I Asked Random Thai People to Critique my Thai Language
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- Опубліковано 6 жов 2024
- In this video, I find out whether Thai people think the Thai language is actually difficult. And at the same time, I asked them to critique my Thai so that both me and people watching can see my errors and hopefully learn from them!
ในคลิปนี้ผมจึงอยากมาหาคำตอบว่าทำไมคนไทยถึงคิดว่าภาษาไทย้เป็นภาษาที่ยากและในเวลาเดียวกันผมให้พวกเขาช่วยแก้ภาษาไทยให้ผมหน่อยว่าผิดตรงไหน ดังนั้นทั้งผมและท่านผู้ชมจะสามารถเห็นคำที่ผมพูดผิดและหวังว่าทุกคนจะเรียนรู้จากตรงนี้!
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เวลาคนไทยชมว่าพูดไทยน่ารัก เขาไม่ได้โกหกนะครับมันน่ารักจริงๆ
Lol, all I see is a bunch of snakes
@@vn7512 "When Thai people say "Thai with foreign accent is cute" We are not lying. It is really cute" is the meaning
@@vn7512 kuy rai nia
@@vtv4373 e here
@@gogogo999 jai yen 555
One thing I love about Thai people (most of them at least) is that they appreciate it so much when you try to speak Thai. Even if a couple words they are so impressed it's great and encourages you to learn more.
That's true ! Before I visited the first time Thailand I learned some Thai by myself ...and thaipeople were impressed and loved that fact that someone tryin to speak Thai 😃
we understand how hard it is to speak non native language
Because they are the sweetest kind people.
yea, but why can't it be the same when they come to the west?
why do Thai's not understand Thai words when its written with English letters?
Aw, that's so cool. Loved how that lady was saying everyone has an accent and so it shouldn't be considered a mistake. I think people get put off when they think they have an accent and it's not 'perfect.'
I agree. Even the Thai people that he’s interviewing have their own slight accents too. You can tell that some are not native Bangkok speaker and might originally be from other parts of Thailand.
สำหรับส่วนตัวผมผมคิดว่าคุณPaddyพูดได้ระดับนี้ก็ไม่ธรรมดาแล้วครับ
ขอบคุณมากจริงๆครับ 🙇♂️
@@ThaiTalkwithPaddy My pleasure 🤝❤️🇹🇭🇦🇺👍✌️🍺🍻
ผมว่าแพดดี้พูดไทยคล่องนะ แต่แค่เป็นไทยสำเนียงออสซี่ ส่วนไวรยากรณ์นี้ผมว่าก็ไม่มีอะไรผิด ผมมองว่าโครงสร้างภาษาไทยมันไม่ตายตัวเท่าภาษาอังกฤษอะ อย่างพศ.2558 ถ้าพูดแบบทางการก็ พอศอสองพันห้าร้อยห้าสิบแปด แต่เวลาผมคุยกับเพื่อนก็เหลือแค่ ปี สอง ห้า ห้า แปด หรือว่าอาจเหลือแค่ ปี ห้า แปด
ส่วนเรื่องอ่าน-เขียนนี้ผมอยากเห็นแพดดี้ทำคลิปทดสอบอ่าน-เขียนบ้างเพราะในพาร์ทการอ่าน-เขียนจะมีเรื่องการสะกดคำด้วย โดยรวมแล้วผมว่าเรื่องฟังพูดแพดดี้ทำได้ดีมากๆสำหรับคนที่ไม่ใช่native speakerนะ
When Thai say is cute, Thai people say real things!
Yeahh I guarantee !
This is the first time I comment on UA-cam. As a Thai, I’m really impressed by your accent and dedication to our language (coz you can’t really use it anywhere else outside Thailand). All your videos always makes my day. It’s inspiring for me to keep improving my English too. Keep it up!
Thank you so much for watching Jane (and commenting for the first time!) 🙏
All the best with your English
"ขนาดคนไทยยังจำไม่ได้..." 55555555
Currently in Thailand teaching...online...again...unfortunately.
I am showing this video to my students to inspire them to keep going with their English, and to not fear speaking with an accent, or making mistakes on the language learning journey! Thanks for great content! It also inspires me as I continue with my own language learning journey.
If the borders open back up and you want to travel to Sukhothai (where I am teaching) to make a video for ลอยกระทง , let me know!
Would absolutely love to travel to Sukhothai for ลอยกระทง when I get the chance! Will make sure to get in touch 👌
"I am showing this video to my students to inspire them to keep going with their English, and to not fear speaking with an accent, or making mistakes on the language learning journey!" GOOD!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (mouth exercises for CLEAR SPEECH ua-cam.com/video/gp2VvmUJJc8/v-deo.html )
As a Thai learner, it's so comforting to think an American accent could sound cute in Thai, because I think Thai accents are so cute in English! But we'll all keep learning. Su su na kha! ☺️
Every accent sound cute to Thai, it’s not even “accent” that they think it’s cute, it is an individual that tried to communicate with us and we really appreciated that
As a native Thai, i personally think that "yanks accent" is easier to understand than the Bri'ish(that's a meme for you). Idk, maybe it was because i learned English through American Entertainments. Well. The Brit have nothing on that front. What did they have? Doctor Who? Way out of trend. The last few seasons ain't even popular. Tried to learn Japanese through Anime, but. Gave up, that one is a whole different beast.
The OP is Australian
@@rayflaherty3441 yeah bro i know, but i'm American. it's just nice to see a non-native thai speaker being told their Thai accent is cute!
@@rayflaherty3441 please don't tell me you think an American can't tell the difference between an American accent and an Australian accent 😆
ผมอยู่Sydneyมา5ปีภาษาอังกฤษไม่ได้ดีขึ้นมาก แถมภาษาไทยอ่อนลงอีก แต่ดีที่ได้ความมั่นใจในการพูดสูงขึ้นปี๊ดดด......
สำหรับคนญี่ปุ่นคิดว่าการออกเสียงยากที่สุดครับ555
เพราะว่าในภาษาญี่ปุ่นไม่มีเสียงวรรณยุกต์ครับ
It's true. Normally Japanese people have even worse pronunciation in tonal languages than westerners do. But I once met a Japanese in China whose Chinese was so perfect I thought he was a local and was shocked when I heard him speak perfect Japanese. I met another Japanese guy on that same trip who had a super strong Japanese accent in Chinese but amazingly he was fluent anyway. The locals always understood him perfectly.
You can say that a e u ae o as a tone. Its the same it's just written in different way
ภาษาญี่ปุ่นไม่มีวรรณยุกต์ก็จริง แต่ภาษาญี่ปุ่นมีสิ่งที่เรียกว่า Pitch accent ค่ะ ใน 1 คำจะมีการเน้นพยางค์ ถ้าขึ้นเน้นผิดพยางค์คนญี่ปุ่นก็จะฟังไม่ออก ส่วนตัวคิดว่ายากกว่าวรรณยุกต์นะคะ เพราะมันไม่มีอะไรบอกเลยว่าตรงไหนต้องเน้นพยางค์
@@bpin5191 In Japanese the pitch accent is totally different in different dialects but everyone understands each other perfectly. For people that want a perfect Tokyo/Kanto accent there are dictionaries that indicate the pitch accent for every word. There are a couple of systems for writing it. I don't know if there are dictionaries like this for other dialects.
แพ๊ดดี้เก่งแล้ว เวลาพูดภาษาไทยเราก็เข้าใจ อาจจะเป็นแค่การออกเสียงบางคำยังไม่ชัด แต่อันนี้ฝึกได้อยู่แล้ว แค่ต้องผึกบ่อยๆเท่านั้นเอง เราอยู่ออสมานาน แต่ก็ยังออกเสียงภาษาอังกฤษยังไม่ชัด เราว่าแค่คนอื่นเข้าใจมันก็โอเคแล้ว ขอบคุณที่ทำคลิปมาเรื่อยๆนะครับ
I loved this video. It really inspired me and I loved your attitude. I grew up learning Thai all my life but I've always been self conscious about my accent and the way I speak it. Thank you so much!
Glad it had that effect on you! Good luck with your Thai speaking Jennifer
This was nothing but motivation for me to keep studying mandarin this was much needed much love & Respect to you and the entire Thailand from the U.S.A! ♥️
Ok Paddy if your aren't in a relationship - and she isn't - you've GOT to ask the girl in the blue top out. There was serious chemistry between you and she's gorgeous!
Omg... that's exactly what i thought 🙈👀
That was a normal interaction between two people in my book... no chemistry at all, just friendly vibes! Don't get your hopes up and misread a situation just to look creepy in the end :)
@@totallyfake2852 And you can tell that just by watching the video?
I got the opposite impression but who knows.
There's nothing "creepy" about asking someone out. If they say no then you know right. And ordinarily the person will at least be flattered.
We'd all die alone if we're terrified to make a move.
I'm so glad I had the courage to ask my ( now wife ) out all these years ago.
As Malaysian living next to the boarder, I found that your Thai fluency is really cool... ASEAN language is unique even the tone ( intonation ) does matter... But we always appreciate anybody from everywhere if they try to learn about out culture and language. You may use English with us but if you speak local, you definitely talk to our soul...
I enjoyed this. These were warm and fun interactions with the Thai people you spoke with.
7:28 the joy in this exchange is everything! It’s a unique kind of pleasure to enjoy laughter or a joke in a language that isn’t your own. 🥰
There are a lot of good lessons in this and kudos to you for opening yourself up to be critiqued. I think the biggest take away is that native speakers of any language are not necessarily the best teachers / coaches of their own language just because they speak the language. Articulation and prosody analysis (which is pretty much what you were hoping for) also needs the ability to understand the nuances of sound and articulation and knowing what's going on in your mouth as opposed to theirs. The advice they gave was trying to be helpful, but wouldn't actually serve to improve what was actually going on. There are just a few tweaks that you could make that would make night and day differences.
คุณไม่จำเป็นต้องปรับสำเนียงแล้วครับ แบบนี้มีเสน่ห์ดี ฟังเข้าใจ99%แล้ว จำคำศัพท์ไปเรื่อยๆก้พอ
Thai is more difficult in characters, accent and tones, English is more difficult in grammar . So actually Thai is more difficult when you first started , for English you’ll feel soso at first but more and more difficult when involving some professional articles or long sentences
Thai grammar is horrid... it starts off simpler than English for basic sentences, but once you can read Thai and start to use Thai for more than simple, everyday sentences, it is a nightmare to learn and understand. I used to be able to read Thai quite well, and understand most of what I read, but on sometimes it could take a long time to understand what a sentence in Thai was saying even when you understood the English-Thai words, grammatically, in a sentence, they don't always make sense.
As a local Thai who studied at an international school since the start of my academics, I had first hand personal experience of learning Thai and English at the same time. As English was much more commonly used in my school, i picked it up decently sometime in middle school. But it really took me until around high school that I got confident with my Thai skills (probably because I became more focused in trying to read/write/speak/listen by then). My school also allowed me to pick a third languange (between Mandarin, Japanese, French and Spanish), so I also studied Japanese. Weirdly enough, I found the basics of Japanese easier than Thai and there were times that I was more confident with my Japanese. Personally, I think my Thai is now at a good level compared to the average international school student. So to conclude my TedTalk, I actually think Paddy's Thai is of good standard, and I would say that he's probably better than some of my Thai friends. :)
Paddy, your tones and some pronunciation are off but your vocabulary and speed of speaking is very good.
The lady who said that there's no correct accent is right, every nationality has its accent. As long as it is understandable, it's good! It’s social etiquette not to laugh at them.
More power and Good Luck with your journey!
This makes me want to learn Thai! What a great video. Your interviewees gave good advice. "You have to love the culture"...that is spot on.
Paddy I’m here to critique your English. Aussie accent is 🗑 555 ล้อเล่นเพื่อน
😂 😂 Irish accent coming at you next video Tom! ☘️
He has a very soft Aussie accent which is a pleasure to listen to and 100% understandable
As a Kiwi, hilarious bro.
When Thai ppl tell you that you're cute when you speak Thai, they meant it🥰
As a Thai learner, this was a great video, thanks Paddy. I would also say that you are definitely seem 'fluent' to me.
I know there is a debate about what fluency means, but it absolutely does not mean 'perfect' or 'native', but the ability to communicate and be understood, and understand responses, in most every day situations. I look forward to getting to that stage, but I know that improving and learning never ends, and is a life-long endeavour.
100%! I always say the word "fluent" is related to "fluid" and means a language flows smoothly. Yeah some people might argue etymological fallacy but there's already words like "competence" and "ability" for the other nuances of how good a person is at a language so it makes sense to keep "fluent" for this specific nuance, otherwise we don't have a word to describe it and everybody mixes it all up.
I speak some Thai. I call myself an intermediate. It's funny. Most people say I speak very well, probably because they're comparing me to other foreigners, but some Thai people try to say I'm very bad in Thai; it's almost like they think I can't speak at all. I don't get much middle ground.
Depends on people’s expectations of your ability. Hope you don’t takes criticism too seriously :)
It's the same when I speak Chinese. I've noticed that the people who say I speak really badly either speak only one dialect of Chinese and nothing else or they speak Mandarin pretty poorly themselves. It's like how the people in the US who are critical of foreign people's English usually can't speak any other language or their own English is pretty poor.
learning a new language is never ez, i always hav huge respect to foreigners who r tryna learn a new language or r in an environment they may not b fully comfortable wit :D
Funny, before she said it...I was thinking to myself... "I love the Thai culture". Can't wait for Australia to open up. I'd love to visit and hang out with the Thai community and you, Paddy! Great show as always.
For me who works as a EN-TH translator right now, I think English is more difficult, especially grammar part.
Thai doesn't have "Tense" rules like in EN. And the sentence structure of EN is more complicated, like S+V.to be+N, S+V.to be+V3, S+V.to be+V.ing, etc.
Well, coming from a french guy, English tenses are really easy x).
I lived in Thailand for 6 years, and I often found that Thai people were somewhat amazed that I could speak Thai, even though I knew my Thai speaking ability was really not so good. However, I saw many farang who had been living there much longer than I, yet they made no attempt whatsoever to learn Thai. Maybe this is one reason why Thai people are often so gracious to farang who try to learn. Learning Thai also gave me a greater appreciation for the difficulty that people have learning English. Oh yes, and communicating with the taxi driver was also much easier. Although it helped to speak some Isaan also because most taxi drivers in Krung Thep are from up country :)
I have farang friends who have lived in Thailand for 20+ years and only know two phrases... Khap khun kop and Sawasdee khap...
I don't wonder, because Thais are not willing to talk to you in Thai unless you are fluent. I've seen it many times. I asked them in Thai, and they replied in English. The best way to learn is when you have a Thai partner who cannot speak English at all.
ในฐานะที่เป็นชาวอินเดียที่เกิดในประเทศไทย ฉันรู้ภาษาไทยเป็นอย่างดี แต่จากประสบการณ์ของฉันหลังจากเรียนภาษาฮินดี อังกฤษ เกาหลี และฝรั่งเศส ฉันพูดได้เลยว่าภาษาไทยไม่ได้ยาก แค่ต้องเข้าใจโสม
You so good in Thai
@@อตอห-ธ1ฉ ขอบคุณที่รัก💗
Patrick I am absolutely happy and excited for you that you quit your job and now doing UA-cam full time. Keep the contents coming and keep inspiring!
ภาษาไทยง่ายตรงที่ไม่มี tense ที่เราต้องผันคำกริยา..
.. แต่ภาษาไทยยากตรงที่มีคำระบุลักษณะนาม เช่น ช้อน 1 คัน, แจกัน 1 ใบ, จดหมาย 1 ฉบับ, ช้าง 1 เชือก, แมว1 ตัว, บ้าน 1 หลัง คือต้องจำต้องใช้ถึงจะได้ คือนอกจากชาวต่างชาติต้องจำคำศัพท์แล้ว ต้องจำลักษณะนามของคำศัพท์ด้วย.. เริ่ด
He has such a friendly personality. 100% agree where she said "it's kind of cute to listen to/hear you speak"👌
This was such a cool video. I can relate to this. Especially with the written text. At first its overwhelming because it's all together but you will soon be able to recognise where they stop and start mainly from where the vowel is placed.
But my hardest struggle is the tones! What about tones!!, because what I think I'm saying is not what the thai people hear Haha.
สำเนียงไทย มี3เสียงเขามาผสมกัน มี จีน (ญี่ปุ่นคำยืม) อย่างเช่น สึนามิ กวางตุ้ง คนไทย2000ปีก่อนอพยพมาจากประเทศจีนใต้
Thanks Paddy. I appreciate your humbleness, as there are days I ask myself - "What do I have to do to speak and understand Thai as well as that person" I'm highly motivated, being married to a Thai person. If I weren't, I may have given up already.
I also think it is awesome that you create opportunities to practice Thai, all the while helping other to understand Thai culture and learn the language.
Keep it up!
Thanks a heap Ken! Really appreciate it 🙏
Great Work Paddy. I don't understand Thai, but I was anticipating that everyone was going to be way too nice and give you a 10/10 regardless. hehe
I'm glad you did this video, it's so great to be humble about your abilities. It helps prove the "fluency illusion" effect. Where you cannot properly judge someone's language ability who are better than your current level. I speak no Thai and the first video I heard of you, you sounded fluent. But I knew that I'm not qualified to judge you. I see the same with Japanese. People would praise non-Japanese natives speaking Japanese "fluently" and these comments get so many likes yet to me it's very clear that person is almost a beginner in Japanese and I can hear the thick accent. Yet those who speak no Japanese could not tell the difference. It's quite fascinating really.
That was a fun video Paddy, I enjoyed hearing the opinions of people who speak Thai as their first language.
Much appreciated Murray 👍
God I miss Thailand now. People are just so nice. Very approachable and friendly. Not all, but most of them for sure. 👌🏼
Hi, your thai languge is perfect from my opinnion, its only your accent alittle bit farang voice, amazing really🙏🥀💃
Definitely far from perfect, but I definitely appreciate the support 🙏
I get a big kick and inspiration out of watching your videos. Prodding me back to apply myself to improve my Thai language skills beyond basic getting around.
Real fun vid. Good interactions and very candid. Looks like you made a good connection with one in particular 💭
Good editing, too...
Tried learning it. Failed miserably. The writing most especially. Dear Lord wow! Lol. I think you're already so good and can only get better.
I really enjoy your video content, and the way in which you put so much effort into understanding /speaking and communicating with others. And no matter how many new videos you upload, it's like you never lose that passion for the Thai language and culture - your earnestness is really refreshing. I think also for Thais, it's - and perhaps I'm only speaking for myself here - it's both endearing and flattering to meet or encounter someone who puts forth so much effort into understanding Thai cultures, traditions and language.
I was born in the US to first-generation parents who met here; they instilled in me a strong sense of Thai culture and speaking the language was second nature to me - yet oddly enough, the Thai-American kids I grew up around were mostly disinterested in that part of their heritage. With that in mind, I think that's one of the things about your videos that's quite inspiring to witness - your dedication and passion for the language and culture so sharply contrasts with the friends or community I grew up around or with. I mean, we were all afforded the same opportunities to be or become fluent in their mother tongue, but almost *none* of them were interested in it. Years later, the same children or families seem to have suddenly take an interest in the culture & or language, either for themselves or for their children. The most common complaint I hear regarding this endeavor is that they find it surprisingly difficult (which oughtn't really come as a surprise because with any language, the later you start in life, the more difficult it becomes - as opposed to early immersion from childhood) and often give up for a while or even for good.
The reason I brought these things up was to help me make a point regarding your language skill - your speech patters and intonations are very often near perfect and sometimes indistinguishable from native speakers, with the exception of a handful of words here or there - so your interviewees weren't lying when they confirmed note only that your speech is fluent but that it is also very, very good. At any rate, I do hope you continue to make these videos. They're truly well thought out and just darn good content.
One other thing - I don't know if this has been brought up anywhere else, but one of the reasons I think your Thai is so good is because it is technically correct - in the past decade or so, the younger generation's speech patterns have changed. It's a bit more slangy, and sometimes even (technically) wrong or lazy pronunciation! And although language does change and evolve, perhaps take comfort in the fact that, compared to some of the (native speakers) kids who speak in this new way, your Thai is, in general, *better* than theirs.
(So sorry for the comment-turned-short-essay length...)
Read the whole comment! Means a lot Thaneda 🙏
I just watched the critique clip by Stuart Jay Raj. Thank you for collaborating - I recognised that I have been overlaying English tonality on aspects of my own spoken Thai - so will be much more aware from now on. Truly one of the most useful collaborations I have encountered on UA-cam ขอบคุณมากครับ
Wow this video gives me so much positive energy and encouragement to speak English as a second language. Btw i’m from Thailand and i think you can speak Thai very well, very fluently ! I can 100% understand what you said and you made no mistake at all :) keep going paddy and thanks for making this video✌🏻
Good luck Chompoo! 👌
พูดเก่งมากๆเลยค่ะ เป็นธรรมชาติมากกกก ประทับใจ😭✨
ถ้าให้คอมเม้นท์จุดที่ยังไม่เป๊ะก็คือยังมีติดเรื่องวรรณยุกต์เพี้ยนนิดหน่อยค่ะ
ถ้าอยากลองฟังคนต่างชาติที่พูดภาษาไทยชัดมาก แนะนำลองให้ฟังการพูดของอาจารย์Adam Bradshawค่ะ หลับตาฟังนึกว่าคนไทยพูด
ปัญหาของคนไทยพูดภาษาอังกฤษมันมีเยอะนะ
1.ถูกล้อเลียนเวลาพยายามออกสำเนียงให้ถูกต้อง
2.ไม่บอกที่มาของหนังสือว่าเป็นสำเนียง เมกา หรือ บริทิส
3.ขาดความมั่นใจและไม่อยากแปลกเเยก
4.ไม่ใช้แล้วลืม หรือไม่ได้อยู่ในจุดที่ต้องบังคับให้ใช้ภาษาอังกฤษ
5.สืบจากข้อ (1) กลัวการพูดผิด
สำหรับใครที่กำลังผึกภาษาที่ 2-3 อยู่ก็สู้ๆนะครับ เป็นกำลังใจให้
Bravo Paddy.
A great short video that I found to be very inspirational on my journey to learn Thai.
Thank you
This was a great topic for your video. I am self-conscious when I speak. I am coming to finally realize that getting my message across is the most important thing, though good pronunciation aids clear communication. Especially when you are in a hurry. Two thumbs up Paddy.
As a language nerd and a Thai learner this is my favourite video so far! Great stuff Paddy!! I actually understand more Thai than usual in this one.
Wow. I actually understood everything without the subtitles. But damn, I am jealous how fluent he is. ผมอยากพูดไทยเก่งเหมือนเขา
Honestly, for me, the hardest part is not the pronunciation but to speak like native. The spoken language changes All. The. Time. So many new slangs that could outdate in two weeks. And how the grammar is so flexible but specific that it’s hard to speak like native. A lot of unspoken rules. A lot of words that has no meaning by itself but indicate politeness or even friendliness. It requires a lot of experiences. Even if some foreigners live here for 20 yrs, people can still tell them apart despite appearance.
Everybody in this video was great. They all added something of value and worth a sweet heart. I know it's been a year but I sure hope you asked that last girl with the mic out on a date! She was definitely into you.😉
Man it feel so good to watch one of Paddy's videos without reading the subtitles. It's been a hell of a journey. But the progress I've made also makes it very apparent how far I still have to go.
Like, most of the time I just couldn't understand what the aunty was saying. I guess she used a lot of mannerisms and phrases that I don't know cause damn I was lost
I honestly think that English might be more difficult long-term. The thai alphabet might take some time to learn, but that's it - after a while you got it down. Another difficulty would be the tones tho.
But english has pretty hard grammar i guess and also the phonetic inconsistency.
But I'm not sure either, it's been a long time since I was a beginner in English and I haven't reached an intermediate level in Thai yet (also I have experience with learning languages, so it might be different in the eyes of someone who learns another language for the first time). Mind you that it also depends on what languages you already know and how similar they are to your target language.
Coming from a language with no proper "tenses", learning english was absolute pain initially 🤣
I only have English. I am learning Thai, for me the hardest part is vowels... Example.. "You, Should, Go-Up and Night" all sound the same... If written with English letters to try sound it out, its Khun - Kuan - Khuen and Kuen... So that makes me scared to speak as I am afraid I will mix words and unintentionally insult someone..
@@warriorsoftheheart I guess even if you pronounce them incorrectly, native speakers could still know what you mean from context most of the time :)
@@warriorsoftheheart had similar problems with " dessert" and "desert" (v) and "desert" (n) too, among others 😄
You guys never tried to learn French or German 👀
God damn she is so beautiful!!
Which one?
@@warheadrecordsaus there is only one in this clip
White jumper??
I love to watch Thais say.
They look so friendly, comfy and confident.
They don't force you to eat kimchi unlike Koreans. haha
I also love eating kimchi with Koreans (-: But Thai language is more fun to learn.
In Thailand they not forcing you to try anything, but they will make you want to try it by there “เอาน่า ลองหน่อย ลองดู ให้ชิมๆ ฟรี ไม่ชอบไม่เป็นไร” (c’mon you can try it, try it try it, it’s free for you, just try it first, it ok to not like it) they are enjoying watching foreigners dying inside from spicy stuffs or durian, but there always a choice, just say “mai bpen rai kraab, khob khun kraab” (no, thank you in formal way). They will not curse at you xD
Tip in Thailand there are many smiles
Happy smile
I’m sad smile
I want to kill you smile
That person is a d ick smile
I don’t have money smile
I fvked up smile
I live in a fvking country that there are no real democracy, and we have succeeded coup done my military in total of around 21 times smile
@@fanwtn5124 u not even thai so shut it
@@ihateantifan1 u stfu lmao salim
@@ihateantifan1 what- why???
Did I miss something, I don't see anything wrong there :^
I've lived in Thailand long enough where the locals understand me when I speak Thai without any problems, even when wearing a mask... Now if I could just understand them as well as they understand me!!! lol...
Everyone has an accent. For me, listening to Paddy's Thai is easier than listening to the young Thai woman in the video. I guess that it was because of generation gap.
I too have to get used to listening to young Thai ladies mumbling at lower than their natural pitch. I also have some difficulty understanding lyrics of newer Thai songs. I think I’m simply outdated :)
I think it's relative. When you meet someone with Thai language ability greater than yours, it sounds amazing. This will probably always be the case no matter how good you get if, like me, the more you learn, the more you realize you don't know 555.
Agree with this 100%
555 👍🏻😄
I found on my vacation in Thailand, the language is extremely difficult. It's a real shock. The tones, the script. It's like a brick wall for anyone who's taking a cursory glance on this at least. Fortunately the Thais are unbelievably friendly and patient. Many don't speak a lot of English but you can always find a way to communicate because they are patient and helpful and don't just walk away on you. I tried to learn at least some basic things in Thai, but it is super super hard. It works so differently than our normal languages in Europe.
Agreed, I think the key is learning the script, but when one is just on vacation for a couple of weeks it's understandable to just stick to learning some phrases
Go Paddy. Your Thai is so much better than mine. And my Ozzi friends think I’m fluent. It’s like when you can play a few cords on guitar , people who can’t think your quite good
All relative!
Love your channel Bro and this was especially encouraging
Loved the elder lady’s advice on not to give up . Right I’m going to watch a funny Thai movie 😁
ขอบคุณครับที่ช่วยอนุรักษ์เสียง ร. และควบกล้ำของภาษาไทยไว้ ขณะที่คนไทยสมัยใหม่จำนวนมากทำไม่ได้
ซึ่งเสียง R และ consonant blend สำคัญมากในภาษาอังกฤษ ถ้าออกเสียงเหล่านี้ไม่ได้ ฝรั่งเขาจะไม่ยอมรับกัน
บอกตรงๆว่าผู้หญิงไทยที่ถูกสัมภาษณ์ในคลิปนี้น่ะ น่ารักทุกคนเลย สำเนียงพูดภาษาไทยน่ารักมากๆ..
Let’s be honest…. This channel is a fantastic opportunity to chat with lots of cute Thais!!!! When I speak Thai only my wife understands…. After 28 yrs of her never correcting my mistakes we now have our own language!!! Great content …. Idea….. maybe you could introduce one phrase every few videos? Not turn this show into language channel but introduce the language and get more people speaking ….. also …… you could host trips to Thai town to local businesses …. I’ll buy a seat !!! Cheers.
I reckon he should ask some of the Thais in the street to recommend a new word to learn (-:
My partner is your fan! I’ve been watching many of your videos and I have to say with such a short time you spent in Thailand, you’ve done a fantastic job! I can understand everything you said. Don’t worry about the accent, boy 🙂 I think Thai people love it 😆
Haha thank you Candy and your partner! I’ll make sure to keep that accent coming ✌️
ถ้าได้พูดได้ฟังบ่อยๆเดี๋ยวก็เก่งครับ อย่างคนไทยที่พูดภาษาอังกฤษไม่ค่อยได้ ถ้าไปอยู่ต่างประเทศยังไงก็ต้องพูดและฟังให้ได้เพื่อความอยู่รอดครับ
Great job Paddy- one of your BEST videos! All the Thai speakers were friendly and interesting, but the older woman to me seemed extra nice. Something about her....she seemed very wise.
ขอบคุณครับ ที่คุณรักประเทศเรา
จากภาคใต้ของไทย จ.สงขลา ครับ
Wow Thai people seem so kind, honest and friendly :) much love I hope to visit one day soon.
I learn Thai by watching several Thai teachers on UA-cam. Each one has her strong points. The strong point in learning Thai from your channel is that I can understand many phrases and even full sentences of the Thais you interview.. They're speaking to a foreigner who speaks Thai, so they're careful to speak clearly (so that you're sure to understand)... but they also say things naturally just like they do in everyday speech (not textbook speech). I'm increasing my vocabulary listening to them! More like this, please, Paddy! I just subscribed!
Most Thai teachers on UA-cam are a waste of time. My wife is Thai. She is always correcting my Thai and asking why do I say that. I say, "The teacher on UA-cam said that is what you say." So my wife watched some of them, then told me to quit wasting my time. They teach you garbage Thai. Her words. She says they just want you to pay them money.
I often think of a Czech friend whose English was a train wreck but it would never get in the way of her talking constantly. She inspires me to-date!
This was a great video, kudos to you Paddy. Always love the relaxed nature and the way you interact with Thai people mate!
Hi Paddy. I enjoy your channel very much as it is a great help for my use of Thai. I first came to Thailand in 1968/2511 and speak quite well but I will never loose my accent and I still increase my vocabulary daily. Learning Thai is like my passion. :-) Keep them coming! Loong Lennie
What an inspiring story Lennie! Thanks so much for sharing !
Hey Paddy might need another longer episode/interview w/ the cute woman in the blue tank!
I’m Thai and I also pronounce 2558 as “song-ha-ha-paed”. You’re doing great buddy!
This is inspiring paddy, I dropped my thai learning recently but will pick it up now again 💪🏼
Good luck Don!
Find it's weakest point or in the other word, your most interested part then tackle it. Step by step. ภาษาไทยง่ายนิดเดียว ฝรั่งบางคนได้กล่าวไว้ (Andrew Biggs).
@@ThaiTalkwithPaddy thanks mate
Paddy, your Thai speaking skill is phenomenal.
If you want to go even further, may I suggest singing Thai songs. Or if you want a challenge, Thai Prayers (in Thai-Sanskrits/Pali).
These could help with the rhythm of your speech.
Funny thing how an Australian is talking about learning a second language at the end. All over the non-English world learning a second or third language even in school is common. But I really like the channel. Paddy is showing so much empathy towards the people he meets.
The hard thing is that most English speaking countries don’t have great learning programs and everyone else learns English so they don’t think it’s as important. It’s sad especially being from one of those countries like me
I wish more people were more humble like you
This is great! I’ve just started making an effort to learn Thai after having visited there around 20 times already (I know, shame on me for not trying sooner).
It’s quite daunting/bewildering but I’ll stick with it because I love Thailand. I think that lady was correct, loving the culture is important in order to be inspired. Thanks again mate.
Paddy รูปประโยคเป็นธรรมชาติแล้วค่ะ แต่การออกเสียงนี่คือเป็นอะไรที่ทุกคนจะต้องฝึกเยอะมากๆเหมือนร้องเพลงให้ตรงคีย์อะไรแบบนี้เลย ไม่ว่าภาษาไหน มันมีออกเสียงละเอียดอ่อนกันคนละแบบค่ะ
แต่การที่เราจะพูดโดยไม่กลัวว่าจะผิด อันนี้ก็ยากครับ กรณีคุยกับคนอื่นๆ ที่ไม่ใช่คนรู้จัก
คนไทยพูดนะคะ 2-5-5-8 จะพูด สองพันห้าร้อยห้าสิบแปดเฉพาะตอนทางการ
Thanks for the interview that makes us learning more …
I love these interviews !!! please do more !!!!
What an interesting video! I really appreciate your effort in speaking Thai. Your Thai is really good, to be honest. ❤️🇹🇭
Absolutely brilliant video. Balanced and reverent. Well done mate.
ถ้าว่ากันตามตรง สำหรับเราๆคิดว่า paddy พูดไทยได้คล่องเลยแหละ น้อยมากที่จะติดขัดหรือคิดคำไม่ออก แต่โอเคเรื่องสำเนียงหรือการเลือกใช้คำบางอันอาจจะไม่ได้สมูทเหมือนคนไทยแท้ๆ ใดๆก็แล้วแต่ถือว่าคุณเก่งมากๆเลย ยอมใจในความไม่หยุดพัฒนาตัวเองและความตั้งใจจริงในการเรียนภาษาไทย 👍🏻❤️
Love your content and great pronunciation, Paddy.
I feel the rooms to improve for native English speakers are tones and pronunciation of the ending consonents.
Thai grammar is easy since it doesn't have a lot of rules but it's difficult to make it natural during conversation.
You speak Thai like a falang, but I wish I was a 10th as good as you, the fact you can understand them talking back to you is off the wall. Total respect to you, you're doing a great job. 👍
Another great video! Appreciate your effort, fun to watch. Thanks