Oh my god ! It's Leya here, I'm so happy to be in this video and what you said about me warms my heart so much ! I started to study Thai during the first lockdown, but ever since I started University (I'm studying to become a Director of Photography) my free time has lessened and it has become so hard to incorporate Thai Language into my schedule... ! Hopefully I have my Thai penfriend who has helped me a lot to improve my skills through LINE and is so proud of me being in this video ! Thank you so much Paddy for this video and everything on this channel 🙏🙏
Your Thai accent is excellent, Leya. There were some grammatical and pronunciation mistakes but overall your accent is very good. Especially when you introduced your age, you sounded like my younger cousin. Please keep it up and good luck in your studies : )
Hey I am also French, I just want some advice from you because I am learning thai on my own which very difficult (especially the alphabet). Thank you in advance for your suggestions (I'm using already drop, hellotalk as phone apps, j'écris en anglais au cas où quelqu'un me donne également des tips)
Wow! I am very impressed with everyone on this video. As a Thai person, I am extremely proud to see my mother tongue is being learned and spoken all over the world. Paddy did ask for a Thai speaker to chime in on one of Jen's sentences, "I am interested in knowing what you (Paddy) think of my Thai". I would use the word "อยากรู้" instead of "สนใจ" in that context. So, the sentence would be "อยากรู้จังเลยว่าแพดดี้คิดว่าภาษาไทยของฉันเป็นยังไง" 🇹🇭 👍
It is a great format to discuss people's progress with the Thai language without the slightest inclination to expose them to ridicule. You are doing really great.
As a native Thai, I'd like to say thank you to everyone for your interest in learning Thai language. Everyone doing such a great job speaking Thai. Wish you all the best in your learning journey. 4:00 Jen and Paddy, if you allow me I'd probably say it this way "ฉันอยากรู้ว่าภาษาไทยของฉันเป็นอย่างไรในความคิด (หรือในสายตา) ของคุณ". And last, Em your Thai is very impressive. You sounded like Native Thai, tbh. Hopefully you'll fall in love with Thailand even more when you have a chance to visit Thailand one day. Cheers!
I’m blown away by your knowledge of Thai grammar and sentence structures, Paddy. You said you had learned Thai in a natural setting but I think you have as much understanding of the language as someone who learned it in a school or university does. Kudos to you!
Very good content Paddy...on behalf of Thai people I am very proud and truly appreciated you are guys trying to learn Thai language...รู้สึกภูมิใจที่ทุกๆคนตั้งใจฝึกฝนเพื่อพูดภาษาไทยมากๆค่ะ ประเทศของเราก็ไม่ได้เจริญอะไรมากมาย ไม่ได้เป็นประเทศชั้นแนวหน้าของโลกด้านเทคโนโลยี แต่ความมีน้ำใจของคนไทย ยังยินดีต้อนรับทุกคนให้กลับมาเยือนประเทศไทยอีกครั้งนะคะ ในอนาคตอันใกล้..
This is fantastic. I would love to participate in any upcoming videos with foreigners who speak Thai. I'm a fluent Thai speaker myself. Studied in Thailand as a kid and love speaking Thai !
I absolutely love this format! It’s so interesting to see different levels of Thai from all around the world. I would love to see a Part 3 - or even more parts! :) These videos are great for expanding my Thai vocabulary and it’s just really encouraging to see and hear other Thai learners. Great job as always, Paddy! :)
It's really interesting finding another Swede that's also learning Thai! Obviously, your level is way higher than mine, but it's good to see, nonetheless! 🤩
Paddy, I hope you are not getting tired of doing this because I just can't get enough of it. 11 minutes went by so quickly and I just keep smiling throughout the video. Thanks so much for this awesome contents and thanks to everyone for loving our Thai language and culture!
Wow Em at the end, can't believe he's never been to Thailand. He sounded like a Thai person to me, especially when he was "thinking on his feet" and speaking naturally
I am very impressed on how foreigners love to learn Thai language. So proud of it! แล้วเราก็เป็นคนไทยเหมือนกัน แต่ไปโตที่เมืองนอก เพราะฉะนั้นภาษาไทยก็อาจจะไม่คล่องนัก 😅 ชอบมากค่ะที่ฝรั่งเรียนภาษาไทยจังเลย Anyway, keep up the good work! 👍😀👍
You are the best man honestly, i am from Thailand originally but i moved to Europe when i was young and forgot everythong besides the i understanding a little. Keep up the awesome work!
As a Thai I'm amazed that there's so much interest in the Thai language! Thank you so much Paddy, if i wasnt for you I would never have known. P. S. to eveyone who sent in videos (part 1 as well), good job! You should be really proud of yourselves. I understood what everyone was saying quite easily.
Native Thai speaker here, you are doing a mighty fine job here mate. Your comments and critiques are spot on. You pointed them out so clearly I couldn't even think of a better word. Kudos to all the people in the vids too. Sure, mispronounces here and there but everyone got the most important thing right, getting the message across.
Fantastic Paddy! Just as enjoyable as the last and I bet every one of those people got an absolute kick out of featuring. Plus good positive advice as well. I would watch a part 3 for sure.
Here's my input from the pov of a local, native Thai speaker (just my opinion and I could be wrong 🤷♂️): 4:42 - She could say "ฉันอยากรู้ความคิดเห็นของแพดดี้มากๆ" but personally I probably wouldn't have said that, and instead said something like จะรอดูว่าแพดดี้ว่าไง (I'm looking forward to hearing back from Paddy) 5:10 - hmm I'm not sure about this but maybe he could've shortened it to "สิบ สิบเอ็ด 8:36 - Most of my friends who study film would just say เรียนนิเทศ (คณะนิเทศศาสตร์ communication arts) which is a lot more common from what I've heard I get that Em is just trying to be polite but there's no need for that many ครับ's lol. You could also tell how similar the asean countries' languages are from the way he talks and I'm really impressed ps. is it just me or does it look like Paddy is tryna be a DJ when he is correcting their tone and pronunciation....
@Dave Gilmour Thanks a lot! I appreciate it, but I went to an International school in Thailand as a kid so my English had to be at a decent level as it was the primary language spoken 😂. However I have some friends who go/went to pure Thai schools, and from what I've seen, the amount of English taught has increased quite a bit; leading to a better level of English from Thai students in general. Recently, it has also been more competitive to get into universities in places like Thailand, US, UK, Australia etc as more Thai students look to study abroad, resulting in more Thais doing standardized proficiency tests such as SAT, ACT, toefls, and ielts. With social media, westernization, and tourism also being influencing factors, I'd say that the level of English spoken in the current generation has gradually improved compared to (for example) but my parents' generation. So I think there was just a lack of education and exposure in the past.
Oh my god ! It's Leya and this means so much to me... ! I think black belt is a bit too much for my current level but I'll try my best to reach that point in a few years ! Thank you so much for your uplifting words ! 🙏
@@prune9421 I'm french too, I learn Thai only with RU-vid video. You have a good ear for catching the nuances of thai accent. That was impressive. Are you into music as well ? (I guess you are)
WOW ว้าว great vid The Indonesian guy at the end....perfect Thai for a guy that has never been to Thailand, this young man will have an awesome life ahead of him. The French girl who learnt Thai because of love of movies and also had never been to Thailand.....so cool and impressive. All the other submissions....bloody unreal. Paddy, also not so bad!!!! Cheers from Chiang Mai
Hii ! Leya, the French girl speaking ! Thank you so much for your kind words, I hope I will have the opportunity some day to go to Thailand and to learn even more things about the country !
Yo! I've been living in Thailand off and on for the last few years, and tbh I didn't really start making much of an effort to actually learn and be able to speak until the last year or so. Some days I feel like I'm getting nowhere, it can definitely be intimidating, but watching your channel inspires me and keeps me going and wanting to learn more! Keep the videos coming
Given the short time period, Jen is amazing and will make amazing progress if she keeps at it. Very impressive tones and cadence, she even inserts a perfct fake 'schwa' after the 'S' of Scotland, bang on. Really natural!
Khun Em, you can't fool me as being a foreigner หลอกไม่สำเร็จ. Every one is awesome including Paddy for criticizing ! I'm happy for the future of thai-lao language with diversified global ( not just regional) accents and dialects just like English today.
Again, I watch these in successions, I really appreciated everybody who participated and wanted to learn Thai. Thank you so so much. And it's very interesting to hear Paddy point out different every pronunciation and tone.
Hey Paddy, I never learn Thai, but I always been encountered with a lot of Thai friends since I was in primary 6 when I moved to Penang for studying, and during my university in China. This message is just to show, how I enjoy listening to you talking in Thai, having converstaion with Thai people in Sydney and you embodied that Thai people's persona. Keep doing entertaining videos like these, mate! Good Luck!
Awesome video. Awesome speakers . Awesome crit’s. Really very inspiring and I hope you do more of them, Paddy. After a year of trying to learn at home alone, this makes me want to as they say “grow a pair” and find people to practice with.
Good one. Outside of just remembering what I've studied over and over again, pronunciation and tones still close to impossible/difficult to hear distinctions/ nuances esp falling tone. Thumbs up to Khun "Em" sounds like a native !
Thanks a lot Paddy, using these videos to learn basic thai. They are more interesting than just learning vocabulary on youtube, but the sentence structures are also more simple to understand versus your other videos.
Jen from the video here! It just came up on my RU-vid feed again! Didn't realise it was over a year ago - and I can now hear my own progress now listening back to this! Amazing! 🙌 Thanks for doing this Paddy! Loving seeing your adventures now in Thailand and excited to see where your channel goes! ปีหน้าเจนจะไป Sydney และหวังว่าจะได้มาเที่ยวเมืองไทยอีกครั่ง อาจจะมีโอกาสที่ได้เจอ Paddy ด้วยนะคะ 😄
@@ThaiTalkwithPaddy that would be amazing! I’ll be in Sydney next April for sure, and hopefully Thailand around some of that time too. I’ll be keeping up with your videos and hopefully have the chance to cross paths sometime then! Keep up the excellent work - always a bright day when I see a new video up! 🙌
Wow, As I am Thai. It's so amazing about your Thai, everyone! Tones, Pronunciation, Vocabulary. All of you doing well. For some people, If I just listened, I don't know that they are foreigners. Keep going learning Thai. I feel good that you love to learn Thai.
First off Paddy, you are hilarious. I often laugh watching your shows. After watching your videos, I started recording myself speaking Thai. I was born and raised in Thailand until 14. One thing I noticed was that when I speak Thai, I completely drop the pronoun “I” altogether.
Khun Paddy, my name is Mr. Boat. I live in Samutprakarn. I really love your program. Your Thai language is quite good. Thank you for helping promoting Thai language. คุณแพดดี้ สวัสดีครับผมชื่อโบทครับ ผมอยู่ที่สมุทรปราการ ผมชอบโปรแกรมของคุณมากครับ คุณพ฿ดไทยเก่งครับทขอบคุณที่ช่วยส่งเสริมภาษาไทยครับ
4:56 I was freaking out- Mr.Justin is a 3rd grade teacher at my formal school, I moved to a new school for Grade 7 but I still do miss everyone from my old school. Also, we do not really use สนใจ in a sentence like that, mostly ตื่นเต้น like you said. If the person wants to say it in a more non-formal/lazy-ish way then they can say อยาก instead (As in ฉันอยากที่จะรู้สิ่งที่คุณ/(Insert name) คิดเกี่ยวกับภาษาไทยของฉัน) Another thing, (1:56) ผมอยากคุยกับแฟนในภาษาไทย is useable. There is no need to change the word unless they’re doing a very very grammar test
Well done to all of those that sent in their videos. I now feel really jealous of each and every one of you. It shows it can be done though, so thank you. And cheers Paddy, I love your channel.
Technically using sonjai actually is a bit more formal. A more informal way of saying it would be similar to swapping the word “interested” with “I would like to know” like “chun yak roo waa paddy kid yang ngai”. Both ways of saying the phrase is correct and is only dependent on the formality required of the situation. Love these vids bro! ขอให้มีล้านsubscribersไวๆนะครับ
Great video. I really admire everyone, including you … Paddy, and appreciate your interest and endeavor in leaning my native language 👏👏👏 I personally feel that a few might have been influenced by non-central accent (Northeastern/Northern) from the persons next to them.