before we begin

The Foundation Course uses phonetic Thai throughout, so be sure you're familiar with the system we use. There's a PDF you can download and print as reference.

days of the week, counting and simple math

Learning Thai numbers and the days of the week are something you can do by rote as you progress through other sections. You don't need to learn them right now, but you'll need them in later lessons.

Jump right in

If you want to get started right away, begin here. We'll start by building simple sentences, then learn how to ask questions and to answer yes or no.

Ability

In this section we'll cover can, cannot and can ...? questions

Greetings and small talk

A selection of useful phrases you need to get around in Thailand

Objects and describing them

So far we've only used people (pronouns and proper nouns) with actions (verbs). Now we'll add in objects (nouns) and learn how to describe them (adjectives).

Possessives

We'll learn to use the first of three verbs-to-be along with possessives.

Places

Places, the second verb-to-be, and asking and answering where?

Final verb-to-be

The third and last verb-to-be, the differences between each one when in negative forms, and asking and answering with question tags.

Classifiers

Using classifiers to count objects

Have

Have, not have, and do you have?

Quantifiers

How many?, many, not many, only one, and measures

Time indicators

Using days of the week, modifiers, points in time, parts of the day, mealtimes

Question words

when, what, why and how

Bonus lesson and Thank you!