สวัสดีค่ะ Farang Mikey,

ใช่ค่ะ บันทึกส่วนตัว and the word ไดอารี่ are the same ค่ะ ไดอารี่ เป็นคำยืมจากภาษาอังกฤษค่ะ คนไทยนิยมใช้คำนี้มากกว่า เพราะฟังดูทันสมัย กว่าคำว่า บันทึกส่วนตัว แต่ต้องพูดกับคนที่เข้าใจนะคะ ถ้าเป็นคนแก่อาจไม่เข้าใจ

สวัสดีค่ะ

ปริษา Parisa

Team ThaiPod101.com

Fantastic lesson! Can I please ask if the word บันทึกส่วนตัว and the word ไดอารี่ are the same? In Thai dramas I have heard the word ไดอารี่ before, but this is the first time I have ever heard the word บันทึกส่วนตัว. Thank you so much! I think ThaiPod 101 is just outstanding!

Hello Kong Yew Wan,

Thank you. Yes, this word สระ pronounce as if ร is silent so "sà". There are some reading exceptions that learners would have to study and memorize. Hope that helps. Please let me know if you have any future questions. I will be glad to help.

Have a good day.

ปริษา Parisa

Team ThaiPod101.com

Is สระ really pronounced something like just ส? It's one of the oddest differences between the written form and the pronunciation that I've seen.

Hello Mark and Becca,

Thank you for comment. We're appreciated. I would suggested to our team. Please feel free to let me know if you have any questions. I will be glad to help.

Have a nice day.

ปริษา Parisa

Team ThaiPod101.com

Hello!

I enjoy lessons, but I would have to agree with Mark. I think this program would be GREATLY enhanced if ALL vocab were included as options. Especially since many times I have been adding vocab to flashcards to study, and it is so much extra work to go into the Thai dictionary in order to find the correct words and add them to flashcards. I think if this website is going to improve overall, that is necessary.

Thanks,

how on earth can you call this absolute beginners level?

There is vocab in here that I would suggest even beginner level have not come across..

At least please put the more advanced vocab in the vocab list.

Hello Michele,

Thank you very much. I'm glad you find our lessons useful. For words that not on our list. Here is our dictionary to help you. https://www.thaipod101.com/thai-dictionary/

You will get to understand more usage of words when you follow a long our audio lessons which provided grammar explanations. Hope that help. Please feel free to let me know if you have any questions. I will be glad to help.

Have a nice day.

Parisa

Team ThaiPod101.com

I find these listening comprehension exercises very useful. Thank you for including them.

One suggestion, if the exercise will include some advanced vocabulary, it would be helpful to include that in the vocabulary list. For example, this episode includes the words for "through/all", "memoir/journal", "private/personal". I don't think any of those would be considered absolute beginner vocabulary, but they are not included in the vocabulary list although they are critical to understanding the question and situation discussed.

Hello Joanne,

Thanks so much for your comment. For your question, "เป็น" is a verb "to be" and "อย่าง" is a "numerical classifier", so first thing "อย่างแรก". We can not wrote the sentence like this "วันนี้เขาทำอะไรแรก" because it grammatically wrong. Hope that helps.

Have a nice day.

Parisa

Team ThaiPod101.com