Thai : serious yet simple

Ian James
© 1986-2007

 

Subtitle

  A Straightforward Guide to the Essentials of Structure & Usage

Contents

Thai vowels, thai consonants, thai tones, thai script. i. Reading the script

  1. Consonants
  2. Vowels
  3. Tones
  4. Other symbols and spelling
  5. Practise reading

Thai sentences, thai classifiers, thai numbers, thai time. ii. The actors

  6. Simple sentences
  7. Actors and things (nouns & pronouns)
  8. Qualifying nouns (adjectives & classifiers)
  9. Enquiry and comparison
10. Number
11. Time and measurement

Thai verbs, thai phrases. iii. The action

12. About verbs
13. Qualifying verbs (adverbs etc)
14. Prepositions
15. Connecting phrases and sentences
16. Practise scenes

Thai particles, thai compound words, lanna script, isan dialect, thai lexicon. iv. Extras

17. Finishing off (particles etc)
18. Word formation
19. Other observations
20. Special feature: Lanna script
21. Special feature: Isan dialect

22. Lexicon, from English
23. Lexicon, from Thai

Cover of Thai language book (c) 1986 Ian James.

ISBN 978 0 9805146 1 2

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