iawia Bilingual Pentaglot Newbie Taiwan Joined 4590 days ago 35 posts - 55 votes Speaks: EnglishC2, Mandarin*, Taiwanese*, Cantonese, Spanish Studies: Thai, Japanese
| Message 297 of 457 03 March 2013 at 11:44pm | IP Logged |
I know I'm pretty late, but here is my February challenge.
I completed it some time ago, but just did not find the time to post it.
It's a song by Chaem Chaemram, แช่ม แช่มรัมย์. And the name of the song is กรุณาฟังให้จบ
(Please kindly listen until the end.)
Here is the link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BNw26kVGsis
Understanding the lyrics was easy enough for me, and after listening to
the same song 10-20 times, I could sing along for most of the part, except for one part
that goes
quite fast. Otherwise, I would say I learned most of the song by heart.
Here are the lyrics and the English translation.
มีเวลาสักสองสามนาทีไ หม
Do you have two or three minutes?
ถ้าเธอไม่ยุ่งอะไร
If you’re not too busy with anything
ขอฉันคุยด้วยสองสามคำ
Can I talk to you briefly about a couple things?
มีเรื่องค้างใจมากมาย อยู่เป็นล้านคำ
There’s a thousand things that have been bothering me
ย่อมาแล้วเหลือแค่สั้ นๆ
I’ve condensed it already, now it’s quite short
แค่ที่มันสำคัญจริงๆ
Only the really important parts
กรุณาฟังๆ ฉันให้จบๆๆ แล้วจะบวกจะลบ
Please kindly listen listen until I finish finish finish and you can add or delete
things
ก็ตามใจ
As you please
ถ้าเธอมีเวลา พอให้รบกวนได้
If you have enough time for me bother you
ช่วยฟังความในใจ สักนิดนึง
Please listen to the things in my heart for just a little moment
หลับตาลงก็เห็นแต่ใบห น้าเธอ
Closing my eyes, I see only your face
กี่เช้าตื่นมาก็เจอว่ าคิดถึงเธออยู่เป็นปร ะจำ
How many mornings have I waken up and found I’m thinking of you? It’s become normal
ใจมันก็ลอยออกไปหาเธอ อยู่ทุกเช้าค่ำ
My heart is floating out after you every day and night
ไม่รู้จะทำยังไง
I don’t know what to do
อยากมีเธออยู่เคียงข้ างกายให้เธอ
I want to have you at my side and for you
เป็นคนรักคนสุดท้ายตล อดชีวิตไม่คิดให้ใคร
To be the last person I love for the rest of my life, I won’t think of anyone else
แค่เธอผู้เดียวที่ใจฉ ันเห็นว่าใช่
You’re the only person who my heart sees as “the one”
ถ้ายังไม่มีผู้ใดได้ใ จก็ถือโอกาสตรงนี้บอก กันซะเลย
If no one has gotten your heart yet, I’d like to take this chance to tell you
จะคิดยังไงกับฉัน ก็แล้วแต่เธอ
However you’ll feel about me, it’s up to you
เก็บมานานมากจนล้นใจอ ย่างนี้
I’ve kept it in for so long until my heart has overflowed like this
ก็เพราะคิดว่าเธอมีแฟ นอยู่แล้วก็เลยไม่กล้ า
Because I thought you had a boyfriend already, I’ve never been brave enough
แต่ก็นะ เกินห้ามใจที่รักมากก ว่า
But now, it’s much more than I can forbid my heart that loves you
ห้ามต่อไปเดี๋ยวกลายเ ป็นบ้า
If I continue to hold myself back, I’ll go crazy
อย่าเพิ่งหาว่าฉันมาก มาย
Don’t just go blaming me
Edited by iawia on 03 March 2013 at 11:45pm
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lichtrausch Triglot Senior Member United States Joined 5961 days ago 525 posts - 1072 votes Speaks: English*, German, Japanese Studies: Korean, Mandarin
| Message 298 of 457 04 March 2013 at 5:40pm | IP Logged |
Oops. Yeah, that's the one. Thanks.
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billyshears66 Groupie United States Joined 4515 days ago 69 posts - 78 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Mandarin
| Message 299 of 457 14 March 2013 at 6:36pm | IP Logged |
March's challenge seems good. Though, I've only looked at the website briefly, and I'm
having a hard time finding something at my level. They are all above me. I might have to
just push it and do the best I can, though I not sure if I'd really get much out from
doing that. I'll have to play around some more on the site.
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Haksaeng Senior Member Korea, South Joined 6199 days ago 166 posts - 250 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Korean, Arabic (Levantine)
| Message 300 of 457 14 March 2013 at 11:51pm | IP Logged |
billyshears66, I wondered about that too. For people who are at the beginning of learning a language, those lessons are really difficult! And I was surprised that some of the lessons I'm working on are only considered B1, but in my opinion they are much higher than that. One thing I found is that even though some of them are too hard, they do include a lot of hints and tips and they really walk me step by step through the lesson, so that by the end I have actually learned something, even if I got lots of wrong answers. Also when I get a wrong answer, there's an explanation of the correct answer.
So if you want to use the lessons, just hunt around for the easiest one and work through it even if you're getting everything wrong. You can't help but learn something, even if most of it is too high. Just being able to toggle back and forth from English to target language while reading the instructions can teach you new words.
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puffin1981 Diglot Newbie Hungary cookingstar.blogspot Joined 5312 days ago 4 posts - 4 votes Speaks: Hungarian*, EnglishC2 Studies: Italian, Spanish, Thai
| Message 301 of 457 17 March 2013 at 12:30am | IP Logged |
Hey Guys
Is it too late to join now? I have been learning Thai for some time now, but I just found
this Thread
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Bakunin Diglot Senior Member Switzerland outerkhmer.blogspot. Joined 5131 days ago 531 posts - 1126 votes Speaks: German*, Thai Studies: Khmer
| Message 302 of 457 17 March 2013 at 11:42am | IP Logged |
Hi puffin1981! We're taking new members until March 31, so you've come just in time. Have you familiarized yourself with the TAC rules (see the beginning of the thread)? Most importantly, you should post regularly about your activities and stay up to date on your team mates' journals. If you think you can commit to that, I'm all for taking you on board. We're currently three who study Thai and will be happy to have a fourth one on the team.
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druckfehler Triglot Senior Member Germany Joined 4869 days ago 1181 posts - 1912 votes Speaks: German*, EnglishC2, Korean Studies: Persian
| Message 303 of 457 20 March 2013 at 9:58pm | IP Logged |
I second Bakunin! If you're still around, I'll be glad to add you to our member list. Just post the link to your language log here :)
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Bakunin Diglot Senior Member Switzerland outerkhmer.blogspot. Joined 5131 days ago 531 posts - 1126 votes Speaks: German*, Thai Studies: Khmer
| Message 304 of 457 26 March 2013 at 7:24pm | IP Logged |
March team challenge: I picked one of the two lessons at level 3 (the hardest for Thai, there's nothing on 3+ or 4), on Pirates in the Indian Ocean. I did the first few activities a while ago and have just finished the lesson now. I had no problems doing the various activities, it was clearly on the easy side. I would say that the lessons are useful if the material presented is still somewhat of a challenge. I think it's excellent stuff for beginners and low intermediate learners.
Edited by Bakunin on 26 March 2013 at 7:24pm
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