Teacher Mimi
Thai tutor on PreplyHi, I’m Mimi! I’ll be your friend (not just your teacher) and get you reading, writing and actually speaking Thai, the fun and stress-free way.
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Learning to read Thai
Longer answers to the questions that come up when you start Thai from zero. Written by the person who built the practice tool, which means fewer promises and more specifics.
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Learning Thai the Anki Way
Spaced repetition is the right tool for 44 consonants and 5 tones. Here is how to set Anki up for Thai, which settings to change, and the one part of Thai it cannot grade for you.
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The 30 Day Thai Reading Plan
Fifteen minutes a day for a month and you can read a Thai menu. Here is exactly what to do on each of the thirty days, and the free tool to do it in.
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Why Thai on Signs Looks Nothing Like the Thai You Learned
You learned ก with a little loop on it. Half the signs in Bangkok delete that loop. Here is the whole alphabet both ways, side by side, and how to stop it throwing you.
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Thai Tone Rules Without the 24 Box Table
Four questions give you the tone of any written Thai syllable. Here they are in order, worked through on twelve words you will actually meet on a menu.
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Is Thai Hard to Learn? An Honest Answer
Thai has no verb conjugation, no tenses, no plurals and no genders. It also has 44 consonants and 5 tones. Here is what is actually hard, what is not, and how long it really takes.
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