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For people who are Thai by family

Thai by family. Figuring out the rest together.

For luk khrueng everywhere: the ones who follow every word at dinner and go quiet when it’s their turn, the ones with two passports or one and a question. Feel normal, get the Thai-side stuff done, and find your people.

Start here
An illustrated Thai grandmother smiling as she threads a jasmine garland on a wooden porch.

So nobody has to figure out being luk khrueng alone.

Expat sites write for foreigners. Thai-learning sites write for tourists. The stories about being Thai by family are scattered across old forum threads and late-night group chats. This is one place for all of it, written by someone who has been there.

Why this exists

Eighteen, my first job, and far too much ครับ

Hi, I’m Eric. My first real time with Thai people my own age was a restaurant job at eighteen. My Thai was the polite, formal kind, with ครับ at the end of every sentence, and I had no idea when it was OK to relax. So I mostly went quiet, worried I’d be disrespectful.

Lots of us have a version of that story. I built this site because I wished it had existed back then.

Read the full story

Phrase of the day

One line for your next family call

Thai changes a little depending on who’s speaking. Pick ครับor ค่ะ to see how. Nobody is grading you.

The app

Reply Thai: for when yai asks you something and you want to answer

This site explains. The app gets you speaking. Reply Thai is an iPhone app for people who understand more Thai than they say. Short sessions practise the replies you actually need: on the video call, at the dinner table, with cousins your age.

Yai, the app’s grandmother, keeps you company along the way. Warm, patient, and never disappointed in you.

Reply Thai for iPhone: coming soonEmail me at launch
An illustrated young woman curled up on a sofa, smiling at her grandmother on a video call.