Tag: language
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Isaan
The other day on the porch I learned a little about the Isaan language. Specifically I learned that it is more a collection of Lao-Thai variations, than a distinct language. Villages 5 km apart will say things quite differently. They will use different words, different word order, etc. So much so, that some central Thai […]
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Free Audio Bible
This site is worth checking out. They have the recordings of the New Testament available free in 296 languages (including Thai and Lao (Lao is very similar to Isaan, the local language here in Ubon)).
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Translating for Honey
Last night my neighbor asked me to help his girlfriend translate something from English to Thai. It was an article on osteoporosis. I quite frankly don’t know many of the Thai words used to talk about osteoporosis. As I was slowly crawling my way through the first paragraph of the three page article, my neighbor […]
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สบาย ๆ
สบาย:comfortable. สบาย ๆ: chill, relax, take a deep breath, easy going. (ๆ is a repeat sign. สบาย ๆ is read สบาย สบาย) That’s without looking in a dictionary, so it may be a little off. Translation aside, today was a reminder that living here in this country it’s best to be able to face things and just think สบาย ๆ. (This is probably […]
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To Laos for a Visa
So the last two days I made a run to Laos to change my Visa from the one that allowed me to study to the one that will allow me to teach. Everything went smoothly; God be thanked. Linguistic notes: Spoken Thai and Lao are pretty related. Listening to kids count, and doing prices around […]