markle Posted June 29, 2003 Report Share Posted June 29, 2003 OK old-timers/experts, time to 'fess up. What, after all these years, still trips you up when you speak Thai? Which words/tones/vowels/consonants do you still mangle like a novice everytime you say them? My own personal bogeymen are the words '¡Åèç/¡Åéç' (box/camera) - not that I can't pronounce the difference I just get them mixed up(ie I took a photo with my new box) I often have trouble saying words or phrases that have '§', '¹' and 'Ã' in them ie Êӹѡ§Ò¹ or ·Ó§Ò¹¹Ñ¡ My mispronouciation of ºÇª as »Ç´ was met with such hystreical laughter I have erased the word from my conciousness. So any other cunning Thai linguists want to admit to constantly stumbling on something particularly easy? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Straycat Posted June 29, 2003 Report Share Posted June 29, 2003 "bia singh" can be troublesome when I had a few already Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 30, 2003 Report Share Posted June 30, 2003 ä¡Å & ä¡Åé somehow tend to go wrong often, especially when not speaking in any context. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 30, 2003 Report Share Posted June 30, 2003 ºéÒ and »éÒ tend to trip me up, which is rather unfortunate when addressing an older lady. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ALHOLK Posted June 30, 2003 Report Share Posted June 30, 2003 Hi! That's not a Thai problem. Try saying "Give me another glass Bowmore Islay malt, aged at least 18 years", after you have already had a bottle of the stuff. regards ALHOLK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pharcyde Posted July 2, 2003 Report Share Posted July 2, 2003 yes, continuously i find myself having trouble between the pair "bor baimai" and "pbor pbla". The pair "dor daek" and "dtor dtao" also confuse themselves in my pronounciation. Brings up some funny words sometimes...like sunshine in thai... Greets, PC ps, sorry, no thai keys available here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markle Posted July 3, 2003 Author Report Share Posted July 3, 2003 yeah µÑ´¼à and ´Ñ´¼à are a constant confusion for me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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