I've learned some decent Thai during the last year, don't think it's that hard actually. Started with learning the pronunciation, tones and alphabet and then the vocabulary. The first six months I was pretty serious spending a few hours each week with the program. But now when I know the basics and a bit more I've kind of lost the motivation to study hard. I can get to know people and have conversations, that's enough for me, at least right now. I'm still learning when I'm having conversation, chatting or reading on facebook, but not in the same pace as before. Why do you want to be fluent? Take it easy and learn some basics first...
As two other posters earlier in the thread also have learnt Thai without to much pain, it might be the easiest of the said languages.
But as someone said, you should chose the country and not the language.
As two other posters earlier in the thread also have learnt Thai without to much pain, it might be the easiest of the said languages.
But as someone said, you should chose the country and not the language.