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  • @ManishYadav-mn6bx
    @ManishYadav-mn6bx 4 роки тому +3

    I request you plz make more such video

  • @ebizombie
    @ebizombie 4 роки тому +18

    Thank you so much for the lesson, Kru Mod! I can't believe I actually understand more than 50% of the conversation, this is because I watch Thai series a lot mostly from GMMTV so a lot of words are very familiar to my ears. So if you guys are reading my comment, you can also do the same just to make yourself immerse to the Thai language, but of course, if you guys want to find any explanation regarding Thai sentences structure and grammar, you can always go to Kru Mod videos lessons :)

    • @mahmoudfareed4102
      @mahmoudfareed4102 4 роки тому

      You have any link for series ?

    • @williamwoolf8072
      @williamwoolf8072 Рік тому

      do you already speak thai when you watched the tv shows? I tried watching it but i couldnt understand the accent

    • @ebizombie
      @ebizombie Рік тому

      @@williamwoolf8072 not really, but I was familiar enough with the sound of Thai language before I watched Thai series.. what series did you watch? maybe you can start with a non-heavy series

    • @williamwoolf8072
      @williamwoolf8072 Рік тому

      @@ebizombie the gifted. what show did you watch?

  • @tanjames9849
    @tanjames9849 4 роки тому

    Yeah, I am from Singapore.
    I love meuxng (city) เมืองThai.
    Got a Thai guy friend in Esan, Nakhon Phanom (North Eastern Thai area). Can speak Thai now.
    Welcome to Nakhon Phanom.
    Welcome to Thailand.
    Her lesson is superb for you guys/gals who wants to expand the way you want to speak actual ‘local’ Thai. Good for beginners too.
    Starting to learn any language always sound weird and difficult but it WILL ‘take off’ once you crosses ‘that’ barrier.
    I am learning too.

  • @edbunkers4516
    @edbunkers4516 4 роки тому +6

    This was a perfect lesson. You are really establishing yourself as the go-to source for expanding my thai over all the others. You've earned my trust in you as a teacher and that's saying alot, thanks for all your help!

  • @andrewely3271
    @andrewely3271 4 роки тому +3

    The most useful lesson ever! I’m surrounded by Thai speakers and nearly always find it impossible to reconcile what I’ve learned in a lesson with what I actually hear people saying. More of this!

  • @ViboSong
    @ViboSong 3 роки тому

    i like this kind of conversation. the level and amount are just OK and very natural.

  • @zedrift
    @zedrift 4 роки тому +2

    Sa wat dee krup khun Mod 🙏🙂🙏. I'm Australian and a recent subscriber to your channel. I find your content and methods very helpful with my learning. This lesson topic is particularly helpful at my stage of learning (8mth). I have a Thai friend I talk with using Line app and I am often confused by her pronunciation and sentence structure when I hear her talk with family and friends during our video calls compared with what I have learned elsewhere.
    I started learning Thai language and script using apps before my first trip to Thailand in 2019 😊❤🇹🇭 and have progressed to also using UA-cam language lessons which now include your channel 😊👍.
    What I find most difficult as a beginner learning Thai language confidently are the inconsistencies from one learning source to the next (different words for the same thing). This has proved to be a constant challenge for me which can be both frustrating and discouraging during the learning process. I have found many contradictions particularly with words for everyday things. For example: the word for "toilet"(not bathroom). In English, a toilet (the object you sit on) is a toilet. There is only one word for that, excluding slang words. In Thai I have heard 3 different terms for the word toilet. The first term used I learnt in an app "Hawng su ka". I have also heard "Hawng naam" which I know to be "bathroom" (hawng=room / naam=water) and also watching your household words from your video in Phuket you use a different term "chak krook". This is just an example of how I can become unsure of what word is correct to use for an everyday object that I use everyday 555.
    Anyway. I'm finding myself using your lessons as my 1st choice now. So, thank you and keep up the good work 🙏🙂🙏

  • @DAVIDHERRICK
    @DAVIDHERRICK Рік тому

    Excellent! Thank you for your lessons. I am learning at least one new phrase each time I watch.

  • @Lee_Kagami
    @Lee_Kagami 4 роки тому

    Sawadee Khun Mod🙏
    I am half Thai, and I've been looking for real Thai lessons to learn because most lessons I see on utube are totally unatural. I love your videos. I hope I can speak better Thai with you💖👍

    • @ThaiwithMod
      @ThaiwithMod  4 роки тому

      Sawatdii ka Khun Lee, thank you for your comment. I m happy to hear that you enjoy our lessons. We are offering group online courses at the moment, please find more details here:
      learnthaiwithmod.com/online-group-lessons/
      If you know some basic Thai, I recommend you to join Thai Booster course. It is starting this Sunday.
      Please write me at adjima_t@hotmail.com to receive lesson plans. :)

  • @OdlyAK
    @OdlyAK 4 роки тому +1

    ขอบคุณครูสำหรับบทเรียนนี้

  • @offthechainfitness
    @offthechainfitness 4 роки тому +2

    Mod is now the queen teacher of the universe, thanks for teaching us real Thai!!

  • @willx5251
    @willx5251 4 місяці тому

    very helpful video. please make more like this. Thank you.

  • @steveguyguy6803
    @steveguyguy6803 4 роки тому

    Very good you speak very clear English and very clear thai great lesson thank you

  • @nrasmussendk
    @nrasmussendk 4 роки тому +2

    Great video! 👍 Now I understand why I don't understand when I listen to Thais talking together 🙂.

  • @MALIK-bo9zn
    @MALIK-bo9zn 4 роки тому

    Really Great video ever full of originality and purity. This is the real Thai language in daily life she is explaining. Well appreciated 👍❤️🎈

    • @ThaiwithMod
      @ThaiwithMod  4 роки тому

      I'm happy to hear that you found this lesson useful in your Thai learning. Thank you for your kind comments. :)

  • @gotoastal
    @gotoastal 4 роки тому +1

    I really appreciate the two-speeds approach. I get stuck on vocab I don't know (like specific exercises), but at this pace I can pick back up and still get the gist. The second time around it was much easier.

  • @rammurtikumar4351
    @rammurtikumar4351 4 роки тому

    Thank you very much. You are very great teacher. You are teaching very well. Excellent job keep it up......👏😀🙊👍

  • @jackh1749
    @jackh1749 Рік тому

    Love your presentation and teaching style!! Thank you Mod! I will be contacting you soon for further study in one of your classes. I want to finish a program I started first. 🙏

    • @ThaiwithMod
      @ThaiwithMod  Рік тому

      Sawatdii ka Jack, I am happy to hear your comment. You are welcome to join our online classes anytime you are ready. :)

  • @ivanvucenovic2715
    @ivanvucenovic2715 4 роки тому

    You're an amazing teacher

  • @brittanyjoy8853
    @brittanyjoy8853 4 роки тому +3

    Hello, thank you for the lesson! Could you make another 50 useful words lesson? The last one you made was so helpful, I watch it over and over. Can you make a 50 useful words intermediate lesson? ขอบคุณค่ะ 🙏🏻

  • @parn2160
    @parn2160 4 роки тому

    This is really amazing. I was sweating about learning Thai because most of the popular language learning platforms do not provide this language course. But finding this goldmine of a channel just now was really a boon. I'm very excited now. Thanks for the great efforts and these splendid lessons. I understood everything very well even though I'm a beginner.

  • @soidogcowboy3282
    @soidogcowboy3282 4 роки тому +3

    Omg. Please more of these videos. Having the script to double check is so great. Awesome

  • @dandanvers-kc9is
    @dandanvers-kc9is 7 місяців тому

    awesome lesson !!! - hope you do more of these ! :)

  • @livratha4884
    @livratha4884 4 роки тому

    Thank you. I am watching your videos from Cambodia < Battambang province>

  • @oldnewsclipster
    @oldnewsclipster 3 роки тому

    Great video! Your explanations are really clear. I LOVE the black shadows under the Thai text, so I can find and read it easily! Also leaving the text on the screen long enough to really examine it. [Many videos get that wrong, you get it right!] More like this!
    Excellent technique of reviewing the vocabulary in a phrase and then repeating it. Your clarification about the rolling "r" is amazing. Feel free to repeat it often. New subscriber here, ขอบคุณมาก!

  • @AndyL940
    @AndyL940 4 роки тому +1

    That was very helpful, thanks Mod . Learning the more informal vocab makes understanding locals a whole lot easier. I can’t wait for this situation to finish so I can come back to Thailand. I miss it so much . Best wishes to you. Stay safe na

  • @chris78945
    @chris78945 3 роки тому

    Fantastic lesson. I learned such a lot. Thank you so much!

  • @DP-uq1bd
    @DP-uq1bd 4 роки тому +1

    This lesson was excellent. It was very informative and vocabulary expanding.

  • @hansbrennecke6263
    @hansbrennecke6263 13 днів тому

    Thank you for your efforts to teach us Thai. I would like to print your conversations i.e. Thai, Transliteration, Translation, regretfully it is not possible to take the subtitles directly from the screen for later and repeated studies. When I try to repeat the lessons with an online translator the translation English-Thai usually differs very much. I would appreciate to see the subtitles in the comment section in order to use them for my studies. Or perhaps you can suggest another way to use the lessons for later studies. Thank you.

  • @justfun3407
    @justfun3407 3 роки тому

    thank you for this. please upload more videos of actual thai conversation, its really helpful. 🥰

  • @GapBahnDirk
    @GapBahnDirk 4 роки тому

    So useful to hear what people actually say and how they say it. This was a very practical lesson. Thank you kruu Mod!

  • @krejd
    @krejd 4 роки тому +16

    I loved the conversation. Cheers for your brother too, I hope to see him more in these kind of role-plays. I love the focus on real-life spoken Thai. I'm using multiple courses to learn and the amount of useless vocabulary I learned with them is outrageous. There's nothing more irritating than learning a new word just to hear from natives that nobody speaks like that in the real life - I don't even know why courses like that are available in the first place :D.

  • @teacherinthailan6441
    @teacherinthailan6441 4 роки тому

    Great teaching! Thank you so much!

  • @mohdshafie2499
    @mohdshafie2499 4 роки тому

    I really admiring your work
    Kharp khun krabb 🙏🙏🙏
    Thank you for teaching us

  • @jonathanrogers273
    @jonathanrogers273 4 роки тому +3

    This is by far the best channel to learn thai! Thank you so much!

  • @khunsiwalai2971
    @khunsiwalai2971 4 роки тому

    congratulation to your Channel, very much appreciated, great value, helping and educative

  • @---------4941
    @---------4941 4 роки тому +7

    Been self studying, this really helps a lot :))

  • @adrianpaulwynne
    @adrianpaulwynne 4 роки тому +2

    fantastic lesson for my level. I need an entire series like this :)

  • @sarahrankin4682
    @sarahrankin4682 4 роки тому

    Thank you for another fantastic video. I always look forward to your videos because I you do a great job of explaining things.

  • @aliciagabriel4814
    @aliciagabriel4814 4 роки тому

    Thanks for this vídeo, I hopping on day learn English and thai. ❤😍💚🇧🇷 Thanks from Brazil.

  • @ManishYadav-mn6bx
    @ManishYadav-mn6bx 4 роки тому

    You teach thai language very well I like it

  • @cfnesbitt
    @cfnesbitt 3 роки тому

    Great lesson!

  • @vanniermawati1597
    @vanniermawati1597 4 роки тому

    I like this session. Can u make like this more?? Khob khun kha

  • @dirkmeier3928
    @dirkmeier3928 4 роки тому +1

    Thanks a lot for another spot on, super professional video lesson. The complete and accurate transcription is also awesome. ขอบใจมากๆๆๆ

  • @S.A.M-qj4mi
    @S.A.M-qj4mi 4 роки тому

    This is very good informative

  • @TropicTommy
    @TropicTommy 3 роки тому

    Brilliant, thank you

  • @jaziraeneokai3909
    @jaziraeneokai3909 11 місяців тому

    Very helpful, thanks! I couldn't see half of the words though, because white on a white background.

  • @stevehollyhead821
    @stevehollyhead821 4 роки тому

    Good video - thanks Mod, yes very useful. Make some more please

  • @pottu78
    @pottu78 4 роки тому

    Thanks for brother 😊 👍
    Thanks for lesson 🙏

  • @Y_Not1
    @Y_Not1 4 роки тому

    Wow great video today. I love they way you keep it so interesting. Thanks for sharing.💕

  • @PoDi-im9lz
    @PoDi-im9lz Рік тому

    I am slow learners I’m very interesting your lesson

  • @Mansour-ten
    @Mansour-ten 3 роки тому

    Very helpful, thank you

  • @berndbartel4784
    @berndbartel4784 4 роки тому

    Hello, Khru Mod, thank you very much for your new lesson. 🙏
    What a good idea to use the time wisely while the virus locks us up at home.

  • @chunleefook4033
    @chunleefook4033 4 роки тому

    Thanks Kru Mod, nice video. Keep on learning from you.

  • @bdepp7326
    @bdepp7326 4 роки тому

    khop khun maak kruu Mod. useful to see the difference between formal and daily spoken thai. pls do more. gmmtv also helpful 555

  • @florent.dufrenne
    @florent.dufrenne 4 роки тому

    Very helpful ขอบคุณนะครับ

  • @probee72
    @probee72 4 роки тому

    Super awesome thai lesson in the world! N surprised that our kuru Mod can speak thai that fluently! ^_^

  • @PaulMorrisseyIRL
    @PaulMorrisseyIRL 4 роки тому

    Great video thanks Mod!

  • @dea01ify
    @dea01ify 4 роки тому

    Thank you Kruu Mod. A very helpful lesson. 🙏🙏

  • @terryfox4798
    @terryfox4798 3 роки тому

    Kru Mod,, I realize that I am playing catch up with all of your video lessons. I am jumping from 2018 to 17 to 19 to 20 to 14 to 15 back to 21... but I want to tell you that these are excellent instructional videos. I have tried to use a zillion other instructional videos and they cannot come close to you and Kru Pear for content, presentation, relative information, pacing and guidance. I have been able to learn so much in 2 days of binge watching and note taking and it has helped me tie up what I already knew. I have a couple of requests for lessons and if they are out there somewhere, just point me to them.
    1. The proper conditions for using bpen, khur and you
    2. When to use ao, yáak and tan-kon for want / need
    3. In normal casual conversation with a Thai, how often during the conversation is proper to use kup (kha)?
    4. Is there a lesson past, present and future tenses and using já and lâew
    5. Do you have a lesson that covers feelings, the emotional conditions, a person's spirit and nature?
    Finally... I would be more than willing to donate to your channel because I am using it mâak mâak and that's only right. However, PayPal is out of the question for me. I would prefer to make a direct bank transfer.
    Khob khun íi-kran Kru Mod 🐜 and Kru Pear🍐
    Khun Terry Fox

  • @blutey
    @blutey 4 роки тому

    More lessons with colloquial Thai and listening practice like this please.

  • @wk7211
    @wk7211 4 роки тому

    thank you so much for your lesson, it's always easy to understand and learn new vocabs, grammars with your channel

  • @sherardiaarvensis2744
    @sherardiaarvensis2744 4 роки тому

    omg i love your lesson 💓

  • @gedafiandri
    @gedafiandri 4 роки тому

    Thank for lesson .. Its simple/easy to hear but .. Actually not easy to say the words^_* i like thai dialect , the languange is cute 😍😘

  • @vannyadewi9515
    @vannyadewi9515 4 роки тому +1

    THANK YOU SO MUCH.. 🥰 can I request for the next video, how to say coughing, sneezing, hiccup, belching, fart, tingling sensation, cramps in thai language that usually Thai people use na kaaa... 🥰

  • @古城阿丹
    @古城阿丹 4 роки тому

    useful lesson great job

  • @nigeljohn65
    @nigeljohn65 6 місяців тому

    "ช่วยให้อรมดีขื้น" พูดทำนองว่าปกติอรมเขาไม่ค่อยดีไม่ใช่หรอ🙂

  • @mahmoudfareed4102
    @mahmoudfareed4102 4 роки тому

    Very very good . You have to have platform in Udemy or any link .if yes give it to me

  • @wjohn331
    @wjohn331 4 роки тому

    Wow, this method is really impressive

  • @Eyes_Unclouded
    @Eyes_Unclouded 4 роки тому

    I love this lesson!!!

  • @lenncabrera6796
    @lenncabrera6796 4 роки тому

    Sawatdii ka...For Via... "Vi-ya" or "Va-ya" is both correct teacher mod 😄 It just depends on the variants of languages but both are still right 😁 You are so good ... Khaawp khun na ka💛

  • @ahlyamamoto7334
    @ahlyamamoto7334 4 роки тому

    I'm Still catching up with all your lessons . still watching the Old videos 😁

  • @bt4168
    @bt4168 3 роки тому

    Omg diary tootsies and itaewon class 😆 love it

  • @alanruud5599
    @alanruud5599 4 роки тому +1

    Thanks so much for that video! Kroo Mod, have you addressed the many uses of the word "hai" (falling tone) in one of your videos? It's part of the Thai grammar I really struggle with. Thanks so much!

    • @ThaiwithMod
      @ThaiwithMod  4 роки тому +2

      Sawatdii ka Khun Alan, I talked about the use of ให้ /hai/ briefly in the common mistake video, butI haven't done a video on this topic in details yet. I should make one in the future. :)

  • @geoffreywood7200
    @geoffreywood7200 4 роки тому

    I would like to thank you for explaining in away I have never heard before thank you very much, I will email to find out more

  • @heliosboy
    @heliosboy 4 роки тому +1

    Kru Mod, I'm a bit confused about these and want to confirm the difference between เดี๋ยว and ไว้ .
    เดี๋ยว is to explain something I will do soon shortly
    ไว้ is to explain something I will do for later but not shortly
    is it correct?

  • @TaoAlejandro
    @TaoAlejandro 4 роки тому

    Amazing video! I learnt a lot, the best channel to learn real Thai language. Kawp Kun Krub Kru Mod ❤️

  • @vitorcarvalho7793
    @vitorcarvalho7793 4 роки тому

    ครูมดครับ, มีวิดีโอที่ครูอธิบายส่วนใหญ่เป็นภาษาไทยหรือไหมครับ พอดีผมติดตามบทเรียนครูมดมาสีปิกว่าแล้ว แต่ได้เจอแค่ความอธิบายเป็นภาษาอังกฤษให้หมด เพราะฉะนั้นหมู่นี้มีนักเรียนเช่นผมที่ไม่คอยสนใจเทาไหร่อีกต่อไป ขอบคุณครับ!!

    • @ThaiwithMod
      @ThaiwithMod  4 роки тому

      สวัสดีค่ะคุณ Vitor ขอบคุณนะคะที่ติดตามวิดิโอของมดกับครูแพร มดจะทำวิดิโอที่เป็นภาษาไทยอย่างเดียวในอนาคตนะคะ วิดิโอล่าสุดที่ครูแพรทำพูดภาษาไทยอย่างเดียวค่ะ ua-cam.com/video/2nt-UKdgojM/v-deo.html

  • @geraldp.lumas-e5417
    @geraldp.lumas-e5417 4 роки тому

    Omg I learned a looot ❤ kawp-khun krab 😍

  • @deerivera24
    @deerivera24 4 роки тому +1

    Thank you so much. Now I know the meaning of "bpàao" it means yes or no. I frequently heard it on BL Series. Like the sentence goes like this, "Did you say something to me?" "Bpàao"

    • @soidogcowboy3282
      @soidogcowboy3282 4 роки тому +2

      Yeah..I believe it's a common non standard form of ปล่าว

  • @confusedforeigner3794
    @confusedforeigner3794 4 роки тому

    Hey Mod, big fan, love your lessons they always help. I have a question that doesn't have to do with this video. When I watch Thai TV (specifically when they talk about Thai history or set in a different time period like Ayutthaya) there are some words I have trouble recognizing. Could you do a video about old Thai words used often in those TV show? Love Destiny for example.

  • @thomaswallmon379
    @thomaswallmon379 4 роки тому +2

    Sawatdee krap kru Mod! What about your tattoo on your left hand? Great lesson as usually!

    • @ThaiwithMod
      @ThaiwithMod  4 роки тому

      They are stickers. I couldn't rinse them off before I filmed the lesson. 555

    • @thomaswallmon379
      @thomaswallmon379 4 роки тому

      @@ThaiwithMod Stickers!? Hahaha! you're to funny

  • @michalpolak4795
    @michalpolak4795 4 роки тому +3

    ทาง /taang/ = via /เวัยอะ/...but you must say western "v" instead of thai "w/ว" at the beginning of "via"

  • @ronmanning5282
    @ronmanning5282 3 роки тому

    VIA means use

  • @tingsue1641
    @tingsue1641 2 роки тому

    I always thought bang was a question word where you can give more than one answer.. Mimi Arab bang is this different. When you say it’s an instruction to do something. (Exercise)

  • @vade248721
    @vade248721 4 роки тому

    ชอบบบบบบขอบคุณมากๆๆๆ

  • @ManishYadav-mn6bx
    @ManishYadav-mn6bx 4 роки тому

    Nice

  • @demonlordnardious1588
    @demonlordnardious1588 4 роки тому

    why do I understand this advanced video easier than the intermediate one? i talk in thai with thai friends in video games so maybe i am more used to natural speaking? i dont understand haha, the intermediate video made me feel like I don't understand anything, but this one i understood maybe 75 80%

  • @sawannaazuos5066
    @sawannaazuos5066 4 роки тому

    I didn't get a lot of words that were used, but I got the pronunciation. It was very nice to hear the words being pronunciated slowly, and the words you used were so simple and useful that I would be able to get at least two in each phrase and I'm tottaly gonna use them! Thank you and your brother for this! I loved it and learned a lot! Please continue and take care!

  • @briansounalath
    @briansounalath Рік тому

    Mod bpen sap! 😊

  • @ebizombie
    @ebizombie 4 роки тому +2

    OK now a question, what is the difference between ไว้ and เดี๋ย? Anyone can explain it too if you read this, will be pretty much appreciated, thank you khap :)

    • @pimtheting
      @pimtheting 4 роки тому +3

      Ebi Pangilinan ไว้ is later or next time. Ex. ไว้คุยกันนะ = let’s talk later. (May be in next time when we meet or next week etc.)
      เดี๋ยว is like later but in the very near future. Ex. เดี๋ยวคุยกัน = let’s talk in a minute or hour. (Or let’s talk in the very near future.)
      Is this make sense to you 😂 I try to explain but I found it’s really hard. Most of the time these 2 words are interchangeably.

    • @ebizombie
      @ebizombie 4 роки тому +1

      @@pimtheting ขอบคุณมากที่มาช่วยและที่อธิบายด้วยนะครับ ตอนนี้ผมเข้าใจแล้วนะครับ 😊😊😊

  • @heliosboy
    @heliosboy 4 роки тому

    Thank you Kru.. I watch Diary Tootsies and laugh a lot 😆

  • @tingsue1641
    @tingsue1641 2 роки тому

    Mii arai bang.

  • @longchhorvornn9335
    @longchhorvornn9335 4 роки тому

    I've been learning Thai for around four months and i found it easy to learn since it's familiar to my mother tongue language, which is khmer. And after I coincidentally gone through your video, it caught my first impression. Your explanation is not hard to understand.

  • @mrbruno6569
    @mrbruno6569 4 роки тому

    Another👍🎥

  • @americanapaul1
    @americanapaul1 3 роки тому

    You crack me up!

    • @ThaiwithMod
      @ThaiwithMod  3 роки тому

      I'm glad to hear you enjoyed my video. :)

  • @JustMe-vz3wd
    @JustMe-vz3wd Рік тому +1

    I would like to learn and listen from a male teacher, because usually they talk more clearer and also i, a male, will not pick up your high piched and feminine way of speaking, with the long elongated "naaaa!"'s and "loooooo?"'s at the end of many sentences.
    Sometimes it sounds like you have ten packs of chewing gum in your mouth, while your brother sounds more natural and unpretentious.
    Maybe you should make some vids with your bro' teaching.

  • @TeecherChardie
    @TeecherChardie 4 роки тому

    Váh yāh

  • @alessandro203
    @alessandro203 4 роки тому

    สวัสดีครับคุณครูมดวิดีโอที่ยอดเยี่ยมผมไม่เข้าใจทุกอย่างทั้งหมด แต่ส่วนที่ดีมีประโยชน์มากในการฟังการออกเสียงผมยังต้องฝึกฝนอีกมากขอบคุณมากสำหรับวิดีโอนี้

    • @ThaiwithMod
      @ThaiwithMod  4 роки тому +1

      ขอบคุณค่ะ มดดีใจค่ะที่คุณ Alessandro ชอบวิดิโอนี้ :)

  • @Marcin_pl
    @Marcin_pl 3 роки тому

    That's why Thai is so hard to listen :) Shortening of words and pronouncing it a bit differently so that it's easier and faster to say. Jeeez, i hope i can understand these types of conversations someday.