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59 articles · Thai language and culture, from the team behind the trainer

Explainers on the Thai writing system and the culture around it — written for people who are actually trying to learn to read, not for people who already can.

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Thai Language7 min read

Speak Thai at Temples in Thailand: Monk & Merit Words

You take your shoes off, you copy what everybody else is doing, and you get through it. But the moment somebody speaks to you — a monk, a caretaker, the woman selling flowers at the gate — the ordinary Thai you have been practising quietly stops being the right Thai.

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Thai Language3 min read

Learn Thai Vocabulary: Hotel Check-in in Thailand

A Thai hotel front desk is one of the few places where you will need to speak Thai, show a passport, and read a sign in Thai letters, all in the same two minutes. This beginner Thai lesson gives you the words that actually get you a key.

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Thai Language6 min read

Thai Nicknames: 40 Chue Len and What They Mean

Almost nobody in Thailand uses their legal first name in daily life. They use a one-syllable nickname that means “shrimp”, “small”, “rain” or “Benz” — and once you can read those words in Thai script, a whole layer of everyday conversation opens up.

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Thai Language7 min read

Thai Address Words: Soi, Thanon, Moo and House Numbers

A Thai address is not an English address in a different alphabet. It runs small to large, it hangs off a numbered lane rather than a street, and half of it appears on the blue plate screwed to somebody’s gatepost. Here is the whole system in Thai script, with pronunciation and literal English.

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Thai Language8 min read

Thai Money Words: Baht, Prices and Bargaining Phrases

Money words are the vocabulary you use every single day in Thailand. Here are baht and satang in Thai script, the six words that appear on every price sign, and the bargaining phrases that get you a better price without making anyone uncomfortable.

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Thai Language5 min read

Thai Words for 7-Eleven: Snacks, Bills and Top-Ups

A 7-Eleven counter is the one place in Thailand you will visit every day, and the cashier asks the same four or five questions every time. Learn those, and the words on the shelves, and a daily errand becomes your easiest Thai practice.

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Thai Language5 min read

Why Thai Has 44 Consonants but Only 21 Sounds

Thai has 44 consonant letters for about 21 distinct initial sounds. The duplicates are not a design flaw — they are how the writing system encodes tone. Here is what that means when you sit down to memorise them.

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