English-Thai Dictionary

By Denis Segaller

11 x 15 cm. 466pp.

ENGLISH-THAI DICTIONARY  For Native-English speakers 

This new Dictionary will help you to find .  the right Thai word you are looking for, and to  pronounce it more or less correctly. There are two  factors involved here: (1) finding the correct word  itself, and (2) saying it with the correct  pronunciation-especially the correct TONE or  TONES! (For instance, "MA" spoken in an ordinary  tone means "come"; in a rising tone, it means  "dog"; and in a high tone, "horse"!) Using the  wrong tones often results in a complete lack of  understanding-as you may have already  discovered for yourself! 

The tones in this Dictionary are indicated by a  simple graphic phonetic system, the same used in  the author's phrase book "Thai Without Tears"  Once you've mastered this system, the tone battle  is more than half won! 

Thai vowel-sounds themselves can also be a  bit tricky. In this Dictionary they have been  interpreted in a table with notes for both American  and British speakers. 

Like "Thai Without Tears", it is hoped that  this Dictionary will be of value to all native-English  speakers living in Thailand.