Instant Thai: How to Express 1,000 Different Ideas with Just 100 Key Words and Phrases! (a Thai Phrasebook & Dictionary)
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Book Overview
It's amazing how 100 key words and phrases provide instant communication Do you want to speak simple Thai but are too busy to study it? Are you visiting Thailand for a short time and want a Thai phrase book to help you communicate? If so, this Thai phrasebook is for you--it's the easiest and quickest way to learn Thai. It's tiny 0.4 x 4.1 x 5.9 inches size makes it incredibly convenient to travel with but without losing the essential content for communication. The idea of Instant Thai is simple--learn 100 words and phrases and say 1,000 things. The trick is knowing which 100 words to learn, but the authors Stuart Robson and Prateep Changchit have solved the problem, choosing only those words you'll hear again and again. Even with a vocabulary this small, you'll be surprised how quickly and fluently you too can communicate in the Thai language. It also has an English-Thai dictionary, arranged alphabetically. At the end of the book are useful appendices for telling the time, kinship terms, some Thai proverbs, and emergency expressions. Here's a sample of what you'll be able to do with this Thai phrasebook: Meet people. Go shopping. Ask directions. Ride the subway. Order food and drinks. And much more.About this new edition:
Instant Thai is now updated with 10% more content and fun manga-style illustrations and comics
Instant Thai is now updated with 10% more content and fun manga-style illustrations and comics
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0804845964
ISBN13:9780804845960
Release Date:August 2016
Publisher:Tuttle Publishing
Length:160 Pages
Weight:0.30 lbs.
Dimensions:0.4" x 4.0" x 5.9"
Customer Reviews
3 ratings
Great instructional booklet for learning Thai
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 14 years ago
Instant Thai is less of a phrasebook than a small instruction manual for learning 100 words and putting them together to make coherent sentences. I love learning a country's language prior to traveling there. Phrasebooks are good for memorizing but not good for understanding. This book gives you both. I found the pronounciation guide helpful, but would recommend some sort of listening guide if you intend to pronounce the Thai language correctly. Overall, this book was extremely helpful in communicating with the Thai people and allowed me to ask questions not covered by any simple phrasebook, e.g. for a request from my wife 'Your make-up is excellent. What is it?'
Conversational Memory
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 15 years ago
Handy little supplement book! We all know that it's easier to remember vocabulary when learned in context. This book takes some of the more widely used conversational words and enables the learner to see them in the context of a variety of sentences. This greatly enhances the learning potential. While this book is useful, keep in mind that it is only a supplement for learning and you will still need a Thai-English dictionary and other Thai learning materials. However, this is a valuable addition to my Thai language library.
My new BF is Thai, and this is REALLY helping.
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 15 years ago
In conjunction with the Pimsleur Thai course I bought here, this is a great reminder and prompter when you get stuck on a word. Smart and simple. And worth every baht.
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