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Hi! Trying to learn thai language and I find that listening to music has really helped solidify phrases/words that I've had trouble memorizing. Like, i could never remember the word for ever, handsome, life, etc, like I knew them but they just slipped from my mind constantly, but since listening to thai songs with those words in them, my brain has latched on and stuff. My fav thai songs so far are:

1. คนสุดท้าย (Asanee & Wasan).

2. อย่าเปิดเพลงนั้น (Takkatan Chollada)

3. คุกเข่า (Cocktail).

4. ผีตายโหงกับโลงไม้ยาง (วงแบเบาะ)

5. ใจสั่งมา (Loso).

Plus a number of others by Cocktail. These are the ones I have had on repeat though. Any other recommendations are welcome !!

Hi! Currently living in Southern Thailand. I have been here for 2 months and will be here for another year. I'm doing full-time Thai (TL) language study, and as of right now, I know the entire alphabet, the special characters (mai tai khu, thantakhat, etc etc). I can read very basic signs and phrases and can also spell some words, etc. I can hold VERY basic conversations (think: talking about hobbies, food, weather, asking where someone was born/if they were born in the south, asking for directions, ordering food and drinks). I try to strike up coversations with grab drivers, hair dresses, fellow thai students and they understand me like 90% of the time, but i often struggle to understand them. In Bangkok, i could understand a lot of what was being said but not so much in the south (although it's getting better a bit?)

My biggest problems right now are listening and losing my tone/reverting back to my native way of speaking when I'm nervous (not reverting back to english but saying thai words the way i would say an english sentence...)The listening thing is my biggest gripe because i KNOW what is being said like 70% of the time, but I go into fight or flight whenever a native speaker rapid fires thai at me and I just freeze. I feel like i know so MUCH but at the same time, i feel like i know absolutely nothing !! I study every day, i interact with locals as much as possible and even when they initiate conversations in english, I ALWAYS respond in thai just to let them know I can speak it a bit. But i just feel like i should be better by now like idk??? I just feel so dumb all the time. Is it normal???

Hi! Currently living in Southern Thailand. I have been here for 2 months and will be here for another year. I'm doing full-time Thai language study, and as of right now, I know the entire alphabet, the special characters (mai tai khu, thantakhat, etc etc). I can read very basic signs and phrases and can also spell some words, etc. I can hold VERY basic conversations (think: talking about hobbies, food, weather, asking where someone was born/if they were born in the south, asking for directions, ordering food and drinks). I try to strike up coversations with grab drivers, hair dresses, fellow thai students and they understand me like 90% of the time, but i often struggle to understand them. In Bangkok, i could understand a lot of what was being said but not so much in the south (although it's getting better a bit?)

My biggest problems right now are listening and losing my tone/reverting back to my native way of speaking when I'm nervous (not reverting back to english but saying thai words the way i would say an english sentence...)The listening thing is my biggest gripe because i KNOW what is being said like 70% of the time, but I go into fight or flight whenever a native speaker rapid fires thai at me and I just freeze. I feel like i know so MUCH but at the same time, i feel like i know absolutely nothing !! I study every day, i interact with locals as much as possible and even when they initiate conversations in english, I ALWAYS respond in thai just to let them know I can speak it a bit. But i just feel like i should be better by now like idk??? I just feel so dumb all the time. Is it normal???

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