How to become fluent in Thai - if I'm doing it then you can do it too! 

Learn 150+ languages with quality native-speaking teachers on italki🎉. Buy $10 get $5 for free for your first lesson using my code LANTA5: Web: go.italki.com/sweetlifelantanov App: italki.app.link/sweetlifelantanov ---- After last week's video "Speaking only Thai for 24 hours" it is time to tell you guys how I became fluent in Thai. Please let me know if you have any questions and like, comment and share for support! Love to all around the world, Maayan

ที่จรืงแล้ว คุณไม่ต้องกังวลกับเสียงวรรณยุกต์เกินไป แม้คุณจะออกเสียงผิด แต่คนไทยจะเข้าใจ เนื่องจากตีความตามปริบทของประโยคนั้นครับ .... และเมื่อคุณออกเสียงถูกต้อง นั่นทำให้คนไทยจะชมว่าคุณพูดไทยเก่ง 👍😁

I'm a year into learning Thai and I'm glad you said 3 to 4 years. I'm great with computer stuff but traditionally bad with foreign languages so it's been a big challenge. I'm making good progress finally. Thanks for taking the time to put this on YT !! I'm impressed and motivated by this video. Cheers -

I only speak English but I just moved to Bangkok, Thailand and want to be able to connect with the locals easier. Thank you for sharing what you have learned!

excellent video! i met my thai wife 23 years ago in switzerland. i then travelled thailand with her for my first time. nobody of the family could speak english and i wanted to communicate with them. so i started to pick up word after word and put them together. unlike in other languages this is possible in thai and most sentences even make sense. the hard thing about learning thai is that thai people are too kind and so happy if you speak just a little bit of thai. you can come up with a terrible phrase and pronunciation and they will say: "geng mak" :-) ! 555 Swiss people will correct you every time you say something wrong and will probably break your motivation with it. What i love about the thai language are the difficult pronunciations which allow a lot of funny word games and hillarious conversations. Keep up the good work. Best regards from Switzerland

When you say "Khao", I remember the actor named "Khaotung" and realise his name is iconic. Btw, this video is very useful for me. I love to learn languages and currently I can speak 4 languages (Burmese, English, Korean and Japanese). And I love to watch Thai series and everyday I watch and learn speaking from series. I don't have any Thai class cuz of my studies, however my love for Thai is never changed. I swear I'll be fluent in Thai one day and reside in Thailand. Thanks for this video. Your pronunciation is narak and I want to say su su na in upcoming learning ❤

Well done, Mayan! I’m impressed. Especially since you learnt Thai the hard way. You obviously worked really hard at it. You’re absolutely right about learning to read. It makes it so much easier to build up vocabulary , to speak clearly and accurately (with the correct tones) and to hear what people are saying (even though most people speak indistinctly*). The tones are the same as in English or other Western languages. They are not “rising” or “falling” except in a very superficial way. It you talk the way tones are taught, you won’t be understood. Use the “tones” from your own language. In fact, the monotones in Thai are hardest for us, because we rarely speak in a monotone. For those who say that the tones changes the meaning of a word in Thai, try saying this sentence in two different ways to give opposite meanings: “I didn’t think she was so clever.” In the Rapid Method, we start with reading and pronunciation before speaking or understanding. Completely the opposite of nearly every other course. It doesn’t take long. You did it in a month, which is very impressive- but no doubt it took you several more months to be able to read all the words you came across and be able to figure out what the tones are from the spelling, right? Once you can read, you can gain understanding by picking up vocabulary and phrases from the menus and street signs in your surroundings. And reading out loud develops your muscle dexterity so that you gradually speak more and more accurately and fluently. It takes about a year to reach basic conversational Thai (2-3 hours per week) if you follow Everyday Thai for Beginners. And another year to be fairly fluent (in colloquial, not academic Thai) after reading through a romance novel, like Sydney Remember. * neurological research in speech comprehension shows that your brain needs to be “primed” to be able to hear what someone is saying (or singing) clearly because people do not speak/sing distinctly. Being literate is probably the best way for adults to achieve this. It’s super easy for Thai because it is such a consistent language. But it’s almost impossible for learners of English!

OMG, we didn’t see, hear or even feel where are your presence for so long. I was thinking why the absence and silence for so long. I was thinking about posting this question on your older video but I told myself I understand the family and relatives back home is going through some tense time and this must have affected you badly. ( Yet to see your today’s video ) Take care Maayan. Shalom 🙏

Thank you for sharing!! Love all your videos!!

Lovely! I really appreciate when foreigners speak Thai because it is hard for them but they can so I very appreciate and yes, we can connect more ❤

When I just started watching lakorns Thai sounded absolutely impossible to pronounce. But now the more I listen and watch the more I’m adjusting to it and also I can decipher words I already know and learn new ones through context and subtitles. I haven’t started learning Thai properly but I feel like listening will definitely help me since I’m already familiar with it

So good to see you!!!❤❤❤Great topic, thanks.✨🌵✨🌷🙏

Thank-you Mayaan, this was really interesting. I loved your humor and fun! Much love to you & your family!❤️🇨🇦

Great video, thank you so much for sharing!

So happy to see your video today. Sending blessings to you and all of your family

Nice presentation and overview of the learning possibilities with regular practice. Then, practice some more. Thank you

Thank you Mayan for making me understand what the Thai language is about 😊 seems interesting to learn ❤

Oh how I miss watching your videos Maayan. Thank you for sharing this video with us. I love it. ❤❤❤ Can’t wait to see more videos soon.

I love love your video's Mayaan. You are such a creative person, you make great content, and you make it so straight forward, and interesting. I really appreciate how much time, and effort you put into being a fabulous creator. Best wishes from London UK 🇬🇧 xx

It's good to see your 2 friends again. I loved the videos u did with them on how they met their Thai partners!

Very interesting. Youre a very good teacher. As well as Mon. Youre learning so many things to help teach others🎉❤Good job.

Awesome vdo especially the part about the different tones! 😅 Thank you for the Italki code ... I speak Thai and am trying to learn French but when I try to speak French Thai comes out! I will take classes on Italki

Love this video! You are an inspiration for those of us living in another country and learning the language. It makes a huge difference to learn the language and be able to communicate with the locals. And they really do love and appreciate that. In the beginning I felt so tired and bored every time I would go somewhere with my husband, and everyone was talking and laughing and I had no clue what was going on. I am not fluent yet, but I can understand quite a bit and answer. But I speak slow. I am still in the process of taking in what someone says and asks and putting the sentence together in my head and then figuring out the words to respond. I teach myself, watch YT videos, and use Google translate. My husband actually isn't very helpful. We speak English every day. But there are two languages for me to learn here. Bahasa Indonesia is what I study and speak. But the island language is Sasak which is difficult for me and there is no help from Google translate. It does not recognize that language. So, sometimes I use both languages in one sentence! Many of the older people cannot speak Bahasa Indonesia so I cannot communicate with them - with words, anyway. I adore my Indonesian grandmother and we always hang out and just hold hands or she will put her hand on my leg and we just smile, laugh, hug, and kiss one another. When my partner and I met he spoke no English, and I was learning basic Bahasa. Somehow, we fell in love with the help of Google translate. 💞 Sending you all lots of cinta (love) from Indonesia. 🥰😘

Looking forward to seeing you back on RU-vid. Hope your family and friends are safe.

I am currently checking italki after your video 👍 very interesting 🤔 thank you 🙏

glad you made this video … I think many months ago I had asked you in the comment section to make a video about your Thai language learning journey. And finally you did!!!

Amazing ! You inspired to explore and learn the new language. Thanks from all my heart.

คลิปนี้ดูแล้วได้แรงบันดานใจเลย เพราะ กำลังเรียนภาษาอังกฤษอยู่ อาทิตย์กว่าแล้ว ระดับฝึกอ่าน ออกเสียงอยู่ นะแอด เอาะ สต.เคยไปเที่ยวเกาะลันตาเมื่อ 6 เดือนที่แล้ว ชอบ ๆๆ

Great video! I love it when other foreigners speak Thai at a high level. One thing you didn't mention that makes speaking Thai difficult is that Thai has both long and short vowels. I used to record myself speaking Thai, and was shocked at when I realized I wasn't speaking how I thought I was speaking. Now I speak at a fairly high level and continue learning by watching Thai news daily and reading Thai subtitles.

amazing ... that language sounds like "unlearnable" to me so it`s really impressive that you can speak it and even write! Chapeau Maayan! I learn to get better in english so I watch yt videos about my favorite hobby and it works. The two other languages I lost it and have no practice anymore... Much love from Germany

Fantastic video Maayan the Intro is hilarious ! i have a Thai friend, she gave me and my sis. yrears ago lessons in speaking "phu thi thai" when ever we visited her, but i speak only "nit noi" Thai, lol ! Great content, and b.t.w., i speak a very little bit Burmese language🙏💛

I am just happy to see you back. I still very much love your hair style. Not much positive thoughts about learning Thai. I am in Chiang Mai running the second months and I will spend a one month in Koh Samui before leaving Thailand.So it is really no point to learn Thai more then saying thank you and hello.. your Thai is impressive Maayan! PS: I speak 5 languages 😊

This video was awesome! Really motivated me to start taking my Thai more seriously. I am at a very basic level but really want to become fluent like yourself. Your Thai is exceptional. Also fellow RU-vidr family here living in Isan. I have visited Ko Lanta once before. So beautiful.

Great info! I'm going to Thailand with some friends for the first time next year and I'm trying to learn some basic conversational Thai. I heard about italki before, but after seeing your vlog, I think I'm going to give it a try ! I love Thai culture, food and people. So I'm looking forward to being able to communicate a little more with them when we go there next April! Thanks again!👍🏾

❤❤❤❤! Missed you,Mon and the boy&girl. Stay safe and peaceful

This was so helpful (and hilarious!). I Iearned English when I was in Israel and Egypt as a foreigner; somehow I was not as intimidated to practice learning it there because I knew that it was not their native language (didn't matter if I messed up:). I would clam up when I spoke with a native English speaker. I came home 6 months later speaking English with a heavy Middle East accent.Thanks for this video, it made me laugh when my heart was heavy

เคยสอนคนมาเลเซียออกเสียงวรรณยุกต์ไทย ด้วยการกดเสียงเปียโน บางทีก็ดีดสายกีตาร์ ผมสังเกตว่าเสียงภาษาไทยเป็นเมโลดี้ โดยให้คนที่เรียน ออกเสียงตามตัวโน็ตก่อน แล้วค่อยใส่คำตามโน็ตตัวนั้น

I'm on holiday in Thailand and I wanted to learn a few thai words and came across your video, I must say your story has inspired me to try harder to learn dutch as I currently live in the Netherlands thank you

Great vid! THANK YOU

Amazing level, Mayan. I feel tempted to try Italki for my own improvement of Thai language skills.

Omg 😂😂😂 you speak so good Thai! Seriously, it’s really good. Very funny to watch 😂

Congratulations on your level of Thai language, it is really great. I've only been to Thailand once and not as a tourist. But I was very enchanted by Thai people and Thai culture. When I returned to Poland, where I come from, I started learning Thai mainly from RU-vid. After a few months, I found a native teacher. I have had lessons 2 hours a week since last year. Unfortunately, I feel like I'm going to give up. The Thai language is too difficult for me... probably more difficult than the Polish language. Everything is completely different. And there are no Thais in Poland and there is no one to talk to. There are a lot of Chinese, Koreans, Japanese, Vietnamese but no Thais. Even though I listen to a lot of songs and watch Thai series on Netflix, I can hardly say a simple sentence correctly... except "what is it" or "where are you going" and "what is your name?" I still miss Thailand, but I guess I'm destined to be a foreigner who only says "hello". I greet you warmly and I would like to say once again that I admire you very much. Karolina from Poland.

Cool !! Good luck 😊

Im laughing so hard because I'm SUFFERING learning Thai but I have no choice, I already like their art/film too much so I can't turn back.

I am so proud of you as a Thai speaker, congratulations!

The way I learned to speak Thai reasonably well without living in Thailand is by learning to read Thai. Then I started with basic kids books and worked my way up to adult novels. Google translate was helpful in the process.

Thank for this video ❤

Great video, thank you!!

Maayan, you are amazing and hilarious!- I admire you to take an effort to learn thai language and you can make it very good.

Congratulations on mastering the sound! Just watched the full video. Will use the code later

This video inspired me to get back to my studies ^^. Happy to find your cannel

You speak wonderful Thai ..great to see.

Thank you for the tip 😉❤️

Enjoy watching your videos so far…

I really love learning foreign languages! I'm a native speaker of Ukrainian and russian languages. I also speak English and learning Polish and Spanish languages at present. My plans are to study Turkish as well. It's so amazing to speak many languages!

You're amazing👍💫💫

Cool! 👍 The story of your success with the Thai language is amazing. Also have heard many people have difficulties with Thai tones, many found themselves in funny situations because of that)))

Great video!

Nice vídeo Mayan 🌼🌸 🌿

Great video, as always! Your “can do” energy is infectious, much like the engine in the old classic children’s book “ Little Engine That Could”. Desiring to learn something, investing time, energy, and resources into it, and having a consistent “I think I can, I think I can” attitude goes a long way in leading a meaningful life. You are living it! 🐾🐾

I am not learning Thai, but I saw this video and I had to watch. I love seeing other people learning new languages. Right now i'm learning Spanish and I'm almost to a low intermediate level, which makes me so happy because I tried a few times to learn Spanish but I got burnt out when I didn't see any progress. However, I think I've found a method that works the best for me. Anyway, I congratulate you on your level in Thai, I know that most have been very difficult but congrats to you :)

You’re Thai is amazing. Just learning the little bits I did whilst in Thailand made my experience so much more fun. I’m still determined to learn and get better at Thai.

Love your video❤

เก่งมากๆแล้วนะคะ❤😊

Omg I've had a lesson with Kru Jane! She's amazing! Too bad my degree started and so I couldn't keep going ㅜㅜ hoping to start again soon! Thanks for the inspiration!

This is amazing!

When I listened to foreigners' perspectives, I felt very proud. Thank you for loving my language. Please be happy to the fullest in this house.

คุณเป็นคนที่ฉลาดและไวพริบดีมาก

โห ออกเสียงเก่งมากเลยครับ❤

Your pronunciation is really good.

Interesting 🧐 much to learn for sure 😂❤

Mayan you are an incredibly blessed person to have the ability to learn this language. I am soo envious. After 3 minutes I was even more discouraged to even hope that I will get it one day. I have no idea what a conversation is all about (except when numbers or names are mentioned), let alone speaking which must be 100 times harder. I accepted the fact that I am completely useless. As a German born I never had these problems learning English. Just listening to News and Movies was good enough to get fluent.

היי מעיין קודם כל אני רוצה להגיד שאני צופה אדוקה ונהנת מהתוכן שלך מאוד, תמיד יצירתי ומרתק. ראיתי מה רשמת לגבי המלחמה וזה עצוב שאנשים מסוגלים להאשים אותך ולקרוא לך במילים כל כך קשות כמו "בוגדת" ו"אחראית לטבח", ברור שאלו אמירות פוגעניות ומיותרות וגם לא נכונות שהרי את לא אחת ממקבלי ההחלטות. בכל מקרה אני רוצה להגיד לך שאני אישית כן התאכזבתי מהתגובה שלך, כמובן שאני לא מאשימה אותך בדברים קשים כמו השאר אבל כן הרגשתי את האכזבה. אני בטוחה שראית מה שקרה- את הטבח הנוראי והשואתי שקרה ב7.10 וגם את עליית האנטישמיות בעולם. כמובן שהעזתים חיים בעוני מחפיר, בתנאים לא תנאים ועכשיו גם נפגעים ומתים אבל קריאה אחת הגיונית של הדברים בשטח ואת כבר יודעת שהסיבה העיקרית לסבל שלהם הוא שלטון טרוריסטי איסמליסטי משיחי. הם לא יכולים ויודעים כדי להפיל את אותו שלטון כתוצאה מפחד משתק ולכן עובדים ברשתות החברתיות שנים על הנרטיב הפלסטיני הקורבני שמציג אותנו רע מאוד בלשון המעטה. רק ישראלי ובתור אחת שנולדה פה והייתה פה את יודעת כמה הצבא הוא מוסרי, כמה אנחנו חותרים ומאמינים בשלום וכמה שקרים יש במדיה. רק עכשיו אנחנו מנסים לתקן את העוול שנעשה לנו ולעבוד על ההסברה הישראלית כל כך קשה בשביל שנוכל בכלל להמשיך לחיות פה, כרגע אנחנו בסיכון קיומי! לכן אני חושבת שעדיף שלא היית מביעה דעה בכלל, כי כשאת כותבת דבר כזה בתור ישראלית ויהודיה זה מצדיק את הדיעה של האחר שאכן יש צדק לפגיעה כזאת קשה בנו. בכל המערכות ואפילו המלחמות לא אמרתי דבר, ולא ציפיתי מישראליי ויהודיי העולם להגיב, אבל כיצד ניתן לשים באותה משוואה פגיעה של אזרחים בעקבות מלחמה שהם פתחו וגם זה רק בגלל שביתם משמש כבסיס לארגון הטרור לבין כניסה של טרוריסטים לבתים של אזרחים, הרג של כל דבר חי שהם רואים, בנוסף להתעללות בלתי נתפסת, אונס, שריפה בחיים, שריפת הרכוש, בזיזה שנעשתה ע"י אזרחים (דרך אגב רוב חברי הקיבוצים שהם חדרו אליהם אם לא כולם, האמינו בשלום מוחלט והיו פעילים בקבוצות בהן שומרים על זכויותיהם של הפלסטינים). חברים שלי שהלכו למסיבת טבע בגילאי ה20 לחייהם בכדי לחגוג "peace" בכדי לרקוד ולחיות ונהרגו ע"י rpg, רוססו כמו חיות וכל הבנות הושפלו ונאנסו. אני מצטערת, המשוואה היא לא הגיונית, וגם אם את חושבת שכן, בגלל הקושי שנוצר עכשיו במדינה בגלל הפחד שאנחנו חיים בו, בגלל שיהודי העולם מפחדים לצאת לרחוב מחשש שזאת תהיה הפעם האחרונה שהם יצאו לרחוב, עדיף שלא תגידי כלום. מאכזב מאוד. מאכזב ועצוב.

Cantonese , Mandarin , English and Dutch and I really respect you because Thai language is very different 🧡🌷

Love the video that you created . i Personally know how to speak 3 languages. Really hope that one day i can learn how to speak Thai fluently like you. I think environment that you are in , will make it easier for you to pick up the language . And i love the way you mention on how people is connected thru their local language. Hope i will have the chance to meet you and your family in Koh Lanta Green Pepper😀

Well done to learn Thai language ❤😊

Love this! Thank you for the inspiration to keep learning and sharing how you did your learning.

Ohh wat kikke zeg! Ik was al in de bijna 10e video van jullie, zie ik ineens poy en gabie, 😳 nâhh. En adel mn schatje!🥰 Das ook toevallig. Nâh dan zal ik jullie binnenkort ook we gaan zien.😊 Haagse Piet 👋🏻✌🏻

Good idea

❤This one will be a big hit🎉🎉🎉

I loved the video, I started to be interested in Thai and I don't think anything is Portuguese/Thai, so I practiced my English more hahaha

คุณเก่งมากๆค่ะ รักเลย❤

I love your video! You're amazing that you can read and write in 20 days. I am trying to learn Thai right now. I'm completely lost with the different tones.

I really enjoy your video❤ sitting here and smiling 😊 Nice to meet you มายัน

Interested topic. Perhaps i need to learn new language after i got advance level in english. Cause i've been study in english for a year and still lack in intermediate level. Before i learn new languages, i need make sure everything i learned beforehand is no gonna be loose. Learning many languages is like a bridge, and they can be connecting between two different culture. I set my target language the next is spanish or france. Hope will be soon ❤

เร็วเกินไปที่จะเรียนภาษาไทย.......... lovely video, but I'm going back to sleep. Love you❤❤❤

I'm Austrian living in Laos. I can have basic conversations in lao and thai. During covid I studied thai online, but I find lao easier. I also lived in thailand a while and always love to go back for holidays. Knowing basic thai helped me a lot with Lao language. I spend lots of time with only lao locals here who can not speak english, so within one year I learned a lot. Never had a lao teacher, but really wanna learn to read, write and get fluent. When making mistakes with the tones, its just funny for them, so I enjoy it and hopefully can kick my own ass to also get myself a teacher to take my lao (and thai) to the next level. Languages definitely connect you with the people of a country and even when I travel somewhere I try to at least learn a few words, it makes locals smile :) thanks for that inspiring video 🙏

I love to watch your clip I also can practice my English too. How was Koh Lanta there? as a Thai people I never been there before :-)) guessing a lot of happiness there that why you choose stay with your family. 😃 😊

love it !!

So lovely 🥰

you are very accurate when make tones in thai. 🎉🎉🎉

i like to watched your vedio because i like to learn english also. it was so good to practice listenning

I was in the Netherland back in December 1999 for a few days - Dutch language or most Germanic related languages are very tough to pick up for a non-native English speaker like I am. I have found out that I can pick up Hindi better than Mandarin/Cantonese b/c of the Sanskrit - Pali. There are some words that sounded phonetically the same as Thai, Lao, et Khmer such “Suriya - the sun”

this is so inspiring for me even I'm Thai who's already know English maybe I will learn new language like Chinese soon.

การเรียนรู้ที่มีความสนุก

Khap khun khrap! I am learning Thai. Love this video and energy.

You are amazing, Mayan! My German friend asked me "How could NEAR and FAR be the same word" (in Thai)? 🤣🤣🤣 That's so hilarious. BTW, I speak Thai, English and Japanese with a tiny bit of French and Chinese.

I think i met you in lanta. In an issan food restaurang 🙂

I speak 3 languages, English, Spanish and Afrikaans, but I hope that I can add Thai in the next 2 years to include some translated interviews on our travel channel! This was awesome thanks for the comedic learning experience

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