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This afternoon we had another Thai lesson. We were shown the basic steps in a traditional dance in preparation for the upcoming holiday. We also had a chance to ask for any phrases we found we needed so far in our placements. "Stop" seemed to be the most popular request. ;)
We then moved on to our first lesson of written Thai language. The Thai language has 44 consonants and about 32 vowel sounds with 4 tones... I'd like my students to think about that the next time they fuss about learning 6 syllable types!
After being introduced to the alphabet we were instructed to write our names in Thai as best we could. That's a pretty tricky task! I made my best guess. Orasa wrote our names on the white board so we could see how our attempts faired.
Because of the extensive alphabet there can be more than one way to write a name phonetically. Orasa showed me the two ways to write "Nadia". I think I did pretty good for my first Thai writing!
Later on in the evening Allison and I walked over to Big C which is probably the Thai equivalent to Walmart. I found a Thai beginner's handwriting workbook so I grabbed that up. I was excited about my find. Big C also has some Thai composition notebooks which I plan to purchase before I leave for my students at home. My sister had suggested I use the website 'Go Fund Me' to raise money for this trip and if I had listened I probably could have kept it active for school related purchases! She's such a smarty pants, I should have listened.
In any event, at least we have our Thai handwriting book to enhance our study of the Thai culture!
We then moved on to our first lesson of written Thai language. The Thai language has 44 consonants and about 32 vowel sounds with 4 tones... I'd like my students to think about that the next time they fuss about learning 6 syllable types!
After being introduced to the alphabet we were instructed to write our names in Thai as best we could. That's a pretty tricky task! I made my best guess. Orasa wrote our names on the white board so we could see how our attempts faired.
Because of the extensive alphabet there can be more than one way to write a name phonetically. Orasa showed me the two ways to write "Nadia". I think I did pretty good for my first Thai writing!
Later on in the evening Allison and I walked over to Big C which is probably the Thai equivalent to Walmart. I found a Thai beginner's handwriting workbook so I grabbed that up. I was excited about my find. Big C also has some Thai composition notebooks which I plan to purchase before I leave for my students at home. My sister had suggested I use the website 'Go Fund Me' to raise money for this trip and if I had listened I probably could have kept it active for school related purchases! She's such a smarty pants, I should have listened.
In any event, at least we have our Thai handwriting book to enhance our study of the Thai culture!
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| My name in Thai and mew Thai handwriting book |
Big C, no way! Lol
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