From letters to sentences
The most useful consonants in their three classes, the vowels that sit above, below and around a letter, the four tone marks, Thai numerals, everyday words and simple sentences such as “How much is this?”.
Sawasdee Passport is a Thai course wrapped in a story, and the first lesson is free. Your boat ties up at Ayutthaya, the island capital where the world came to trade, and you travel by river and road through the floating markets to Bangkok, north to Sukhothai and the lantern skies of Chiang Mai, east through Korat to the Khmer temple of Phimai and the Mekong, and finally south to the islands.
At every stop a guide teaches you new Thai letters, everyday words and short phrases, then tells you the history and folklore of the place. Lessons take about five minutes and work on phones, tablets and computers.
The most useful consonants in their three classes, the vowels that sit above, below and around a letter, the four tone marks, Thai numerals, everyday words and simple sentences such as “How much is this?”.
Earn XP, climb the ranks, keep a daily streak and set a daily goal. Spaced-repetition practice brings back the words you find hardest, and every word has a slow button so you can hear each tone.
Ayutthaya and its traders, the Chakri kings and the Grand Palace, Sukhothai and the birth of the alphabet, Lanna, the sandstone sanctuary of Phimai, the Naga of the Mekong and the creatures of the Himmaphan forest.