Learn "How much is this?" in addition to some more phrases you'll find useful for shopping
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| INTRODUCTION |
| Hello and welcome to Thai Survival Phrases brought to you by ThaiPod101.com. This course is designed to equip you with the language skills and knowledge to enable you to get the most out of your visit to Thailand. You will be surprised at how far a little Thai will go. |
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Lesson focus |
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| This lesson cover a phrase for all of you shopper out there, as we'll look at the phrase "How much?" Depending on your shopping habits, this just may be the most useful phrase we ever cover. |
| In Thai, "How much?" is thâo-rài |
| thâo-rài |
| Let’s break it down by syllable: thâo-rài |
| Don't forget to add khá or khráp to make this phrase more polite. Therefore, women say thâo-rài khá |
| thâo-rài khá |
| And men say thâo-rài khráp |
| thâo-rài khráp |
| Now, let's hear this once again: thâo-rài khá |
| thâo-rài khráp |
| The first word, thâo, means "equal," followed by rài, which can't really be translated but it's indicate that this phrase is a question. Altogether, this phrase is equivalent to the English phrase "How much?" Whether you go shopping at a market, at the eatery, depending on your spending habits, this may be an extremely high frequent phrase. |
| The most rudimentary way of using "How much?" is pointing at something while saying thâo-rài khá or thâo-rài khráp. But let's try to build this up a bit, shall we? |
| Let's start with the expression "How much is this?" which in Thai is an-níi raa-khaa thâo-rài |
| an-níi raa-khaa thâo-rài |
| Don't forget to be polite by adding khá or khráp at the end of the phrase. |
| Therefore, women say an-níi raa-khaa thâo-rài khá |
| an-níi raa-khaa thâo-rài khá |
| While men say an-níi raa-khaa thâo-rài khráp |
| an-níi raa-khaa thâo-rài khráp |
| Let's hear this one more time: an-níi raa-khaa thâo-rài khá |
| an-níi raa-khaa thâo-rài khráp |
| The first word, an ni, means "this," followed by raa-khaa, which means "price," then followed by thâo-rài, which we just learned that it means "How much," and khá or khráp is added to make this phrase more polite. Altogether, this phrase literally translated to "This equals how much?" or equivalent to the English phrase, "How much is this?" This is a very common form of asking for the price. |
| If you want to ask, "How much is that?" simply replace the word an-níi with an-nán. |
| an-nán. |
| The words an-nán means "that" as we learned in a previous lesson. Therefore, to ask "How much is that?" for women is an-nán raa-khaa thâo-rài khá |
| an-nán raa-khaa thâo-rài khá |
| And men say an-nán raa-khaa thâo-rài khráp |
| an-nán raa-khaa thâo-rài khráp |
| Let's hear this one more time: an-nán raa-khaa thâo-rài khá |
| an-nán raa-khaa thâo-rài khráp |
| I remember when my French friend come visit me in Bangkok years ago. I taught him to say this phrase before he went out for shopping. He came back in the evening and told me that those people in the market gave him a lot of discounts just because they were so pleased to hear him speak Thai. See? A little bit of language can go such a long way. |
Outro |
| Okay. To close out today's lesson, we'd like for you to practice what you've just learned. I'll provide you with the English equivalent of the phrase, and you are responsible of saying it loud. You will have a few seconds before I give you the answer, so chôok-dii khâ, that's mean "good luck" in Thai. |
| Remember, khâ is for women, and khráp is for men. Okay. Here we go. |
| "How much?" for women - thâo-rài khá |
| thâo-rài khá |
| thâo-rài khá |
| "How much?" for men - thâo-rài khráp |
| thâo-rài khráp |
| thâo-rài khráp |
| "How much is this?" for women - an-níi raa-khaa thâo-rài khá |
| an-níi raa-khaa thâo-rài khá |
| an-níi raa-khaa thâo-rài khá |
| "How much is this?" for men - an-níi raa-khaa thâo-rài khráp |
| an-níi raa-khaa thâo-rài khráp |
| an-níi raa-khaa thâo-rài khráp |
| "How much is that?" for women - an-nán raa-khaa thâo-rài khá |
| an-nán raa-khaa thâo-rài khá |
| an-nán raa-khaa thâo-rài khá |
| "How much is that?" for men - an-nán raa-khaa thâo-rài khráp |
| an-nán raa-khaa thâo-rài khráp |
| an-nán raa-khaa thâo-rài khráp |
| All right. That’s going to do it for today. Remember to stop by ThaiPod101.com and pick up the accompanying PDF. If you stop by, be sure to leave us a comment. |
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