Some Thai Language Temple Signs

If you're living in Thailand, chances are that you'll visit a temple or two throughout the year. While there, you'll notice plenty of Thai language signs for you to practise with. To help you out, I'll go through three that I saw at Don Muang Temple. First, we'll look at the red sign above. Since it's written in the standard Thai font already, I'll just skip straight to the new vocabulary.

Unusual Job Poster in Bangkok

  

As we've seen before, some Thais still prefer more traditional methods of recruitment. While walking around my neighbourhood the other day, I saw this unusual job poster and thought I'd share it with you. We'll go over the translation too, hopefully allowing you to pick up some new words in the process.

Union Mall Restaurant Notice

One of my favourite restaurants in Union Mall, รวยแซ่บ (Ruuay Saaep), recently stuck these signs to all of their tables. Since it's a short notice, I thought it'd make for another good lesson for this blog. Hopefully, this will teach you some extra words and sentence structures along the way. As well as this, I really recommend that you check this restaurant out. If you're at Pahonyothin MRT station, visit Union Mall and prepare to pamper your tastebuds.

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.

Koh Sichang T-shirts

Over the long weekend, I took a trip to the island of Koh Sichang. I'd really recommend it too, as there was plenty to see and do. Chinese temples, old palaces, beaches, viewpoints and great food were all there. It's also the closest island to Bangkok and you can get there in a few hours by stopping off in Sri Racha first.

While I was there, I took some photos of some of the more humorous t-shirts that they sold on the island. For your entertainment and education, here's the English explanation about three of the best that I saw.

Bangkok Job Poster

While walking around Victory Monument in Bangkok, I noticed this poster stuck to a pillar. I thought I'd share it here since it's a good chance to learn a few different job types found in Thailand. For those actually looking for work, I'd recommend looking online instead. Those employers will be slightly more modernised!

Street Signs, Part 3

This is a sign from one of the MRT (subway) stations in Bangkok. While written in Thai, this offers important information for English speakers as well. Let's go through each of the Thai words and sentences to see what it says.

Street Signs, Part 2

Thanks to Bangkok holding gubernatorial elections a few months ago, plenty of signs can be seen on the streets, placed there by the main political parties. Here are two of them so that you can practise your reading again.

Top Ten Nicknames in Thailand

Today I thought I'd combine a reading lesson with something a bit more informative. The above image contains a list of the top ten nicknames in Thailand. Those with Thai friends should be able to tell whether their parents had some good imaginations or not after reading this!

Street Signs, Part 1

Welcome to another reading lesson! This time, we've got a sign that uses two different fonts. This will be a good chance for you to test your skills and see how well you can recognise the various characters written in two separate styles. Before looking below, read the sign above and see what you can understand.

Condo Signs, Part 1

For today, let's do a little bit of reading practice. I spotted the above sign on the entrance to my condo and thought it'd be a good start. It's not too long and hence won't scare anyone away from trying to read! You can probably guess the meaning from the picture as well, so that helps.