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Summary: The BEST Resource!!
Review: All Thai books by Benjawan Becker are helpful, clear and valuable. I highly recommend this dictionary. The trans-literation spelling is a very useful feature which other Thai dictionaries don't have.
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Summary: good overall portable dictionary
Review: I cant imagine finding a better English-Thai dictionary. This dictionary offers a complete pronunciation guide as well as tips on recognizing different thai scripts all in addition to having three different ways to look up a word. English,transliteration, or thai script. If you are a serious student of Thai you will most likely need to purchase a larger more complete dictionary but for everyday use this is the best Thai dictionary on the market.
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Summary: The Perfect Thai Dictionary for the English Speaker
Review: I cant imagine finding a better English-Thai dictionary. This dictionary offers a complete pronunciation guide as well as tips on recognizing different thai scripts all in addition to having three different ways to look up a word. English,transliteration, or thai script. If you are a serious student of Thai you will most likely need to purchase a larger more complete dictionary but for everyday use this is the best Thai dictionary on the market.
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Summary: lack of examples and usage notes.
Review: I hope it can have more examples and usage notes.
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Summary: It's all right.
Review: I would recommend this book to people who want to speak Thai but don't know how to read and write it. This is because once you know the Thai alphabet, you can usually pronounce words the correct way by just looking at them. This is from my own personal experience. I wouldn't bother with this book because when I compared the written Thai word to the English phonetic or how my Thai teacher said the word, they were sometimes not the same pronunciation, but similar. And similar doesn't cut it when trying to speak this language because you could be saying something else ;) But honestly, it's pretty good for speakers and even the tone-deaf.
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Summary: The BEST one!!
Review: If you are learning Thai, this little dictionary is a marvellous thing that you will want to acquire as soon as possible.One of the OUTSTANDING features is the idea to have three sections: English-Phonetic-Thai, Phonetic-Thai-English, and Thai-Phonetic-English. This means that you can actually look up a Thai word you have never seen or heard before, just from its sound. Another GREAT feature is that the alphabets are displayed along the bottom of the page, letting you know where you are in the alphabetical order. Another really good idea is the clear and complete explanation of all the Thai tone rules, consonant classes, vowel types, and so forth. In short, Ajaan Becker has drawn a line in the sand: this is by far the best learner's dictionary ever written for students of Thai, and all the others have become obsolete. You will naturally want to have other, larger dictionaries (a big Thai-English dictionary for example), but this is the one you will most likely be carrying around with you, and it's GREAT.
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Summary: good overall portable dictionary
Review: one of the best 'pocket' dictionaries around. It has the best transliteration system around, and offers translations in 3 different ways. only 4 out of 5 stars because some common words arent present, but an alternate is easy to find. B.P. Becker also writes the learning texts for Thai that are used almost exclusively by thai schools. So if youre learning Thai this is an excellent accompaniment.
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Summary: Handiest for a Trip
Review: This is by far the most useful dictionary I have used while traveling in Thailand. Even if you know the Thai alphabet, the phonetic transliterations of Thai can be very helpful in real-time communication. The three sections (English-phonetic-Thai, phonetic-Thai-English, and Thai-phonetic-English) work well together to get you what you need. There are some handy extras: a section on the Thai writing system, a list of common classifiers, and a sampling of Thai fonts. Good study material for long bus rides!
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Summary: a great dictionary
Review: This is the best Thai dictionary that I found anywhere. It has very readable print (both in English and in Thai). There are many wonderful features such as a section that shows the Thai letters in different print style -- VERY useful. There is a section that covers tones and examples of why they are important. The best feature is that there is a section for Thai script to English and a section for phonetic Thai transliteration to English. There is also a handy Thai alphabet at the bottom of the Thai scrit to English section for easy reference. The only thing that could be more useful is a wider range of vocabulary enteries. It's not ment for more than basic to eary intermediate vocabulary. Other than that I give it an A plus!
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Summary: a great dictionary
Review: This is the best Thai dictionary that I found anywhere. It has very readable print (both in English and in Thai). There are many wonderful features such as a section that shows the Thai letters in different print style -- VERY useful. There is a section that covers tones and examples of why they are important. The best feature is that there is a section for Thai script to English and a section for phonetic Thai transliteration to English. There is also a handy Thai alphabet at the bottom of the Thai scrit to English section for easy reference. The only thing that could be more useful is a wider range of vocabulary enteries. It's not ment for more than basic to eary intermediate vocabulary. Other than that I give it an A plus!
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