. Kids are exposed to social media way more than adults these days.. In that sense, it can be a good thing to learn the English language. Keep on learning ! :-)

[@ZENbulldozer]

So wholesome and the judging was just lenient enough

[@learnthaiwithbee]

😂เป็นคลิปที่สนุกมากค่ะ ได้ความรู้ด้วย ถ้าเป็นเราคงพูดสลับไปมา ได้ฝึกภาษาอังกฤษไปในตัวด้วย ขอบคุณคลิปนี้ค่ะ

[@brokensocrates827]

I've been watching some other KZbinrs taking a break from Paddy for about a week.... when I come back to Paddy I realize just how much better his content is. No shade on other language teaching YTers, just wanted to say your content is awesome!!!!

[@ThaiTalkwithPaddy]

Thanks so much for watching! Means a lot to me!

[@FA-xs9rh]

Most thai people are struggle to speak English, but when they are trying to speak English, that was so awesome, goodjob guys from your brother in Indonesia

[@VillageboiRobbie]

Brilliant video Paddy. You smashed it again. Nice one.

[@romload]

ขอ ขอบคุณ มากๆๆๆ ครับ ทีมีเรื่องราว ดีๆ ให้มมารัรบชม. ขอความเช้าใจ ความร่วมมื่อ ส่งต่อสิ่งดีๆ ของคนไทย สื่อสาร ส่งต่อให้ทั่วโลก รับรู้ และเข้าใจ.....บางสิ่งบางอย่าง ไม่ได้ เป็นหรือ ไม่ได้หมายควมว่า อย่างไร.......อย่างนั้น...... คนไทย ไม่เก่งภาษาต่างประเทศ... ก็ไทย มีภาษาไทย และหลายๆประเทศ ก็ยังใช้ภาษาของเขาเอง รวมไทยด้วย ขอขอบคุณ ทางช่อง คุณ Paddy มากๆ ครับ ที่รัก และส่งเสริม ภาษาไทย

[@bryanjenkins6246]

Great video Paddy, very amusing. I’m enjoying the content

[@ThaiTalkwithPaddy]

Thanks for watching Bryan!

[@noeljr.7724]

Good video. I really enjoyed seeing the excitment when they got each one right.

[@What_are_you.11]

ทำคลิปแบบนี้มาบ่อยๆนะครับ ตอนนี้กำลังฝึกภาษา ชอบครับ❤

[@tman5634]

Over the last 5 years only, English has improved so much in Bkk. Amazing. Imagine in another 5yrs. Paddy, please try this in a rural area outside of Bkk. Great experiment & fun 😀

[@FarangMike]

Haha. In most rural areas, the teachers do not even speak English. It goes as far as ABC, One Two Three... And back to buddha learnings or about King Rama.. It's a sad thing but the educational system sucks balls in Thailand. You can get top education in very expensive Universities, but again, a degree can be bought :-/

[@siobhanrose1680]

This was so nice to watch! They are amazing!

[@readmycomment3157]

What lovely warm people, and so smart too

[@gamergirlkanokwan]

I really like the video. The little girl said " Sometimes I'm chatting with some of my Thai friends in English " ☺👍

[@GerbertBartolome]

I hope i will bump you these day. Love watching your videos!

[@Ulbre]

Great video, lots of fun and even the sponsor was quite a cool and useful tool.

[@pat_thai]

Another fun vlog Khun Paddy this time you were at Siam Square ! Last time in reverse you were at Chatswood Chase !!! I’m sure you knew the outcome well krup Khun Paddy 😊

[@iamoar]

I love your content. ใจดีจัง พูดผิดให้พูดใหม่ด้วย😆

[@ThaiTalkwithPaddy]

😂

[@Junb-jj1kp]

ชอบ content แบบนี้มาก อยากให้ทำบ่อยๆ

[@scorcher165]

Great video as always Paddy, love to see it.

[@trisnawidhipratama1712]

You are an inspiration, Paddy!

[@pohjademaniratana2567]

I absolutely love your videos. Keep it up. I am not surprise with the results though. You were in the city center near one of the best university in Thailand doing the quiz. Go to upcountry next time man. It will be more fun.

[@JustinFood]

You’re awesome Paddy!

[@ThaiTalkwithPaddy]

Thanks a heap for watching! Means a lot

[@tmcmc5227]

So cool. Thanks for bringing their confidence. Great job 👏

[@robbieramsey8930]

It’s really cute video and you are so kind. You help a bit all the time 😊

[@domtam6571]

Great job Paddy. Love you content.

[@DemoShipper]

The younger generation is definitely better at speaking English, this is nice. They just have to be more confident and don't worry too much about grammar or accent. The most important thing is to be able to communicate. Well done.

[@wanidahuynh8051]

Thanks for encourage Thai peoples to speak English, it’s not perfect but good to heard Thai nowadays dares to speaks and improves💪👍🇹🇭✌🏻🙏👏 we are proud to be Thais💕🇹🇭 best country in the world 🇹🇭😘👍 thanks again for your Chanel 🎉👏💐🙏

[@sulfacodeine2472]

For me, if I have to take this test, I think it's harder than translating English to Thai last time. Everyone is great.

[@JustaGirlinThailand]

This is The System Witch on my ThaiTuber channel! I hope I hear from you. This channel and the videos I'll be posting exist because of your channel.

[@Dam_Big_Dawg]

Cool game. Contestants sandbagged you. One of my favorite videos.

[@Tyler-pk2sc]

There were a lot of grammar mistakes but I understood everything. Paddy said the grammar had to be correct but let all the mistakes slide.

[@steffyjem7208]

Indeed. I love how he decided to go with the flow. Cute

[@ilmudunia3142]

These people understand English very well. I guess they really benefited from the many foreigner visited Thailand. Opening their country to the world really benefited their people. Kudos also to the Thai government.

[@BellDiNSiRi]

I like your content, it’s a good one. Keep going man!😊

[@Shumma-vg3pk]

as a foriegner living in thailand (since a year), i think these people are 1/100

[@doubletwen4327]

Wow i like Mint’s accent, she so good

[@aonantonym5698]

คุณอยู่ในเมืองหลวง แน่นอนว่าต้องมีคนที่พูดอังกฤษพอสมควร แต่ถ้าไปต่างจังหวัด จะมีคนที่พูดหรือสื่อสารภาษาอังกฤษน้อยมาก You're in the capital, of course, there will be enough people to speak English. But if you go to the provinces, the will be very few people who speak or communicate in English.

[@minorthreat566]

ถ้าที่ท่องเทียวมีคนเก่งกว่าคนกรึงเยอะอยู่นะครับ

[@stevec9291]

Well done Paddy - awesome video. Great concept and well executed sir 👍🏻👍🏻

[@superjoker]

The woman in the thumbnail, her english accent is fantastic.

[@edthbkk1]

Great as always! Hope I can catch you filming in BKK one day, keep up the good work!

[@jddeavenport]

Paddyยังอยู่กรุงเทพไหมครับ ถ้าว่างๆผมอยากจะมีโอกาสเจอกันและคุยกันต่อเรื่องเรียนภาษาไทยนะครับ

[@piyawanKandiaw]

This is a great idea to have practice and learn from mistakes if you happen to make so.

[@airamercs5124]

Woooww this is actually amazing to see! Living here in Bangkok is amazingg

[@BureaucracyWorld]

Thailand 🇹🇭 never been conquered by any western country, so we have no need to use English with in Thailand. And we are proud of our Thai language. But our new generation is very eager to learn English.

[@FOOJFOOJIYAMA]

The only reason you're not colonized by the west is your country serves as a " Buffer Zone" for Dutch and Spanish forces. Without your country in the middle, the French and the Dutch would have to go to war.

[@LetterSignedBy51SpiesWasA-Coup]

English is the international language. It pays to know it and is very often a job requirement in Thailand.

[@Grimreapervlogs]

Great video mate 👍 your channel never disappoints.when u back in Sydney let's catch up and have a beer. Keen to hear all the story's and learn some thai from u

[@pakamasnaka9945]

ฝึกบ่อยๆเดี๋ยวก็คุยได้คล่องค่ะ😂 ขอบคุณผู้สัมภาษณ์ ใจดีจุงเบย

[@visitstomyneighbours]

dont take this the wrong way.. but i had so much fun seeing u part with money 😅😅 i was strongly cheering for them all 😂😂

[@mnantd269]

ขอบคุณสำหรับการเป็นแรงบรรดาลใจในการเรียนภาษาของหนูนะคะ คอนเท้นดีมากเลยค่ะ

[@myctnd6226]

Really enjoyed your contents, keep it up! ✌🏻✌🏻

[@pfguo87]

Thanks for the video! Its good to know that translation doesn't need to be 100% to be understood 🤣 @6:10 - I still like to use me and my instead of my and I even though I was born and raised in America and English is my first language haha

[@tycrazy6174]

Paddy can you make another video on how you would learn thai if you could go back in time or suggestions for some that can not fully immerse such as yourself. Thank you 🙏

[@bnjira]

The old-way Thai educational system focuses more on grammar than the ability to create conversations. Thai starts learning from grammar, not really encouraged to speak. Therefore, they're worried that they will speak incorrectly (wrong grammar, I meant).

[@doraemook]

Can’t wait for part 2

[@stampw]

น่าเอาไปลอง challenge แม่ค้า street food โซนท่องเที่ยว . . . เค้าน่าจะต้องใช้บ่อย

[@ice2Aii]

รอบนี้ คุณ paddy หมดตัวเลย

[@elaxel1469]

Im gonna visit Thailand next year and my biggest concern is if I could have a fluent conversation in english with them to the point to be able to create friendship.

[@inadulabonair132]

I have Spanish friend who lives in the Thailand. I like that country, because it's very interesting. I LOVE ASKING HER ABOUT THAILAND AND HER LIFE. BTW: I am Polish.

[@ygyg1047]

จริงๆบางคนก็ไม่ได้ใช้ถูกแกรมม่าเป๊ะๆ แต่paddyก็ให้ผ่าน เหมือนอยากช่วยแจกตัง😆 ชื่นชมครับ

[@SavageSairung]

I'd love to meet you sometime. You're the inspiration for my Just a Girl in Thailand channel. First video.uo tonight. Rough and shaky but it all starts with making a video.

[@impossible993]

ทำคลิปแนวนี้ ต่อไปนะครับ พร้อมสนับสนุนครับ

[@arz945]

ทุกคนเก่งมาก so good mak kaaa

[@GandalfPassing]

nice vid, it was nice to see people win. :)

[@Justinthai]

ดูสนุกมากครับ Paddy เป็นคนดี

[@ThaiTalkwithPaddy]

ขอบคุณที่ชมครับ 🙏

[@khantzawthet6823]

You need to come to Mae Sot. They were afraid of English. If I say English, they run away. Bangkok is a big city and the people can speak English.

[@contrasscommon2336]

As Thai people, I think that English is not difficult to learn. If you really study it, it would be easy to speak, read or write. But from direct experience as a child before As a child, I thought that English was too difficult, difficult to speak, and had a lot of accents. Some words sound the same but are written differently. And probably because it is not as funny as other subjects such as computers or physical education. Therefore, many Thai children are not interested in English. But when I grow up, I start to see the importance of foreign languages because they are used in studying, working or communicating. Personally, I'm not very good at English right now. Most of what I've learned from at work or a little everyday vocabulary Therefore, I have to use a translation app quite often.

[@ptanjakhondee5201]

As a 14 yos thai. Learning is not hard to learn because we can sound every words in English but what difficult is accent amd grammars.

[@achiraphatl-zl1tm]

The translating process is actually hard I even struggled a lot, but speaking English to other English speaking people is way less complicated because your brain only have to think in one language and it will come out so fast!

[@jnsa9454]

Great episode and be gentle with the grammar👍🏽

[@iamnormal1001]

Please do more clips about Thai people speaking English.

[@JanyGoRound]

สวัสดีค่ะ เจนี่เคยอยู่ซิดนีย์ กลับมาไทยเป็นสิบปี ก็เริ่มลืมภาษาอังกฤษบ้างแล้วค่ะ

[@keegan97]

It would have been funny if you failed everyone on sentence number 4. You technically said grammar must be perfect and they all got the grammar wrong on that sentence. Everyone said "me and my wife" which is not proper grammar, you have to say "my wife and I" or it is incorrect. I accidently say words in the wrong order all the time when I speak Thai and my Thai friends are always very quick to correct me. I feel like this is a really common issue when leaning Thai/English.