deejah Posted April 4, 2008 Share Posted April 4, 2008 i understand you need about 1000 vocab words to begin to communicate effectively in another language does anyone have a list in English? even better a list in English with the Thai transliterations (thai words using english the alpahbet) if not then i have a big job ahead of me perhaps you will see me post it in a few years Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdinasia Posted April 4, 2008 Share Posted April 4, 2008 I have about 7 dictionaries .. does that count? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
withnail Posted April 4, 2008 Share Posted April 4, 2008 There was a list posted on here before which was in Thai and slightly dated. You could search for that or if not I could find it and upload it. You could then, if you need, enter it into www.thai2english.com and get the phonetic transcription. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5tash Posted April 4, 2008 Share Posted April 4, 2008 i understand you need about 1000 vocab words to begin to communicate effectively in another languagedoes anyone have a list in English? even better a list in English with the Thai transliterations (thai words using english the alpahbet) if not then i have a big job ahead of me perhaps you will see me post it in a few years buy yourself a dictionary, i would recommend benjawan poomsan becker's 'thai-english english-thai' dictionary. this dictionary has transliteration for non-thai speakers and is very easy to use. to go along with the dictionary buy yourself 'thai for beginners' also by benjawan poomsan becker. it teaches you all four language skills speaking,listening,reading and writing it comes with a cd. good luck! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5tash Posted April 4, 2008 Share Posted April 4, 2008 here's the list withnail mentioned.1000 most frequent thai words Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maestro Posted April 4, 2008 Share Posted April 4, 2008 5tash, thank you for posting the link to that list. I know how difficult it can sometimes be to find an old post and it was kind of you to make the effort. I have now copied the list into the attached Excel sheet so that anybody interested can add extra columns to it for the English translation and transliteration. -- Maestro 1000_most_frequent_thai_words.xls Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deejah Posted April 5, 2008 Author Share Posted April 5, 2008 does anyone have a list in English? even better a list in English with the Thai transliterations (thai words using english the alpahbet) am i missing something? or i am right that that list has neither the English translation nor the English alphabet transliteration completely useless unless you unready know Thai nice try however thanks anyway Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
withnail Posted April 5, 2008 Share Posted April 5, 2008 I think you are missing something. If you click on the website I suggested you can enter the entire list and get both a transliteration and a translation. Putting this into a list though is an extremely long-winded process. If you do it yourself, by all means, post it here. By then you'll have realised why nobody had done it for you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5tash Posted April 6, 2008 Share Posted April 6, 2008 does anyone have a list in English?even better a list in English with the Thai transliterations (thai words using english the alpahbet) am i missing something? or i am right that that list has neither the English translation nor the English alphabet transliteration completely useless unless you unready know Thai nice try however thanks anyway Have you bought yourself a dictionary yet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevehaigh Posted April 6, 2008 Share Posted April 6, 2008 there is a lot more to leaning a language than learning a 1000 words, like grammar and understanding a bit about the culture Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djayz Posted April 6, 2008 Share Posted April 6, 2008 (edited) New_words.xls i understand you need about 1000 vocab words to begin to communicate effectively in another language does anyone have a list in English? even better a list in English with the Thai transliterations (thai words using english the alpahbet) if not then i have a big job ahead of me perhaps you will see me post it in a few years I do have a list that I've put together during the last year or two - mostly general words and a few expressions/phrases here and there. Thai, the transliteration and of course, the English meaning. The tonal signs are also included in the transliteration (thanks to http://www.thai2english.com/ - great online-dictionary!). I haven't counted how many words are on the list, but I think it must be about 1,000. This list is really just to build up my vocabulary. __3588___3635___3624___3633___3614___3607___3660___3651___3627___3617___3656__New_words.xls Edited April 6, 2008 by djayz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djayz Posted April 7, 2008 Share Posted April 7, 2008 Continuing the word topic, can anybody explain เทคแคร์ to me? Haven't been able to find it in any of the dictionaries - I'm wondering is it the transliteration of "take care"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meadish_sweetball Posted April 7, 2008 Share Posted April 7, 2008 Yes it is, and it is mostly used like the Thai equivalent ดูแล ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArtfulD Posted June 6, 2008 Share Posted June 6, 2008 (edited) While bored and for my own interest I created a small program to output a collated list of the 1000 words excel file, this also includes links to a dictionary lookup via Thai2English...in case it helps anyone. 1000thai.php.htm Edit: Fixed. Edited June 6, 2008 by ArtfulD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ericx_25 Posted June 6, 2008 Share Posted June 6, 2008 (edited) http://www.ed25.org/Vocatude/tfb_sound.wdl to use with http://www.tucows.com/preview/238417 I have another file, let me know when you are done with this one. Eric http://www.dramaix.com Edited June 6, 2008 by Ericx_25 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
desi Posted June 11, 2008 Share Posted June 11, 2008 In the past week plus I went at it from different directions. I started with the 1000 most used Thai words (that was over several days), then I backed out and began compiling a list of all the Thai words used in lessons from AUA, Becker and others as I figured they did their homework. Well, some of the words are useless (especially from AUA) so I had to cull. I also found a list at the back of Speaking Thai, the fastest way to speak Thai. Again, I only took what I felt would be useful (a lot of old fashioned words got deleted). My list has English first, then Thai (in LARGE letters), pronounciation, then the description from thai2english.com as well as the url for each name / mini phrase (if I can find it). The list has been formatted to fit into an A4, printing out everything except for the information gleaned from thai2english.com - English, Thai, Pronounciation. In the beginning my list was separated by subject - greetings, gender, months and years, alphabet, colours, numbers, verbs, who/what/where, places, direction, shopping ... now it's one long list but I've kept subjects as sheets in the Excel file I'm editing. Also included is a brief layout of Thai sentence structure. Btw - I looked around and the simplist I found is at 1stopbangkok.com: sentences and www.1stopbangkok.com: grammar My plan is to play around using a simple sentence layout. A plus, my Thai teacher has agreed to record the list as well as important sentences I'll use in my daily life. I realise memorizing a list is not as benefitial as learning word snippets (for me anyway). But I also know that listening to Thai I can build on is. Note: snippets are included in my list ... Anyway, I'm not finished (looks to be several more days to go) but I'll post it here when I'm satisfied at how it reads. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
desi Posted June 11, 2008 Share Posted June 11, 2008 http://www.ed25.org/Vocatude/tfb_sound.wdlto use with http://www.tucows.com/preview/238417 I have another file, let me know when you are done with this one. Eric http://www.dramaix.com Thanks Eric. I'd forgotten about programs such as Vocatude (guess it's time to drag out the PC) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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