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Here's a few resources may be of use, although they're not specific to the Kindle:

1) there's a limited selection (~25-30) of books here, but in PDF format:

http://www.dungtrin....id=7&Itemid=278

They also have mp3 audiobooks too.

Also, more books/docs here in PDF:

http://www.fringer.org/downloads/

http://www.fringer.org/writings/

2) These sites could be downloaded/converted from HTML web pages to Kindle mobi format (or others) with (free) software such as Calibre (http://calibre-ebook.com):

http://www.wanakam.com - although it's been down for a few months, it has/had 100+ Thai translations of Western classic novels (eg. Satre, Orwell, Wilde etc)

http://faylicity.com - some poetry online, a lot are translations from English, and many are shown in both languages

http://thaiarc.tu.ac.th - Thai poetry and folktales, in Thai regional dialects with central Thai translations and sound recordings.

Hope that helps at least a little...

There are handbooks of nouns/classifiers on sale at Thai-language bookstores (especially Chula). Presumably, similar lists might be found on the internet, but the hard copy versions are compact and cheap, at about 40 baht. As Peppy says, there are a many nouns for which the classifier is the same word.

here's the Thai Royal Institute classifier listings:

http://www.royin.go.th/th/profile/index.php?SystemModuleKey=265&SystemMenuID=1&SystemMenuIDS=

I came across this book the other day and thought it might be of interest here as it's quite recent:

๑๗๒๔ สำนวนสุภาษิต คำพังเพย

(my translation: 1724 idioms, proverbs and aphorisms)

โดย: รศ.วดี ชาติอุทิศ

ISBN 9786165110341

154 pages, ฿79

1st published: Nov 2010

Thai language only.

Anyhow, the most comprehensive list of Thai tap sap words & phrases is a book called '700 Thai Words Taken From English' It's available in some stores as a paperback, but the easier way to get it is as an ebook.

The Thai Royal Institute also have a dictionary of loan words. It can be downloaded as multiple PDFs free from here:

ศัพท์ต่างประเทศที่ใช้คำไทยแทนได้

http://www.royin.go....&SystemMenuID=1

FYI, English & Thai only (with usage examples). No phonetic spellings.

attached is a list of the 5,000 most common Thai words according to the Linguistics Dept at Chulalongkorn University.

Source:

indirect link: http://ling.arts.chula.ac.th/TNC/category.php?id=58&

direct link: http://ling.arts.chula.ac.th/TNC/contents/File/freq-5000.xls

freq-5000.xls

I just bought 2 interesting books about Thai grammar (in Thai) and they cost only 190 baht (ไวยากรณ์ไaทย by นววรรณ พันธุเมธา) and 345 baht ( หลักภาษาไทย by กำชัย ทองหล่อ).

I'd be interested to know where I can find these books - couldn't find them in SP Kinokuniya or my local Se-Ed. Also, could you post the ISBN numbers too?

Oops... spoke too soon - found them on Chulabooks.com & will go down to their Siam Square shop this weekend... Here's the links/ISBN no's for anyone else who's interested...

ไวยากรณ์ไaทย by นววรรณ พันธุเมธา

ISBN 9742466351

http://www.chulabook.com/description.asp?barcode=9789749993279

หลักภาษาไทย by กำชัย ทองหล่อ

ISBN: 9749993276

http://www.chulabook.com/description.asp?barcode=9789742466350

I just bought 2 interesting books about Thai grammar (in Thai) and they cost only 190 baht (ไวยากรณ์ไaทย by นววรรณ พันธุเมธา) and 345 baht ( หลักภาษาไทย by กำชัย ทองหล่อ).

Hi Kris,

I'd be interested to know where I can find these books - couldn't find them in SP Kinokuniya or my local Se-Ed. Also, could you post the ISBN numbers too?

Many thanks,

Mark

Hi all,

As a long-time lurker on this forum I thought it was time to contribute... I've set up an online database of categorised word lists with Thai spelling (Thai script) and English translations. Perhaps someone here may find it useful. Just point your browsers at:

thai.markhollow.com

Features:

• 4,500+ unique words, split into 350+ topics/categories
  
• basic layout, suitable for use on both mobile phones and conventional web browsers.
  
• displays Thai script either in normal text or as image files (for devices without Thai fonts, like my old mobile phone)
  
• customisable font size
  
• choice of Thai fonts (if words displayed as images)
  
• font comparisons: when words are displayed as images, two fonts can be shown together (useful for comparing traditional & modern typefaces - as a novice reader I find the latter hard to read)
  
• searchable database (although currently limited to English words)
  
• free, non-commercial, no subscription, and no advertising. Just enjoy & learn...
  

The most of the topic/word lists were taken from sealang.net/thai (with just a couple I've added myself).

Cheers,

Mark

PS - the thaivisa forum software warned me against posting URLs but hopefully I'll be forgiven as it's a free, & totally non-commercial web site... :-)

...but what colour shirts are the protesters wearing and do they glow in the dark?

Where is Makkasan area? How close (or far) is it from everything else, like Sukhumvit, MBK, Silom, Victory Monument?

The BKK terminus is by Phaya Thai BTS station on the sukhumvit line. As lumps of concrete go, it doesn't look too bad either :-)

I don't have one myself, but have been considering buying one of the newer models. The Sony readers are only officially available in the Japan, US, UK and a few other EU countries so getting them serviced anywhere in Asia (except Japan) is likely to be difficult/impossible. I would try the Sony shop in Siam Paragon, but they're probably your only option..

To reach a wider audience of ebook users for help/advice try the mobileread.com forums, maybe someone there can help.

FYI, the 505 and 700 models have been discontinued and newer versions (300, 600) are being released in the next month or so. If you do consider replacing it maybe it's best to wait a while unless you can pick up a secondhand 505 cheap from ebay..