Getting by with Thai

http://www.fluentin3months.com/say-something/
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After 7 weeks in Thailand, I still couldn't speak any Thai. So I decided to *really try* and worked hard to learn enough of the basics to buy things and get by in a restaurant (and introduce the video). I learned all of this in just one day. This video is the result!

Category:

Travel & Events

Tags:

• thai
• language
• learning
• market
• shopping
• restaurant
• get by
• speak
• conversation
• haggling
• siam
• bangkok
• BTS

[rkkgg]

watermelon is only 10baht !

230 for Fried rice & fanta? haha u been rip off!

[irishpolyglot]

@rkkgg Please read the previous comments. Someone wrote almost exactly the same as you and I told them I was paying for my camerawoman's meal too.

[DominicPhengchard]

Wait a minute, You ordered vegetable fried rice and Fanta total is 230 baht!!!! Dude, they rip you off man! :)

[irishpolyglot]

@DominicPhengchard I was paying for my camerawoman's meal as well. She had something to eat and drink too

[FluentCzech]

I do enjoy your enthusiasm for trying out the bits of a language that you know, and then building from there. Many people allow the pursuit of perfection to get in the way of them ever becoming good enough.

[irishpolyglot]

@FluentCzech I'm what we call an "imperfectionist". Mistakes are your key to making progress, so long live mistakes!!! :D

[tdcbcs]

I do feel bad that my people jacked up the prices. A meal for two from a place like that shouldn't be more than 70. Now, I need to buy your book. I guess the guilt factor is too much.

[DaWorldSoSmall]

Damn!

This dude has more Thai vocabs than me! lol

[tommmmmer]

Hey there, great stuff, you have a definate bit of thai accent there, a lot better than I was after a few months but then you're one of those fancy glot people :)

Sure if the audio was a little clearer i would have understood you 100% but something i just could here that well, but the things i did here well I ''got'', great stuff :)

[elwopper]

I totally agree. We shouldn't get scared by making mistakes, we should be happy because we can communicate, even if our grammar/pronunciation isn't perfect. Unfortunately I can't say that I follow that idea with my English. Since I've been "studying" it for such a long time I kinda feel bad when I make mistakes, that's why I don't really enjoy speaking in English. However I felt comfortable speaking French when I was in France, even though my French is definitely away from being perfect.

[SeanOBriain]

Excellent man - Will have a look :)