Read Thai. Then actually speak it. This app gives you both.
Every phrase becomes a card with its tones in colour, and a mini lesson that explains why it sounds that way. Hear it, or record your partner or teacher saying it. Free to start, a few minutes a day.
Save your first phrase — free →No card needed
ขอเผ็ดน้อยๆนะครับ
khɔ̌ɔ phèt nɔ́ɔy-nɔ́ɔy ná khráp
Thai is hard. It also has rules, and nobody explains them.
Five tones. Consonants that change which tone you get. Spelling that does not always match what you hear. You will not learn it in a minute, and a list of phrases will not tell you why they sound the way they do.
This explains it. Tap “Why these tones?” on a card and the mini lesson takes the syllable apart, one piece at a time.
And it works beside what you already have. Your class, your book, your teacher, your partner. Take a photo of the page you are on and it becomes cards. Record your teacher saying the word and their voice goes on the card.
One class a week — and then what?
A teacher is with you for an hour. A book gives everyone the same phrases, in the same order. Neither is in your pocket on a Tuesday night, when you actually need the word.
This is yours, and it is there every day. Your cards are the words from your own life here: the sign you photographed, the sentence your teacher said, the thing your partner’s mum asked you. A few minutes, any day.
Keep the class if you have one. A good teacher is worth it — but lessons cost far more than this does, and you get one a week. This is for the six days in between.
Book letters, sign letters — the same Thai.
Same letters, two shapes. A book prints them with loops. On a sign, a menu or a shopfront the loops are often gone.
- ถนน
- thà-nǒnroad
- ตลาด
- dtà-làatmarket
- รถ
- rótcar, vehicle
- ถนน
- thà-nǒnroad
- ตลาด
- dtà-làatmarket
- รถ
- rótcar, vehicle
These are the two you see most in Thailand. A book prints one of them, and a class usually teaches the one in the book.
Here every card reads both ways. One tap switches the card from book letters to sign letters, so the word you learned at home is one you can read on the street.
Wondering why it's said that way? Ask the card.
Flip a card and tap “Why these tones?” — a mini lesson takes each syllable apart: the consonant's class, whether the syllable is live or dead, any tone mark, and the rule that turns them into the tone you hear.
Why?
- Because of your partner's family
- Because someone needs a hand
- Because conversation beats cards
- Because a community opens up
- Because it looks good on a CV
- Because you live here
What's in it
- Type it in EnglishGet the Thai, the tones and the audio.
- Take a photo of a pageYour book, a menu, a sign. Pick the phrases you want, they become cards.
- Record a real voiceYour partner, your teacher. Their voice goes on the card.
- Tones in colourSyllable by syllable, so you see what you hear.
- Mini lessons“Why these tones?” opens the rule behind the sound.
- A free deck that teaches you to readClass, vowel length, live and dead, the four tone marks.
- Cards come back before you forget themAnd it shows you how much is sticking.
Why you'll actually remember it
Your brain forgets new words fast. So we bring each one back right before you'd forget it — and every time you nail it, it fades slower, until it sticks for good.
Each review resets your memory to full — and it fades slower every time.
It's called spaced repetition — the most proven method in memory science. the science ↗
You always know it's working
words you'll still remember
The app shows exactly how much is actually sticking — an honest number, never a vanity score.
A peek at your Stats page — your real numbers appear once you start.
In your first few weeks, you'll be able to:
- Order food the way locals do
- Get around and haggle a fair price
- Greet your partner's family, politely
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