700 THAI WORDS TAKEN FROM ENGLISH ISBN 978-1-879338-10-4   E-book version, same text as paperback version, but without political cartoons :  $9 or 300 baht Printed Paperback Book is $12 or Bt.400 if mailed to Thai address Book airmailed to any address outside of Thailand is $23 or Bt.760 types of publications Ebook sent anywhere $9 paperback mailed to Thai address $12.00 paperback mailed outside Thailand $23.00       Below is the intro, including excerpt, to the book;         700 Thai Words Taken From English …available as a printed paperback book or as an ebook. Directly below is the preamble to the book. Following that is a list showing the 12 categories for the primary section of the book – which lists the 700 words a.k.a. ‘tap sap’ After that is a list of the main sections within the book. Finally, in this sample section, is the SPORTS category, which is just one of 12 categories that showcase the slew of 'tap sap' words listed in the book, .....words which have been adapted to Thai language from other languages – mostly from English. So, if you’re an English speaker who is bent on learning Thai, - just by reading our unique compilation, you’ll find you already know hundreds of Thai words.

               If your aim is to read and speak Thai on a scholarly level, this book is not for you. For that, you’d do better to delve in to a plodding methodology which might involve months learning barely discernable nuances of pronunciation among a few sets of words.

         In this text, we cut to the chase. Just by perusing this opening chapter – you can add dozens - maybe hundreds of Thai words to your vocabulary.

         Subsequent chapters showcase words and phrases used in everyday conversations.

         The middle section showcases many words by way of ‘Association Method’ – the premise being; words are more readily recalled by ‘associating’ them with quirky imagery.

         The third section covers words and phrases that are most handy for conversations – particularly for striking up new friendships.
 

Transliteration (verb); the spelling of words of one language in the alphabet of another.  Within this text, we forego confusing and cumbersome transliteration methods found in most other texts. Instead, we use a sensible method that indicates a word’s actual sound.

 

The first section of the book has the following chapters, along with their page numbers - for Thai Words Taken from English & other languages.  Note, altogether, there are over 700 words in the first section.

SPORTS 6   PLANTS AND ANIMALS 12 FOOD AND RESTAURANT 14 CLOTHING & MUSIC 19 BUILDING, PLACES, GEOGRAPHY 24 SCIENCE, MEDICAL & TECH 27

WORK, TOURISM, VEHICLES 35 GOVERNMENT, RELIGION, BANKING 41 OUT ON THE TOWN 46 EXPRESSIONS AND CONVERSATION 53 WORD ASSOCIATIONS AND QUIRKS 56 ALPHABET SOUP 62

The subsequent chapters are listed below, along with their page numbers - Altogether a fun and easy way to get started on learning to speak and understand Thai language.

Thai Alphabet (66) Word Associations (72) Learn Thai Words and Phrases A More Thai Words and Phrases B

Yet More Thai Words and Phrases C Tell Time Addendum Thai Classifiers Thai Couplets

  

Below is one of twelve categories     from the First Section of the book.

Category: SPORTS

aerobics แอร์โรบิค backhand = baek haen แบ็คแฮนต์ backstroke (swimming) แบ็คสโตร์ค badminton = baet-min-dtan or baet-min แบ็ตมินตั้น ball = bawn บอล ballet = ba-lay บัลเล่ baseball = baes-bawn or bayt-bawn เบสบอล basketball = bas-get-bawn บาสเก็ตบอล benched (not allowed join team) เบ้นช์ billiards = bin-lee-at บิลเลียด bowling โบลิ่ง box, boxing, Thai boxing ไทยบอกซิ่ง break (time out) เบรก bye บาย - in competitive sports where there’s a process of elimination: where a player or team proceeds to next level of competition because immediate opponent fails to show or cannot compete. camping = kaem-pbing แคมปิ้ง champion / champ = chaem แชมป์ cheer = chee-a เชียร์ cheerleader เชียร์ลีดดอร์ caddy แคดดี้ chip (...shot, in golf) ชิป coach = kodt corner kick (soccer) คอนเนอร์คิก cricket (the sport) คริเกต cue (billiards/pool) คิว deuce = dew ดิวส์ exercise = ek-seuh-sai เอ็คเซอร์ไซ fan (sport’s fan) แฟน flyweight ไฟล์เวด football = foot-bawn ฟุตบอล foul = fao ฟาวล์ false start (athletics) fas-satadt forehand โฟร์แฮนด์ four-wheeling = (verb) = fo-wee โฟร์วิน free kick (soccer) ฟรีคิก freestyle (swimming) ฟรีสไตล์ game เกมส์ green (golf) กรีน goal โกล golf = gawf กอล์ฟ

gym = yim ยิม gymnastics = yim-na-dtik ยิมนาสติก hockey ฮอกกี๊ hole-in-one โฮล์อินวัน jockey (horse rider) จ๊อกกี้ leader (person or team) = leedeuh หลีดเดอร์ matador = maw-taw-daw มอทอดอร์ (from Spanish) net (soccer, volleyball, etc.) เน็ท Olympic โอลิมปิค overtime โอเวอร์ไทม์ own-goal ออนโกล ping pong ปิงปอง (from Chinese) pro (professional) โปร์ score = sa-gaw สกอร์ serve = seuhf เสริฟ sit-up (calisthenic) ซิตอัพ skate = sa-gayt สเก็ต skateboard = sagaytbod สเก็ตบอร์ด ski = sa-gee สกี slide (playground equip) = sa-lai or sa-lai-deuh สไลด์ snooker สนุ๊กเกอร์ spirit (team....) สปีริต sport (as in Sport edition) = sa-pbawt สปอร์ต stadium สเตเดี่ยม statistic = sa-ti-dti สถิติ stunt = stun สตั้น sudden death เซิดเดิลแดท - after-regulation time, in team sport wherein the first point scored, wins surf / surfing = seuf / seuf-ing - this may apply for both the ocean sport and for surfing the internet team ทีม tee (golf) ที tennis = tennit เทนนิส underhand (pitch or serve) = อันเดอร์แฮนด์ volleyball = wa-lay-bawn วอลเล่บอล warm วอร์ม (...sweat-suit, used when 'warming-up' for sports) world cup wol kup เวิร์ด คัพ world record wol rekoed เวิร์ดเร็คอร์ด

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