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Stop Thinking and Learning in English!

A recent comment thread on another post got me to think about a major stumbling block most of us (certainly me) might have when learning Thai or any other language. In the other post we were talking about the difference between using the word กิน to mean “have” as in, “I want to have rice.” I don’t agree with this interpretation at all, but the subsequent discussion did bring up some interesting thoughts.

I’m still very much aware that my Thai language skills are not that great, but I think most of it has to do with the fact that I’m still thinking and trying to learn in English…

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