Thursday 27 June 2013

Cute Condo Sign

I noticed this sign stuck up on the bulletin boards in my condo's lifts. Although, it's only a short sentence, I still felt it was cute and creative enough to share with my readers.

Wednesday 26 June 2013

Thai Language Reading Test

As you know, sometimes the Thai language's missing vowels can make reading quite difficult. This fact isn't forgotten on the Thais themselves, some of whom have created some incredibly confusing reading tests for native speakers. The above is just one example of this and, as you can see, it consists of very few written vowels.

Thursday 20 June 2013

MRTA Notice, Part 2


In our last lesson, we looked at a notice placed by the MRTA in the motorcycle parking lot at Ladprao Station. Because of its size though, I decided to leave it until now to examine the two smaller signs that were posted alongside the larger notice. For your education and information, I've written the second half of the lesson below!

Tuesday 18 June 2013

MRTA Notice, Part 1

 

For today's lesson, I'm going to look at a sign I spotted in the motorcycle parking area at Ladprao MRT station. Since this is a relatively large block of text, I'll first translate each sentence including the transliterated words for your information.

Friday 14 June 2013

Food Court Poster

When practising Thai, it is important to learn the different fonts that people use. To help you here, I'll go over the above poster that I saw at the Union Mall Food Court on Lad Phrao Road. I'll write out the words in standard font, adding the transliterated Thai as well as the meanings underneath.