ABSTRACT

Concise and user-friendly, Thai: An Essential Grammar is the ideal guide to the basic structures of the language for both students on taught courses and independent learners. Grammatical forms are explained in clear, jargon-free style and illustrated by examples, given in both Thai script and romanization. As well as grammar, it includes guidance on pronunciation, speech conventions and the beautiful Thai writing system.

chapter |4 pages

Introduction

chapter 1|6 pages

Pronunciation

chapter 2|12 pages

The writing system

chapter 3|16 pages

Nouns, classifiers and noun phrases

chapter 4|17 pages

Pronouns

chapter 5|27 pages

Verbs

chapter 7|12 pages

Adverbs and adverbial constructions

chapter 8|8 pages

Location markers and other prepositions

chapter 9|10 pages

Clauses and sentences

chapter 10|12 pages

Sentence particles

chapter 11|15 pages

Negation

chapter 12|18 pages

Questions

chapter 13|18 pages

Numbers, measurement and quantification

chapter 14|11 pages

Time

chapter 15|15 pages

Thai speech conventions