So helpful! I love you explanations, for example the bpla ra - bpa la. All that context help me better to remember certain words and phrases. Discovered you only yesterday. Can’t believe I didn’t before with all that thai learning stuff I went through. But helps me a lot. Thank you also for providing these great tools on your website! 🙏🏻
Loving these series of videos! I am learning a lot!
@StuartJayRajАй бұрын
that's great to hear. let me know if any other topics you think would be useful
@elleyhappy8190Ай бұрын
Thank you for the clip explaining Thai pronunciation, you explained it in detail and it was very easy to understand. 👍❤ I am Thai who was born in the southern of Thailand. I think the southern accent is suitable for foreigners who have spoken English since birth. They speak more clearly than Central Thai.❤❤
I stumbled on your Korean Indic connection video and now this one, and now I’m curious; do Koreans have good Thai pronunciation? Great vid!
@StuartJayRaj25 күн бұрын
I've met many Koreans who are very fluent in Thai. Btw... on my new Indic compass at crackinglanguage.com, I also included korean
@sabai111Ай бұрын
Wow! I'm really surprised about your language skills 👍🏻
@zetathixАй бұрын
Sara in Thai is like a strict type programming languages in computer that you will get an error for any incorrect, it can't be interpreted into different sounds, same as you can't put wrong types of values into fixed type variables.
@lroc6272Ай бұрын
Two weeks ago I came online to find something to better help me say ตื่น. The dt sound in ต and the eu sound in ื were causing me problems. I’ve been on a voyage of discovery through your videos since and now realise how many errors I was making in my overall general speech. And on the bp sound - I once went into a store and asked for water ( in Thai. The staff brought me to the fish sauce isle. Thanks for sharing Stuart.
@StuartJayRajАй бұрын
so happy to hear. My compass has all the sounds with the consonants so it should help to differentiate the sounds. Vowel sound files should be up soon
@robertjames538Ай бұрын
@@lroc6272 had a very similar experience with the ᵇP sound .Spy minus the S did it for me eventually.Unfortunately though i.m Still struggling with the ᵈTɔ ต myself. However all is not lost as i know Stuart has got a video somewhere where he explains in detail about it.I .m just not savvy enough to find it.โชคดี
@adamnealisАй бұрын
All very frustrating. There may be no "g" or "j", but I certainly hear a "g" in "gai". Thus, how to learn pronunciation when you cannot even hear the correct sound?
@robertjames538Ай бұрын
@@adamnealisDepending on your accent it probably is a g and a j sound you just have to tweak them possibly with a sort of stopped throat thingy. I love Stuart's videos and a massive fan of his consonant and vowel compass and he is a genius when it comes to tonal languages but he certainly doesnt understand the British accents dialects and hundreds upon hundreds of different pronounciations.So To say its not a J sound when he has no idea of how we pronounce jɔ Jan or ᵍKɔ ᵍKY seems a little bit nonsensical to me.Personally I had to work at the ᵍKɔ ᵍKY so much so that I had to translate it as ᵍK to stop me from aspirating the G but it's certainly a million miles from a K (exceptions sKy possibly comes close) jɔ jan on the other hand is a j all day long as far as I.m concerned .Come on จ even looks like j 😂.Stick with it Adam and don't be put off
@adamnealisАй бұрын
@@robertjames538 Thaks for the encouragement!
@robertjames538Ай бұрын
I,ve definitely been in phattaya too long ! I understood everything he said 🤣
@tonykaku8948Ай бұрын
foreigners tend to understand each other better in a foreign language, while natives might somtam struggle
@naamdtaannaksuАй бұрын
Me too lobert....darkside
@naamdtaannaksuАй бұрын
Amazing place i will retire here but.....u start speaking thai then they switch to issan or some other derivative. Bort hua
@robertjames538Ай бұрын
@@naamdtaannaksu ทําใจดีๆ tham-jY di:-di: Translates Hang on in there! / Stick with it / Cheer up! (sort of 🤔) -- Good luck to you na:mᵈTan
He can be a Thai and English teacher. Apart from being a KZbinr, you can create a cram school for Thais and foreigners.
@YaowaratSaorasoАй бұрын
รู้ลึกรู้จริงกว่าเจ้าของภาษา❤
@andrewdunbar828Ай бұрын
ผัดกะเพรา is probably the word I see spelled the most different ways even in Thai. I'm pretty sure I've seen it with 0, 1, or 2 ร and when there's only one, after either the ก or the พ. Definitely when written in "English" in Thai. At least the Irish bloke is giving pronunciation his best shot. Many will either use an English reading pronunciation of a random romanization, or tap out early and say they "don't want to mangle it" without even trying.
in Thai a very common prefix is กระ- kra- so it feels weird seeing just กะ even through its the correct spelling in modern Thai. Even Thais spell it wrong sometimes
@nigeljohn65Ай бұрын
@StuartJayRaj thanks.
@kevinp8108Ай бұрын
Khrapao is called HOLY BASIL. I am a Thai-American living in the States and I grow my own holy basil because it is difficult to find in supermarkets. You mostly find Italian basil and Thai sweet basil. I don't like Pad Khrapao with Thai basil so I grow holy basil in my backyard.
@tonykaku8948Ай бұрын
Holy basil man....🥺 hope not too much work
@kevinp8108Ай бұрын
@@tonykaku8948 - During the winter, holy basil will die if it's too cold. Ideally, you want to keep holy basil indoors during the winter unless it's planted in the ground.
@tonykaku8948Ай бұрын
@@kevinp8108 thank you for explanation!
@nigeljohn6517 күн бұрын
Isn't this Irish guy a high-profile KZbinr, and long-term resident in Thailand?
I'm just learning Thai, I know a lot of people don't recognize that ด as a final consonant turns it from "d" to "t." The ก in the last word seems to always be pronounced "Krapow" or "kapow". But shouldn't it be "grapow"? like Bangkok (กรุงเทพ) is not "Krungtep", it is Grungtep", correct?
@mightay6672Ай бұрын
❤i have lived in Thailand for 15 years , married to a Thai man,and have cooked over a 1000 pad kraprow ,and as the cook in the kitchen,also not speaking thai and not eating meat ,well ...they always come back 😂😂😂 honestly life is too short , enjoy 😊😅
@StuartJayRajАй бұрын
555 brilliant.
@ไปไหนอีก.เลาะจัง29 күн бұрын
สอนผมพูดภาษาอังกฤษหน่อยครับจาร
@nigeljohn65Ай бұрын
Sometimes, people trying to say สอง say something like ซ่อง.
@kyo0133Ай бұрын
i think the last one he said ส้มตำปลา Som Tam Pla
@marsrobot978Ай бұрын
»»ส้มตำ ปลาร้า«« 😂❤
@awaken0131Ай бұрын
I think he said Som Tam Pa ส้มตำป่า
@fabiodoublebroad5389Ай бұрын
I still can't believe those resources are totally free
@Tomas-uk9qjАй бұрын
Just wondering if you have appointed yourself as the supreme keeper of the Thai Language?
@StuartJayRajАй бұрын
I could if it helps ... but I'd want a plaque to go with it.. and maybe a fez 😂
@tunamoto1Ай бұрын
สนับ สนุนให้ใช้ภาษาไทยเป็นภาษาสากล
@oppooppo-vb6xg15 күн бұрын
😂😂😂😂😂😂❤❤❤
@amdang51Ай бұрын
..ระดับเทพ...
@RudraNamulNasca2Ай бұрын
🥰
@TadaMinburiАй бұрын
😅😅😅
@marksehgoody849829 күн бұрын
อาจารย์สจ้วตเข้าใจภาษาไทยได้อย่างถ่องแท้
@Oo_Shade_oOАй бұрын
Kapow! 🇹🇭
@brin57Ай бұрын
Kra pow or Ka prow ? - seems to be a common point of argument. Please put this one to bed Stuart. Which is it ?
@AlteroThaiАй бұрын
If you listen how he pronounces it in this video, then it's the 3rd option - Ka Pao 😂 Ka Prow is correct, but the 'r' might be not that audible. Just don't say 'Kra' 😁
@StuartJayRajАй бұрын
the correct one is in this clip... Kaprao
@RameshIndhewatАй бұрын
@@StuartJayRaj You are right. Yet many Thais routinely pronounce it as krapao or just plain kapow. My 4th grade teacher would have given me a rap on my knuckles if I said it wrong 🤣
@ALessOffensiveNameАй бұрын
This one gets me for years. I know im spelling (transliteration) it right but and saying it right but nobody else seems to be. Also อะไรๆๆ vs อะไร ๆๆ is another example. There's meant to be a gap there but nobody writes like that except me
@andrewdunbar828Ай бұрын
@@RameshIndhewat Most Thais except ones with posh accents either drop the rolled "r" or change them to "l", depending on the sounds near them.
@dougsinthailand717627 күн бұрын
Honestly I’d blame the transliteration, which should be standard, and helpful, and it’s not.