Table of Contents

Introduction 1. Pronunciation 2. The writing system 3. Nouns, classifiers and noun phrases 4. Pronouns 5. Verbs 6. Adjectives (stative verbs) and adjectival constructions 7. Adverbs and adverbial constructions 8. Location markers and prepositions 9. Clauses and sentences 10. Sentence particles 11. Negation 12. Questions 13. Numbers, measurement and quantification 14. Time 15. Thai speech conventions Appendix 1—Romanisation systems. Appendix 2—The verbs hâi, dâi, bpen: a summary. Glossary. Bibliography and further reading. Index

About the Author

David Smyth is Senior Lecturer in Thai at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London.