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Visual lessons, reference tools, and exploration utilities for Thai sounds, tones, grammar, and patterns.

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A pasted Thai sentence, its English meaning, and the sentence split into four word cards each showing what that word means
Sentence Explorer — paste Thai from anywhere and see the words inside it.

Sentence Explorer

Paste any Thai and see it split into words with reviewed meanings. Where a word is not one we have checked, it says so rather than inventing a gloss.

5 min

Tone Explorer

Enter any Thai text to see syllable-by-syllable tone analysis

5 min

The More You Know

206 bite-sized tips on tones, grammar, pronunciation, and more

3 min

Learn (54 lessons)

Visual lessons on Thai concepts — tones, grammar, particles, and more.

Syllable Anatomy

Phase 1
Consonant Classes

What a Thai syllable is made of — initial consonant, vowel, tone, final consonant (4 views).

5 min

The Full Thai Alphabet

Phase 1
Consonant Classes

All 44 consonants by class with vowel patterns reference.

8 min

Consonant Classes

Phase 1
Consonant Classes

The 3 consonant classes (mid, high, low), their tone rules, and interactive tabs.

6 min

The Five Thai Tones

Phase 1
Tone Perception

Animated pitch curves for all 5 tones — clickable and audible.

5 min

Vowel Placement

Phase 1
Vowel System

How Thai vowels appear before, after, above, below, and around consonants.

5 min

Word Reading Stepper

Phase 1
Reading & Decoding

5-step stepper through reading ข้าว — consonant, vowel, tone mark, final, pronounce.

4 min

Short vs Long Vowels

Phase 1
Vowel Length Contrast

Minimal pair side-by-sides showing how vowel length changes meaning.

4 min

Final Consonant Groups

Phase 1
Aspiration & Stops

The 8 final sounds — sonorant vs stopped — and how they affect tone and meaning.

5 min

Aspirated Pairs Drill

Phase 2
Aspiration & Stops

ป/พ ต/ท ก/ข จ/ช side-by-side with the tissue test drill.

5 min

Polite Particles

Phase 2
Polite Particles

ครับ/ค่ะ/นะ/สิ — gender rules, register stacking, and when to use each.

5 min

Numbers & Counting

Phase 2
Numbers & Money

Thai digits, counting system, classifier structure, and special numbers.

6 min

Time Expressions

Phase 2
Time Expressions

6-period Thai clock, planet-named days, relative time, and tense markers.

6 min

Repair Phrases

Phase 2
Conversation Repair

Say again, slower, didn't understand — the survival toolkit for conversations.

4 min

Compliments & Small Talk

Phase 2
Greeting & Social Customs

Shared-context openers and one modest response to a compliment.

4 min

Directions

Phase 2
Directions & Navigation

Straight, left, and right commands plus near, far, and ahead for short routes.

5 min

Question Words

Phase 2
Question Forms

8 Thai question words, their positions in sentences, and the key insight.

5 min

Particles in Dialog

Phase 2
Polite Particles

Context-bounded uses of นะ, สิ, and ล่ะ, plus one reviewed นะ/สิ contrast.

4 min

Sentence Structure

Phase 2
Sentence Patterns

Thai vs English word order with color-coded blocks.

5 min

Negation Patterns

Phase 2
Negation Patterns

ไม่, ไม่ได้, อย่า, ยัง...ไม่ — each with examples and usage rules.

5 min

Modal Verbs

Phase 2
Verb Serialization

อยาก, ต้อง, ควร, and ห้าม before actions, plus three position-dependent uses of ได้.

5 min

Sentence Connectors

Phase 2
Sentence Patterns

Because, but, if, and-then, even-though — linking ideas in Thai.

5 min

Classifiers Quiz

Phase 2
Classifiers

Interactive quiz on Thai classifiers with score tracking.

5 min

Reading Without Spaces

Phase 2
Word Segmentation

How to find word boundaries in unsegmented Thai text.

5 min

How to Shadow Thai

Phase 2
Phrase Shadowing

The shadowing technique — listen, echo, and build natural Thai rhythm.

5 min

Tone Determination Flowchart

Phase 3
Tone Rules

Interactive decision tree for determining the correct tone of any syllable.

6 min

Silent ห Tone Raiser

Phase 3
Tone Rules

How a silent leading ห or อ lends the syllable its own consonant class — the nine ห-led letters, plus the four อย words.

4 min

Verb Serialization

Phase 3
Verb Serialization

Thai verb chains vs English prepositions — 3 patterns with examples.

5 min

Sentence Builder

Phase 3
Sentence Patterns

Five core sentence patterns shown as reusable message slots.

6 min

Comparison & Degree

Phase 3
Comparison & Degree

กว่า, ที่สุด, and เท่ากัน with one three-step degree scale.

4 min

Word Family Roots

Phase 3
Word Families & Compounds

6 familiar roots (น้ำ, บ้าน, ใจ, คน, มือ, ทำ) anchoring reviewed compounds.

6 min

Core 100 Vocabulary

Phase 3
Core Vocabulary

A 16-word map of four jobs inside the Core 100; recall continues in Memory Builder.

8 min

Consonant Clusters

Phase 3
Reading & Decoding

กร, กล, กว, ขว, คร, ปล, พร, ตร — with example words.

5 min

Final Consonant Drill

Phase 3
Aspiration & Stops

Sonorant vs stopped finals with production notes.

5 min

Restaurant Vocabulary

Phase 4
Food Ordering

Ordering, menu reading, spice levels, and paying — 4 tabs.

8 min

Food Ordering Modifiers

Phase 4
Food Ordering

Spice, sweetness, oil, ingredients to skip, and temperature grids.

5 min

Market & Shopping

Phase 4
Core Vocabulary

Price asking, bargaining flow, and completing a purchase.

5 min

Transportation Vocabulary

Phase 4
Directions & Navigation

Vehicles with etymology, key phrases, and airport vocabulary — 3 tabs.

6 min

Kitchen Vocabulary

Phase 4
Core Vocabulary

High-use kitchen tools and locations in a compact room reference.

5 min

Home Vocabulary

Phase 4
Core Vocabulary

Room-by-room vocabulary for living, sleeping, bathing, and the outside edge.

6 min

Health & Body Vocabulary

Phase 4
Core Vocabulary

High-use body locations and the ปวด + location symptom pattern.

6 min

Work & Professional Vocabulary

Phase 4
Core Vocabulary

High-use job, workplace, and meeting vocabulary.

6 min

Wai Etiquette

Phase 5
Greeting & Social Customs

4 wai levels: monk, elder, peer, returning — hand height rules.

4 min

Body Language Rules

Phase 5
Thai Cultural Norms

Six respectful defaults covering head, feet, shoes, handovers, stepping, and smiles.

4 min

Color Meanings & Day Colors

Phase 5
Thai Cultural Norms

Seven day-color associations plus bounded royal and mourning context.

4 min

ใจ Compound Emotions

Phase 5
Word Families & Compounds

The ใจ (heart/mind) compound system — 8 whole-word cards with ใจ before or after the other piece.

5 min

Kinship Terms

Phase 5
Core Vocabulary

Grandparents by parental side, aunts and uncles by age and side, and พี่/น้อง by relative age.

5 min

Thai Festivals & Buddhist Observances

Phase 5
Thai Cultural Norms

Six named observances and festival periods, with a warning that lunar dates vary by year.

5 min

Temple Etiquette

Phase 5
Thai Cultural Norms

7 vocabulary items and 4 behavior rules for visiting Thai temples.

4 min

Thai Proverbs

Phase 5
Thai Cultural Norms

6 common proverbs with literal translation and cultural meaning.

5 min

Register Ladder

Phase 5
Politeness & Register

Five register rungs for eating vocabulary plus one polite-everyday payoff.

5 min

Digital Thai & Texting

Phase 5
Politeness & Register

555 laughter, stretched or repeated spellings, and contextual LINE stickers.

4 min

Drama & Colloquial Speech

Phase 5
Politeness & Register

Colloquial patterns not in textbooks — pronoun shifts, contractions.

5 min

Loanword Patterns

Phase 5
Reading & Decoding

Three reviewed loanwords illustrating Thai adaptation tendencies, not conversion rules.

4 min

Learner Roadmap

Phase 5
Core Vocabulary

4-stage journey with observable evidence and one next-practice decision.

5 min