Thai Reference Grammar: The Structure of Spoken Thai

Written 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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Thai Reference Grammar: The Structure of Spoken Thai

Written 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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Thai Reference Grammar: The Structure of Spoken Thai

Thai Reference Grammar: The Structure of Spoken Thai

Thai Reference Grammar: The Structure of Spoken Thai

Thai Reference Grammar: The Structure of Spoken Thai

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Overview

Written 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.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9789748304960
Publisher: Orchid Press
Publication date: 07/01/2006
Edition description: 2nd ed.
Pages: 443
Product dimensions: 6.90(w) x 9.61(h) x 0.95(d)

Table of Contents

Introduction

Pronunciation

1. Fundamentals

2. Referring to Things

3. Referring to People

4. Questions

5. Expanded Sentences

6. Tenses

7. Using Verbs

8. Using Hai / Requests

9. Conjunctions

10. Using Gaw

11. Quantifiers

12. Comparisons

13. Prepositions

14. Particles & Interjections

15. Time Phrases

16. Order of Events

17. How Long?

18. Frequency

Appendix: Classifiers

Index – Thai Script

Index – Transliterated Thai

Index – English

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