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Flashcards on RianThai: how they work and how to use them
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Flashcards on RianThai: how they work and how to use them

You see ก. You try to remember its name. You flip the card. The schedule does the rest — quietly arranging each card to come back the day before you would have forgotten it. How spaced repetition works on RianThai, …

Thai numbers with pronunciation
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Thai numbers with pronunciation

Thailand quietly runs on two number systems. The Arabic digits you already know — and the Thai ones that turn up on market price tags, lottery tickets, official forms and year stamps. Learn the ten shapes once and they stop …

Thai Alphabet
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Thai Alphabet

44 consonants, 25 vowels, four tone marks. Each one has a name Thai children learn before they can read. Start where Thai schools start — letter by letter, with the colour, sound and class that decide how every Thai word …

Thai Pronouns: A Sociolinguistic Guide for Learners
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Thai Pronouns: A Sociolinguistic Guide for Learners

You memorised the pronoun table. You used it on a real Thai person. Something went slightly wrong. This guide explains why ผม, ฉัน, and คุณ don't behave the way the textbook says — and what Thai speakers actually do instead.

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