The Rough Guide to Thai Dictionary Phrasebook 2: Dictionary Phrasebook

by Lexus Ltd. and David Smyth

Book Overview

This guide departs from the traditional phrasebook format and provides easily accessed words and phrases. It is laid out in dictionary style and also contains cultural tips for difficult situations,... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1858286085
• ISBN13: 9781858286082
• Release Date: January 2000
• Publisher: Rough Guides
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 4.1" x 5.7"

Customer Reviews

Power in your pocket

I am about to travel to Thailand 5th time and I have found this book usefull in most everyday situations. Explanations of Thai speech and writing are good and easy to follow. English-Thai section is brilliant for its size and Thai-English is useful after getting basics strait. Translating Thai text to English is bit labour intensive.

Start Speaking Thai When You Get There

I am sent by my company to work in Bangkok for a year or maybe two. Bangkok is a wonderful place and the people are very hospitable. However, the most difficult thing is communication. Most Thais I meet on the streets can hardly speak any English. What I need is a book that is handy and can get me to speak basic Thai immediately. This is the book that I needed all along. You can only imagine how much I enjoy practicing Thai with Thais. My Thai has improved tremendously ever since I bought this book. I would say that if you are conscientious in studying this book, you will speak reasonable Thai within a month. This book is a must buy for all expatriates working in Thailand.

Best Thai language pocket/reference book plus great price

I lived in Thailand for six months and had no previous Thai language training. This is the book I found the most helpful. The first thing a beginner should do is study the pronunciation guide in the front of the book. Once you have that down you're set! You can use this book to look up a particular word or look up the key word in a common phrase, and chances are the phrase you want to say will be listed under that word. Very intuitive (for me anyway).

Geart!

This book is terrific!! It has English-thai, and Thai-english sections, and shows Thai with consistant rominazation, plus thai script.Now, the best part of the book is the intro (before the dictionary begins) to Thai language. It gives all the basic rules (summed up nicer than many Thai language books!) Rules for different kinds of questions and everything. Even a section on profanity (so you'll know when people are upset:) ANd all examples give thai script, roman-thai (including tone marks), and english.I highly recommend this book to anyone even remotely interesed in the Thai Languages. Besides, it's got a GREAT price :)