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Also, it's helpful to think of Thai like German - words are just compounds of previous words. Once you attain a basic vocabulary for daily household and things, you can make educated guesses and strike 70% correct.

Example, the word in German for a bedroom is "schlafzimmer." Schlaf, meaning to sleep. Zimmer, meaning room.

Thai? Hong-ngon. Hong, room. Ngon, sleep. Easy. The word for car? Roat. Want a train? Roatfai = vehicle, "electricity"/energy. Subway? Roatfai din = Vehicle, energy, ground.

You'll start realizing that most exotic Thai dishes also translate to as simple compounds as "food street chicken" (khao soi gai)

Also keep in mind it is a very, very simple language grammatically. You'll often formulate sentences and think to yourself, "Is this really it? I don't sound like an idiot?" and the thing is - yes, that's absolutely how simple Thai is. There is difficulty in getting your tongue around the tones, but it prompts more of a laugh when you spew out all your variations of "kow" ...

....also most farang here are lazy as hell, and Thais absolutely respect you for learning the language. I've had so many positive interactions just because I said something as simple as "No bag please" at 711 - the locals get thrown back, wondering if they actually just heard someone who tried making an effort in their lives.

Anyways, I like Evan Winget's "PTS" apps on the Apple Store. 7 dollars. What works with them is that he has a better ear for Romanization than other instructors, so what you're reading is often what's meant to be heard. It's not a comprehensive app though, and you should be done with it in a couple weeks or less.

Knife sellers on Sukhimvit sell. I had problems with Soi dogs and began carrying rocks and a small collapsible baton, but had a change of heart and began buying meat on a stick from street vendors and keeping it wrapped in my bag when walking around. Dogs like you after, and they keep liking you, and their friends start to like you too.

Chatuchak is fantastic. Just be prepared to commit your day to being lost. My recommendation to finding the used clothes section - the biggest in the city, I believe - is to enter from the side parallel to the nearby park.

Formalwear is approaching nil but there area couple shops that specialize in white collar shirts, if that's a color you're needing.

Guten tag, buenos dias,

Any restaurateurs here in the forums? Looking to bring some ceramic, glass, or otherwise condiment sets back home to the U.S. The ones we've all seen: This little dish for peanuts. This little bowl for oil. This one for the sugar that people for reasons beyond me add to their noodles. Little spoons, little lids. At least enough for ten tables.

I speak Thai so farang-friendly is a plus but not necessity.

Whose seen 'em? Thanks!