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Take your Thai to the next level: handle real-world situations, shopping, paying bills, asking for services, and navigating daily life with confidence.

10 Chapters Elementary Level v4.2 & v5.2 Audio Included
01 Shopping at a Store 02 Buying Medicine 03 Communication 04 Personal Questions 05 Small Talk 06 Number & Frequency 07 Description & Degree 08 Similarity & Difference 09 Time & Duration 10 Appearance & Personality
Chapter 1

Buying Things at a Store

Navigate convenience stores and shops in Thailand, pay bills, top up phone credit, and ask for help with everyday services.

In this chapter, you will learn:
  1. Buying things at a convenience store
  2. How to use services provided at a shop (paying bills, phone credit, etc.)
  3. Requesting assistance
2Dialogues
4Exercises
1Topic
Practice

Core Vocabulary & Flashcards

Payment verbs, common bill names, and shop-service vocabulary from the chapter.

EnglishPhoneticsThai Script
To payjàaiจ่าย
... for ... / chargekâa...ค่า...
Water billkâa-náamค่าน้ำ
Electricity billkâa-fai-fáaค่าไฟฟ้า
More shop & service vocabulary in the exercise below
Chapter 2
Chapter 2

Buying Medicine

Talk to pharmacists with confidence, describe symptoms, share your medical history, and ask for the right medicine in Thai.

In this chapter, you will learn:
  1. Describing your illnesses and symptoms
  2. Talking about your experience and past events
  3. Useful words for frequency
2Dialogues
4Exercises
1Topic
Practice

Core Vocabulary & Flashcards

Past-experience words, frequency expressions, duration vocabulary, and common symptom words.

EnglishPhoneticsThai Script
Used to / Have you ever...?kəəiเคย
How long (have you...)?...maa naan tâorai?...มานานเท่าไร?
Long (time)naanนาน
Headachebpùat hǔaปวดหัว
More symptom & frequency vocabulary in the exercise below
Chapter 3
Chapter 3

Solving Communication Issues

When the conversation breaks down, ask for clarification, repeat yourself, and gracefully recover from misunderstandings in Thai.

In this chapter, you will learn:
  1. Avoiding communication breakdown
  2. Useful words and phrases for solving language problems
2Dialogues
4Exercises
1Topic
Practice

Core Vocabulary & Flashcards

Reporting verbs, communication linkers, and useful phrases for solving language problems.

EnglishPhoneticsThai Script
Communicative linkerwâa...ว่า...
To tell (that...)bɔ̀ɔk (wâa...)บอก (ว่า...)
To ask (...)tǎam (wâa...)ถาม (ว่า...)
To understandkâo-jaiเข้าใจ
More reporting & clarification vocabulary in the exercise below
Chapter 4
Chapter 4

Asking Personal Questions

Get to know people the Thai way, ask politely about family, work, and background while keeping conversations warm and respectful.

In this chapter, you will learn:
  1. Talking about your immediate family
  2. Talking about jobs
  3. Useful words for occupations
2Dialogues
4Exercises
1Topic
Practice

Core Vocabulary & Flashcards

Family relationship words, occupation vocabulary, and common questions about people's background.

EnglishPhoneticsThai Script
Familykrɔ̂ɔpkruaครอบครัว
Father, Mother / Parentspɔ̂ɔ, mɛ̂ɛพ่อแม่
Brothers, Sisters / Siblingspîi-nɔ́ɔngพี่น้อง
Occupation / Jobaachîipอาชีพ
More family & occupation vocabulary in the exercise below
Chapter 5
Chapter 5

Having Small Talk

Start and hold natural conversations in Thai, talk about dates and birthdays, ask why, and give simple reasons.

In this chapter, you will learn:
  1. How to start and hold a simple conversation in Thai
  2. Days, months, years, and birthdays
  3. How to ask why and give reasons
2Dialogues
4Exercises
1Topic
Practice

Core Vocabulary & Flashcards

Question words, reasoning conjunctions, time and date vocabulary for everyday small talk.

EnglishPhoneticsThai Script
Why?tammai?ทำไม?
Becauseprɔ́ (wâa)เพราะ (ว่า)
So / Then / Thereforegɔ̂ɔlə̂ə...ก็เลย...
Daywanวัน
More date & reasoning vocabulary in the exercise below
Chapter 6
Chapter 6

Number & Frequency

Master Thai counting in real life, quantifiers, frequency expressions, and the classifiers you'll use every day.

In this chapter, you will learn:
  1. Quantifiers
  2. Useful words of frequency
  3. Miscellaneous number-related words
  4. Common classifiers
2Dialogues
4Exercises
1Topic
Practice

Core Vocabulary & Flashcards

People-counting words, common classifiers, quantifiers, and useful frequency expressions.

EnglishPhoneticsThai Script
Man / Malepûuchaaiผู้ชาย
Woman / Femalepûuyǐngผู้หญิง
Childdèkเด็ก
All / Everytúkทุก
More number, frequency & classifier vocabulary in the exercise below
Chapter 7
Chapter 7

Description & Degree

Describe things naturally in Thai, adjective order, demonstratives, intensifiers, and the right classifiers to bring your descriptions to life.

In this chapter, you will learn:
  1. Adjectives, demonstrative adjectives, and word order
  2. About intensifiers
  3. More classifiers
2Dialogues
4Exercises
1Topic
Practice

Core Vocabulary & Flashcards

Common objects, descriptive adjectives, classifiers for everyday things, and intensifier patterns.

EnglishPhoneticsThai Script
Light (bulb)(lɔ̀ɔt) fai(หลอด) ไฟ
(cl.) — Lights, Starsduangดวง
Power cablesǎai faiสายไฟ
Brightsàwàangสว่าง
More descriptive & classifier vocabulary in the exercise below
Chapter 8
Chapter 8

Similarity & Difference

Compare and contrast in natural Thai, talk about what's the same, what's different, and use "more" and "most" with body-part vocabulary.

In this chapter, you will learn:
  1. Comparison and contrast
  2. Comparative "more" and superlative "most"
  3. Vocabulary for body parts
2Dialogues
4Exercises
1Topic
Practice

Core Vocabulary & Flashcards

Comparison words, comparative & superlative patterns, and core body-part vocabulary.

EnglishPhoneticsThai Script
The samemǔan (gan)เหมือน (กัน)
Similarkláai (gan)คล้าย (กัน)
Differentdtàang (gan)ต่าง (กัน)
Bodyrâang-gaaiร่างกาย
More comparison & body-part vocabulary in the exercise below
Chapter 9
Chapter 9

Time & Duration

Talk about when and how long things happen, Thai "tenses," aspects, and the time markers that bring your sentences to life.

In this chapter, you will learn:
  1. Understanding the concept of Thai "tenses" and "aspects" (continuity)
  2. Combining different time markers to form complex tenses
  3. Adverbs of time
2Dialogues
4Exercises
1Topic
Practice

Core Vocabulary & Flashcards

Time markers, completion markers, experience markers, and useful adverbs of time.

EnglishPhoneticsThai Script
Already...lɛ́ɛo...แล้ว
Still / Yetyang...ยัง...
Have (ever) / Used tokəəi...เคย...
Not yetyang mâi...ยังไม่...
More time markers & duration vocabulary in the exercise below
Chapter 10
Chapter 10

Appearance & Personality

Describe what people look like and what they're like inside, appearance, body type, character, and behavior-related vocabulary.

In this chapter, you will learn:
  1. Describing people's appearance and personality
  2. Forming words using behavioural prefixes
2Dialogues
4Exercises
1Topic
Practice

Core Vocabulary & Flashcards

Appearance words, body-type adjectives, personality traits, and behavioural prefixes.

EnglishPhoneticsThai Script
Shape / Appearancerûup-râangรูปร่าง
Body (type) / Builddtuaตัว
Fatûanอ้วน
Thinpɔ̌ɔmผอม
More appearance & personality vocabulary in the exercise below

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