SPEAK EASY THAI
Speak Easy Thai - Thai Culture Publishing

Speak Easy Thai is the ONLY Windows software that teaches Thai vocabulary with fun activities and no boring lessons!    Learn Thai vocabulary quickly using images and sounds recorded by native Thai speakers!    A fun but low cost way to learn vocabulary and the Thai alphabet, using your own computer. These are the front and back covers of the CD-ROM package. Speak Easy Thai - front Speak Easy Thai is FUN, not boring! Several ways to learn! No need to spend 2 hours at a session, 10 minutes is enough. Better than flash cards!    Includes FREE 350 page grammar book in HTML format!

   The Problem with Thai
   The main problem with learning Thai is that the basis of the language is not European-based. English and the other Euro languages have Latin, Greek, Viking, etc., roots; Thai does not, so you have to memorise hundreds, if not thousands, of strange sounds. This is difficult, unless you use some sort of memory trigger. Speak Easy Thai helps solve this problem by presenting a picture and a sound file; all words are spoken by a native Thai speaker, so you hear the correct tone.
   There are more than 5,000 images and 5,000 sound files on the CD, and more than 39,000 words in total. Compare that to other methods of learning Thai: cassettes and audio CDs have no pictures, and are typically limited to a few hundred words.
   In many cases, the pictures used are funny or strange in some way, to help you remember the word. For example, the word for "car tire" (or "tyre", if you're a British English speaker) has two pictures, shown at right. Both are memorable, not boring, and it is this simple trick that helps you remember the Thai word. Your brain makes an association between the sound of the Thai word (yang rot, in this case) and the picture. Seeing the Thai word without an image is a much harder way to learn.
   There are several ways of learning vocabulary; you can also test yourself on what you reviewed. The tests have a couple of options to make the review easier or harder.

   10 Minutes or 2 Hours?
   You don't have to spend a lot of time learning, either. You can start the program, review a few words of some subject, say 10 words about the body, then test yourself on just those 10, then close the program and do something else.
   When you choose a subject, the program selects words randomly from the list of available words for that subject. So you probably won't get the same words if you run the program again tomorrow and choose the same subject. Or you can learn the words for just one of the 16 situations, like renting a car. Or you can practice tones with an exercise listening to 200 pairs of similar-sounding words.

Already Learning with a Teacher? Are you taking Thai lessons with a teacher or with your partner? This software will help you learn faster!Why? Because the pictures help you remember vocabulary at a faster rate.

	This is the main menu; the picture changes each time you run the program.   The chilis to the left of the buttons represent the level of difficulty.   There is a language button in the main menu that allows you to specify a European language as your preferred language. At the moment, menus and messages stay in English, but Speak Easy Thai will show the Thai dictionary word translated into your language, if that dictionary is present on your system, and if the word is in the dictionary; if not, it reverts to English.
The Alphabet button on the introduction screen invokes a lesson on the Thai alphabet. Each character is displayed, and pronounced by a native Thai speaker. By pressing the Subjects button on the main screen, you are presented with a screen that allows you to select words by subject (animals, automobile, military, travel, etc.). Many words in the dictionary are categorised by subject; there are more than 30 subjects at present.    When you change the selection, a different image is presented, related to that subject. Here, Medical words are selected.
When you have made your selection, words are chosen from the dictionary randomly, according to your selection criteria, and then displayed on the Review screen as shown at the right. If the word has a picture, it is displayed in the picture frame. If the word has a sound file, you will hear the word spoken. By pressing the blue button, the word will be spelled in Thai. By pressing the speaker button, the word will be spoken again. The subject area is shown in a small image above the buttons.	When you have reviewed a number of words, you can then test yourself. The Drill screen is a simple test. Each word that you reviewed is presented, one by one, either in Thai or in English. A timer ticks down in one second intervals. You must click in the other box (English or Thai) and type the word within the time limit. Short Thai words (10 characters or less) must be entered in 15 seconds or less; longer words must be entered in 30 seconds.
Initially, you will likely prefer to display the picture and hear the word spoken, but as you become more proficient, you can turn off those things to make the test a bit harder. To increase the tension (everyone needs a little excitement in their lives!), you can play a rhythmic background beat, but if you find that annoying, you can simply untick it and turn it off. By pressing the Scenarios button on the main screen, you are presented with a screen that allows you to select one of several common scenarios or situations. This allows you to learn words in that particular area.
Each scenario is a cartoon showing things that are all related. As you move the cursor around, the Thai word of the object under the cursor is displayed, along with the approximate phonetics and English meaning. In this screen capture, the cursor is over the hairspray. By clicking, you will hear the word spoken in Thai. Here are all the scenarios. and much more..

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  Thai Writing
   The Thai Writing system is very confusing when one is beginning to learn Thai. Besides the letters, which are a challenge in themselves without a cohesive memory system to tackle them (the objective of "60 minutes to learn the Thai Alphabet!"), the whole visual impact of written Thai can be overwhelming at first. This stems largely from the fact that there are no spaces between the words in thai sentences - likethisifitwereenglish!!
   It takes time to decipher such a garble of Thai letters, and requires a familiarisation with the vocabulary. It's then that you'll be able to find the boundaries between one word and the next. Once you can pick out the individual words, things become a lot simpler.
   The initial step however is to recognise the letters, this will proove invaluable to you in grasping the Thai language and culture - otherwise you're blind to every road-sign, every newspaper, even the simplest of warning signs are incomprehensible. Once you can recognise the letters, you will begin to acquire vocabulary and a familiarisation with the language at every opportunity.
   Every sign you see, every letter you catch sight of, will re-inforce your initial grasp of the letters and sounds. Your mind will begin to automatically recognise the thai letters, once you get that initial foot-hold on the language. Then through repetition and constant exposure to thai symbols, letters and numbers, you will begin to automatically process the letters with little or no effort.
   Step 1, get that initial foothold on the language, by familiarising yourself with the Thai writing system and letters. Then you will being to really delve into the Thai language and culture.

   Learning the Thai Consonants
   There are a total of 44 Thai consonants in the Thai language. Two of these Thai consonants are pretty much obsolete except for their occurence in a very limited number of thai words. However with the memory system presented in "60 Minutes to Learn the Thai Alphabet", you'll be able to learn these letters in seconds anyway, with no effort - it's as easy as looking at a picture, and being able to recognise that picture again! So all 44 thai consonants are presented and dealt with, in "60 Minutes to Learn the Thai Alphabet."        The real complications in learning Thai consonants are caused by the so-called classes or groups, that the consonants are divided into. The 44 Thai consonants are divided into 3 different classes or groups. Class one is called low class consonants, then you have medium class consonants and high class. Why they decided to call the classes low, middle and high, is beyond those with a logical turn of mind, as it only serves to confuse some beginners into thinking that a word beginning with a "low consonant", will automatically have a "low tone".
   Such is not the case unfortunately - that would make things far too simple! Instead the names of the classes is just a way of breaking the letters into three distinct groups.
   : not only must you learn that such-and-such a shape equals a certain sound, you must also remember that the sound belongs to a certain group of consonants. The groups might as well have been called group 1, 2 and 3, as there are a set of rules that will help you to determine the correct tone, and these rules are quite a bit more complicated than low class consonant means low tone.
   As an example, the rules can be like this: you identify that the syllable begins with a high class consonant, and that the syllable doesn't end abruptly (end in b, p, t etc), but instead has an open or extendable sound (ends in a vowel, m or n). This combination of "high class" + "extendable syllable" = "rising tone".
   Sounds complicated and it is if you're tackling the language without the aid of someone who has studied the system deeply, and not only presents the correct rules, but formulates an easily digestible memory system that will almost instantly hard-wire the rules into your brain! This is what "60 Minutes to Learn the Thai Alphabet" is all about. It doesn't just present the correct sounds and rules, it provides you with a simple to use, visual memory system, that will enable you to instantly learn the thai tones, thai letters, number and symbols.
   Besides the class, there is yet another slight complication. Some letters have one sound when positioned at the start of a word, and an entirely different sound when appearing at the end of a syllable. This isn't an entirely foreign concept for english speakers. Just think of the words "chocolate" and "loch". In this example the letters "ch" have entirely different sounds, when they appear at different locations - well one of the words is of gaelic origin - but you get the idea.
   This extra bit complication can throw many people, who decide that they'd like to tackle the thai language. But yet again, this problem is solves simply and elegantly in "60 minutes to learn the Thai Alphabet". Download the copy for free now, and you can begin to read the first chapter free of charge. When you reach a certain point in the book, a dialogue box from www.esellerate.net will pop-up, and you can complete payment conveniently, so that you have your own copy of the book.

   Learning Thai Vowels
   Thai vowels are considerably different to their english couterparts, at first glance. In many ways though, they are actually easier and more consistent. While english has five official vowels, Thai actually has a total of 32 different vowel configurations. Don't be shocked at this though - on closer inspection the differences begin to dissolve.
   While english has 5 official vowels, there are far more vowel sounds. Many of these extra vowel sounds arise from the combination of individual vowels into little gangs, that will change the vowel sound. These little groups of vowels are known as diphthongs (for those linguistically inclined). An example is the combination "ai", as in "air", or "aisle". When you start adding up all the different sounds that can be created by combinations of individual vowels in english, you end up with a lot of vowel sounds.
   This is essentially why there are apparently more vowel in thai - because each vowel represents a vowel sound. Hence diphthongs don't appear in Thai the way they do in english, as the diphthongs essentially come pre-packaged in the symbol for the vowel. One example of this is thai, is the symbol that represents the "ai" sound in "aisle". This is represented by one symbol, not a combination of two different symbols "a" and "i".
   The reason that Thai vowels are easier than english vowels, in certain respects, is because they are consistent. The symbol that represents the "ai" in "aisle", always sounds like "ai" in "aisle". Whereas in english the combination "ai" can have entirely different pronunciations depending on the word that you find it in: "air" vs. "aisle".
   The other thing that takes the sting out of learning "32" different vowels, is that there are only slight variations between some vowels and others. These variations are caused by adding an additional symbol after the vowel which just makes the sound shorter. It doesn't change the essential characteristics of the sound, just the length of it: like a "long a" vs. a "short a".
   The net impact of the above is that you'll only really have to learn around 20 individual vowel shapes, and their corresponding sounds. The rest can be logically derived from these.

  Thai Numbers
   While individuality is very laudable, the Thais could have given us a break by settling for the traditional number system, used by most countries: 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9 and 0. But someone got carried away somewhere, and decided to go the full distance, and create a unique number system, entirely incomprehensible to the outside eye.
   Nevertheless, once you get an initial idea of what's going on, things begin to become clear and logical - thankfully the mathematical principles are the same, as are the combinations of symbols. The thai "symbol for 1" followed by the "thai symbol for 0" also means "10".
   Fully covered in "60 Minutes to Learn the Thai Alphabet", you'll begin to recognise the thai numbers in minutes, much to the bemusement of your Thai friends. Once again the system relys on a simple image, that encodes the shape of the thai number, and its meaning. If you can look at a picture, and recall a picture, you can learn the Thai number system in about 5 minutes!

   Other Thai Symbols
   Besides the thai consonants, vowels and numbers, there are a couple of extra symbols that are commonly used in Thai sentences.These extra symbols are similar in function to certain punctuation symbols, that we find in English. In the Thai language, for example, when you write down an abbreviation, you must mark it out, by placing an "abbreviation symbol" after it. Not dissimilar to using the period (full-stop) symobl in english, when marking certain abbreviations.
   There is also a reduplication symbol in the Thai language, which indicates that the word that it appears after, must be read or spoken twice. There are really only a few common symbols that you'll need to recognise, and these are all covered in "60 Minutes to Learn the Thai Alphabet". You'll have them commited to memory in seconds, after glancing at the memorisation images.

   Thai Pronunciation
   The Thai language is a tonal language, in that different tones of voice will affect the meaning of a word dramatically. If you were to say the word in a high tone, ie at the top end of your voice's speaking register, the meaning could be entirely different to a word with the same letters, spoken in a low tone of voice.
   Altogether there are five tones: low, middle, high, rising and falling. The tones are determined by a number of factors including the presence of certain tone marks, the type of syllable and the class of consonant at the start of the syllable. Even though the rules seem very intricate at first, in "60 Minutes to Learn the Thai Alphabet", you will be able to learn the rules in minutes.
   This almost instant memorisation is made possible through the use of simple, but powerful mnemonic techniques which make the process of learnind complex and abstract information, a simple and enjoyable process. Basically the hard work has already been done for you. We've found similarities between the new information, and things that everyone already recognises, thus making the learning process an instant process! Visit the download page, to instantly download "60 Minutes to Learn the Thai Alphabet".

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Spoken Thai - Phonetic English - Thai Dictionary - Human Voice - Including Basic Thai Lessons ebook !!!    General "Spoken Thai" is a Thai language learning software package that includes six main components and some other useful tools for the beginner and the advanced student.    1). A word to word Phonetic dictionary of over 10,000 words with Thai script.    2). High quality 20,000 Audio files of useful sentences/words arranged by 129 subject categories.    3). Basic Thai learning e-book with 100 lessons and over 1,200 sentences using the Text Colors system.    4). Bilingual Dictionary with Thai script, Phonetics, fast search and multi-results (Eng-Thai / Thai-Eng).    5). Thai to English phonetic dictionary with 20,000 words and a fast search.    6). Thai Scrip Writer for quick writing Thai script without the use of  keyboard.

   The Basic Thai learning e-book includes 22 chapters of learning Thai script for advanced students.
Lao Language speaking Dictionary - A free bonus (category 129).
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   With a total of over 25,000 useful words and phrases most frequently used by a foreigner in Thailand, this is the best and biggest learning tool of its kind. This tool is designed to help English speakers, who can not read the Thai script, in learning to speak the Thai language and communicate with Thai people. It was written and designed by a foreigner with his own foreign perspective.
   There are 20,000 high quality audio files divided into 129 subject categories, spoken by a native Thai woman, in the way she speaks in everyday life. When the user clicks once on any English word or sentence, it will be automatically translated into the Thai language and shown in English phonetic pronunciation using English characters. In the audio categories the audio file, associated with the sentence or word selected, will be played too. There is a re-play option and very useful "Auto-Play" feature.
   A Text-To-Speech engine (TTS), if installed, will allow you to hear the English too. Actually you can sit comfortably and let "SpokenThai" speak to you all sentences in sequence, in English and in Thai.
   The dictionary also includes an expanded e-book with 100 lessons, 75 of which in Basic Thai grammar, and dozens of important key words, with example sentences, which are essential for understanding the structure of the spoken Thai language. With over 1200 useful sentences and their translations (using the color method of word to word translation which makes learning easy and quick) this book will guide you in understanding the rules of building more complex sentences as well. It will also show you some special words which have no defined translation to English and how to use them, and how to use other important words

Features: • Easy phonetic pronunciation translation. • Comfortable arrangement by 129 categories of the audio items. • Over 25,000 words, terms, phrases and entries (items). • Over 20,000 useful audio items, most of them full sentences. • Over 20,000 entries in the main Dictionary with Phonetic and Thai script. • Over 10,000 entries in the main Phonetic Dictionary with Thai script and Phonetics. • Over 20,000 entries in Bilingual Dictionary with Thai script, phonetics, fast search and multi-results. • Thai to English phonetic dictionary with fast search. • "Basic Thai Lessons" - expanded e-Book containing 100 chapters. • "Read Thai Script" Lessons included in the "Basic Thai Lessons" e-Book. • "Thai alphabet" - learn and listen to the Thai alphabet. • "ThaiClock" - Click any time of the day and hear it spoken + phonetics. • Text-To-Speech option for the English text (if installed). • High quality WAV sounds. • Auto Play/Stop for playing the sounds in sequence. Can be started from any item on the list. • Six different time intervals between lines/sounds for Auto Play. • Use Up/Down arrows to scroll items and play sounds in the audio category. • Use Page up or Page down to scroll a window display in the audio list.

• Use Home/End to go to the first/last item in the audio list. • Saving entries - add the English and Thai translation of current item to a text file which you can view or edit. • "My Dictionary" – contains a tool with editorial functions that will keep and manage your favourites. • Search Engine operates in all audio categories and in the main dictionary. • Entries Index. View a list of most audio files and to which category they belong, search and save results. • Volume Control slider. •  Castomize categories list - you can change the order of categories in the list. •  Click "SPACE"  to Start or Stop auto-play of sounds. •  Click "SHIFT + P"  to go Back to previous category. •  Click "ENTER"  to replay sound or click on the loudspeaker button. •  Automatic download of audio categories if not found in "Audio" folder. • Select fonts size and type button for the main distionary. • Easy to read Bold Ariel fonts (12) in the phonetic translation window. • Free on-line vocabulary updates. • Auto upload and install audio categories. • Free Lao speaking dictionary with 1,000 words and sentences. • "ThaiScriptWriter" alphabetic dictionary to write in Thai without the use of the keyboard. • Very simple to use program. • Compact interface.

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