Learn Thai from Native Speakers

Learn Basic Thai Volume I

The Thai Basic Volume I contains Lessons 1 through 20 and comes with 19 CD's and a 425 page textbook or 1 DVD with audio on MP3 and textbook in a PDF file.

There is a basic dialog at the beginning of each lesson. It consists of a limited number of exchanges between two or sometimes more persons. It represents a somewhat modified verson of a "real" dialog, since hesitation phenomena, false starts, and other features regularly occuring in real speech have been eliminated. It does present what two educated Thai speakers might say in a given situation if they were being particulary careful to avoid the features referred to above.

If the student has memorized the dialogs, the student will have a store of language that is readily available when needed.

Unit 1 - Greeting someone

Unit 2 - Finding out someone's name

Unit 3 - Identifying Objects

Unit 4 - Establishing Identity and Ownership of Objects

Unit 5 - Social Formula

Unit 6 - Mr. Smith meets a Thai in the provinces

Unit 7 - Mr. Smith meets a Thai in the provinces

Unit 8 - Americans at work in Bangkok

Unit 9 - Going to Don Muang to pick up a friend

Unit 10 - Basic episode

Unit 11 - At the language school

Unit 12 - My family

Unit 13 - Telling time

Unit 14 - Directions

Unit 15 - An Interview at Korat

Unit 16 - Directions

Unit 17 - Directions

Unit 18 - An appointment

Unit 19 - Directions to the bathroom

Unit 20 - Basic Episode: Tambon Bangchak