OldChinaHam

DNA

Nice Job!!!

I have recently had opportunity to see students in a classroom from day 1 studying Thai.

You are doing better by quite a large margin.

You must have listened to the tapes a heck of a lot.

Nice job.

No, just once...and then once more to write down what the narrator said (in English) that I should be learning. That's the paper that I showed at the end of the video.

It's getting much harder now, though, and I'm thinking about listening to each lesson twice...the "how to tell time" section I'm doing now is really confusing!

You mention TIME, and I really did believe I would ever learn it, but I did.

It is very important to have patience, otherwise you will give up and fail completely.

Well then, of course I am willing to defer to your more learned views on this subject because, as I mentioned at the outset, I am a very beginner in speaking or studying the Thai Language, and I know even less about the more unique qualities of Thai culture. I am here to learn.

However, I have asked a few native Thai speakers their thoughts about how much secrecy is normal in a relationship, and they have shared similar views. Marriage, for example, is a different relationship in Japan than is marriage in Thailand or the United States. Secrecy in itself is most definitely an unacceptable quality in a typical female-male relationship in the United States, where individuals are expected to be open and honest with their partners, and US society demands this openness and utter honesty.

My question is how much honesty and openness in a marriage is expected by Thai society and Thailand culture, compared to other Asian cultures, and compared to western culture. And are these expectations reflected in Thai expressions? I say the native speakers I interviewed believe quite a lot of secrecy is acceptable, and they usethese expressions to refer to this reality.

I wonder how much these unique expressions in Thai reflect differing attitudes amoung married young people today.

The Japanese marriage relationship, for example, usually has a high tolerance for each individual to lead separate lives of their own, even within the existing marriage relationship.

What about the degree of candidness and openness and honest typical and considered normal in the Thai marriage? And, how much secrecy is considered normal and acceptable?

I had wanted to know more about this subject and I hope you will not cast it aside without giving it the consideration which I believe it deserves.

And, thanks to Ajaan for the best reply so far.

Maybe someone could take it further with some sociological or culturally unique examples?

Bunnyboys?

Hi, I am using the English-Thai Dictionary compiled by Paiboon Publishers.

This is the best I have found, for a learners dictionary.

I would be very satisfied, but for the fact that I am constantly coming across huge holes in the glossary of words chosen to appear in the dictionary.

I am very displeased, after paying my money for this revised version,that a word as important and often used as the word "empathy", does not show. Neither does esoteric.

I would be just as happy using an online dictionary, but which one should I use to replace Paiboon, which offers all that Paiboon does, but without the dearth of entries.

Thanks, I have searched quite a bit, but still come up with zilch, another word not included in Paiboon.

Nice Job!!!

I have recently had opportunity to see students in a classroom from day 1 studying Thai.

You are doing better by quite a large margin.

You must have listened to the tapes a heck of a lot.

Nice job.

Also, you should listen to Pimsleur Thai audio recordings, 30 lessons.

These are the best you will find for very beginner Thai.

Thai for Beginners by Benjawan Poomsan Becker is an excellent starter book.

It teaches you to read from the very start which is so important.

Some of the language might seem a bit strange at first but it's teaching you the structures.

It's available in most bookshops and you should get the box including CDs.

Yes, you are right. Also the Intermediate book by the same authors.

These books are the best for self instruction/study, and the audio recordings are excellent.

There is also what is being called a "language pack" floating around on the internet some place with about 9 GB of material. I won't provide a link because a friend of mine just told me about it, and I have not yet had time to look.

I am not going to write tons about this utterance, this time.

Instead, I am just going to say this expression may reflect some interesting cultural implications.

I would be appreciative for your efforts if all who care to do so would share your thinking regarding the different meanings and usage of this expression, as well as the Thai cultural and sociological reality that makes this phrase a very acceptable feature of interpersonal relationships.

I suppose this one phrase could provide the fodder for a thousand learned comments relating to the phrase, and what it might show us about Thai culture, and human nature.

I am just a very beginner when it comes to the Thai language.

So, please, if I have gotten the spelling or construction wrong, just correct me with as little castigation as you can.

TKS!

(This phrase is bound to come up when anyone studies Thai, and it is good to know what it means.)

Eggo-Waffles

Posted Today, 03:25

A bird in hand is the same worth as your hand in the bush.

feet

group of small BANANAS ?

Group or Bunch

Of bananas.

Anyway you can have your banana,

And I my Jasmine rice.

More important than a banana, long or short, in bunches.

I take my rice by the bowl, or plate,

I don' eat a sack of rice in one sitting,

But must have it every meal.

I retired at 64 and moved to Chiang Mai. I've been back for three short visits, and each time felt the gulf widen between self and family & friends, Two old sayings are true:

• You can't go home again.
• Out of sight, out of mind.

This is home now, and anyone back there who cares can come see me here.

Just don't look homeward, Angel.

I never do.

Interesting reading about everyone's experiences. I'm still debating about retirement there in the future. I'm 50 now, maybe in 8 years or so. I'll see how the LOS handles itself over the next few years before making a final decision

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Just don't debate too long.

Thailand will continue to handle itself as well as it always has during the past few hundreds of years.

Don't worry about that,

Just worry about the fact that we have a finite number of hear beats in this life,

And yours are tick-tocking away as we speak.

Drop everything and hop on Thai Air tomorrow is the only sensible course of action for you,

IMHO.

Everytime I see that word, I just think Superbowl, And USA football,

Or Hyper-bowl.

de-loused

Mine is filled with peanuts and canned Thailand tuna.

Both good cold, and no spills to clean up.

And, like Monroe in the 7 Year Itch,

I keep my underwear in the vegetable crisper.

Good in the hot season.

Helicobacter-unfriendly

I see the humor

In Rob seeing the humor

In it.

inflatable

"The Swiss are the lovers"

That would still be heaven for the Swiss,

Especially in Thailand.

Probably make love like clockwork.

Well,

What about if they said:

I want a discount.

I pay less and you get short time.

Not on internet or virtually,

Then see if you can walk to bank,

Or at least maybe you walk crooked and still give me discount fir cash?

This is truly a beaut of a recording,

I've been meaning to post it for months.

Nice tune for drunkards, especially.

Always a good laufh!

Have you tried Gallows Humor?

Are you cognizant of its roots?

If not the gallows for you.......Then,

The only cure is

There was a white horse

It fell in the mud