IhavestudiedThailanguageforsometime.NowIcanrememberIwasexcitingwhenIfirsttimetostudytheThailanguage,everythingisfreshandfunny.ButnowIfeeltheThailanguageisverydifficulttostudy.
Themostdifficultisthepronunciation,forexample,consonant[th],ithassixalphabetstopronounce,andtheydistributeinthehighconsonant[th]andthelowconsonant[th].Otherwise,inthecourseofstudywefoundotherproblemsofpronunciation,wepracticedpronouncingthesoundagainandagain,wethoughtwehavenotanyproblems,andthepronunciationsameastheteacher’s,buttheThaiteachersaidthatwemademistakeinpronunciation.
TheruleofthaipronunciationismoredifficultandcomplicatedthanEnglishandChinese.Ithasalotofspecialcase,itisrequiredthatweshouldopennewareainourbraintospeciallyremembertheserules.
Inaddition,Thailandishierarchicalcountry.Differentclassesusedifferentwords,Thaisocietyhasfourscenarioswhenthelanguageisused:royalcourt,religion,community,andtraditions.Aboveall,royalcourtandreligion,weshouldusecarefully.Nobetterillustrationofthisusagethantheexamplementionedbelow,theword“YOU“hasmorethaneightwordsinThai,differentclassesusethedifferent“YOU”.
Astome,pronunciationandthelanguageusageintheculturaltraditionandbackgroundaredifficultaboutlearningThailanguage.