Thai Reference Grammar: The Structure of Spoken ThaiWritten to meet the need of students and teachers of the Thai language for information on the more advanced sentence structure of the language. Each point is illustrated with characteristic sentences written in both Thai script and romanized Thai, with easy-to-read phonetics and tone symbols for improved pronunciation. The book will be welcomed by anyone learning the language past the beginning level and is an essential reference work for libraries and universities with an interest in Asia. Designed as a practical description of the spoken language, both the informal and formal varieties. Covers over 500 separate topics, providing some 2000 sample sentences, in typical idiomatic spoken Thai, for each topic. |
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FUNDAMENTALS | 1 |
There isthere existsit happened | 9 |
Being | 15 |
Copyright | |
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a-rai action amount ayng baht bang bawk better chai Chan chawp Chiang chuay classifier coming common deuan don't duay English example formal future gawn glap happen included it's kawng keun keuy kind kong koon krai krang kwam laeo leuy look means meuan months naij neung ngan ngeuhn noun object optional past person phaw pheua Phom phomy phoot phrases questions refers reu plao reuang rian sawng sentence someone sound tawn tawng tell Thai tham tham-ngan thang thee thee-nee There's theuh theung things thio thook tone verb way-la yang-ngai