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LivingHour.org is pleased to announce the publication of Learn Thai Language: Generation Next (Slang & Colloquial Talk). This fun and useful bi-lingual book is for all students of the Thai language who wish to better understand and communicate with Thailand’s younger generation.

Not a dry textbook or simple dictionary of terms, this is one Thai language book that you will enjoy reading and using. More than just giving you new vocabulary, this book provides hundreds of sample sentences to advance your skills in listening, talking, and reading the colloquial language of Thailand.

Buy the Trade Paperback from our Bookstore for $9.99*

Buy the PDF eBook version for only $3.99*

For Buyers in Thailand: Purchase the workbook version for only 225 baht. Contact us at living(at)livinghour.org to receive the ATM transfer details.

The book is organized to make it easy for you to navigate. The Thai vocabulary pages are arranged alphabetically by their transliteration (phonetic spelling). Each Thai entry is followed by an English definition and two English words or phrases that match the Thai. This vocabulary is used in the comic and in the sample sentence below the definition.

The Thai translation of the English sample sentence is followed by its transliteration and by a literal word-for-word translation, so that students can better understand the vocabulary used and how the sentence is organized. At the bottom of each page is a transliteration of the Thai used in the comic, followed again by its literal translation. An English word index is included in the back of the book, which can help you locate matching Thai entries.

Learn Thai Language: Generation Next is also an excellent resource for Thai English students who want to learn the colloquial language of native English speakers. English language notes included.

*All proceeds from book sales go to The Foundation For Underprivileged Children (Chachoengsao) and the development of lessons and course materials at the Ysaan Institute.

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Add 100s of Thai words to your working vocabulary in only a week’s time with the Original Thai-English Cognate Dictionary & Learning Tool. The book includes 100s of colloquial sample sentences to get you speaking Thai naturally and not like a phrasebook.

Buy the Trade Paperback from our Bookstore for $8.99*

Buy the PDF eBook for only $3.99*

For Buyers in Thailand: Purchase the workbook version for only 225 baht. Contact us at living(at)livinghour.org to receive the ATM transfer details.

Pick up the multi-platform eBook edition for your iPad, Kindle, Palm Pilot, Sony Reader, Nook, iPhone, or other portable device by clicking on the following link:

Purchase: Thai-English Cognate Dictionary

In addition to teaching you vocabulary quickly, this book will help all Thai language learners better recognize the ways in which many Thai words are formed. Minus the polysyllabic words adopted from foreign languages, Thai is a monosyllabic language. More complicated ideas/words are thus formed by putting together one syllable root words to form new words. For example, the Thai word for refrigerator dtôo-yen (ตู้เย็น) is formed by the words dtôo (cabinet) + yen (cool). When such words occur in this book, they are broken down for you. Paying attention to how these root words are put together will help you build your vocabulary even faster.

*All proceeds from book sales go to the development of lessons and course materials at the Ysaan Institute.