No I think very much if you try . Do u want to learn with me/

Really? well, it's kinda totally diferent fr, Eng. our words are short and heavy. take time..you will be fine... (*v*)

You can join "Thai Group" for further discussion :-).

Example of informal and formal Thai word. 1. Greeting Formal: Sa Wad Dee ka/krub Informal (nowaday): Wad Dee 2. How are you? Formal: Khun Sa Bai Mai ? Informal (nowaday): Ben Ngai ? , Ben Ngai Bang? , Sa Bai Dee Mai ? 3. Good Bye Formal: La Korn Na Krub/Ka or Sa Wad Dee Krub/Ka. Informal (nowaday) : Bai na, Bai korn na, etc. Note: Sa Wad Dee can be used in Greeting or Good Bye. Since Thai culture is different from Western, some occasion doesn't exist in ancient Thai therefore it doesn't have exactly certain expression in some occasions. For example, we don't normally speak "You are welcome." in Thai culture but the society has been a lot influenced by westerns. Original Thai is more likely to say "Doesn't matter., Not at all." instead. To say "You are welcome." = Yin Dee Mak Krub/Ka. (ยินดีมากค่ะ/ครับ) "Doesn't matter. Not at all." = Mai Ben Rai, Mai Dong Kraeng Jai (Ka/Krub) (ไม่เป็นไร หรือ ไม่ต้องเกรงใจ)

It's not that difficult if you want to speak and communicate in Thai. Just try to speak with Thais as much as you can. Thai language can be understandable quite quickly. Grammar is much simpler. No tense. I don't know about Vietnamese but Thai is more similar to Chinese. You can combine the vocabs and build up a sentence. Most Thai will understand it. Also, speaking Thai language nowadays has been changed a lot. It doesn't strict on the formal structure. Many native Thai speaks like a broken language. (I afraid that the proper Thai language may not be able to find nowadays :-(.) Many words also confusing to me if I were foreigners but to survive in Thailand using common Thai is more than enough. Anyway, writing and reading Thai is different story.