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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’ll be surprised at how far a little Thai will go. |
| Now, before we jump in, remember to stop by ThaiPod101.com. There, you will find the accompanying PDF and additional info in the post. If you stop by, be sure to leave us a comment. |
Lesson focus |
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| In today's lesson, we'll introduce you to a phrase that will provide you with the tools to learn from the people around you. Now, a dictionary is a great idea, but don't forget that you can use Thai people to learn in a more fun and interactive way. For today's lesson, we're going to need a word, as we are going to cover "How do you say "something" in Thai?" For today's lesson, let's use "hungry" for that something. |
| In Thai, "How do you say "hungry" in Thai?" is kham wâa "hungry" phaa-sǎa-thai khuue à-rai. |
| kham wâa "hungry" phaa-sǎa-thai khuue à-rai |
| Let’s break it down by syllable: kham wâa "hungry" phaa-sǎa-thai khuue à-rai. |
| Now, let’s hear it once again, kham wâa "hungry" phaa-sǎa-thai khuue à-rai. |
| The first word, kham, means "word," followed by wâa which means "speak" in this phrase. |
| The next word, phaa-sǎa-thai means "Thai language," followed by khuue which means "is." And the last word, à-rai, means "what." Let's recap here. We have "word, speak, hungry," which we need to know the word in Thai, "Thai language is what." |
| Altogether, this phrase is equivalent to the English phrase "How do you say 'hungry' in Thai?" Once again, it is kham wâa "hungry" phaa-sǎa-thai khuue à-rai. |
| You can also use this expression without using any English. To accomplish this, you can say "What do you call this in Thai?" In Thai, "What do you call this in Thai?" is phaa-sǎa-thai rîiak sìng níi wâa à-rai. |
| phaa-sǎa-thai rîiak sìng níi wâa à-rai |
| Let’s break it down by syllable: phaa-sǎa-thai rîiak sìng níi wâa à-rai. |
| Now, let’s hear it once again, phaa-sǎa-thai rîiak sìng níi wâa à-rai. |
| The first word, phaa-sǎa-thai, means "Thai language" as we just learned. |
| The next word, rîiak means "call," followed by sìng níi which means "this thing." The next word wâa means "speak" and à-raii means "what." Let's recap a little bit. We have "Thai language" "call" "this thing" "speak" "what" or phaa-sǎa-thai rîiak sìng níi wâa à-rai. |
| Altogether, this phrase is equivalent to the English phrase "How do you call this in Thai?" You may want to be a little bit more polite when asking people a question. Therefore, women say phaa-sǎa-thai rîiak sìng níi wâa à-rai khá. |
| phaa-sǎa-thai rîiak sìng níi wâa à-rai khá |
| And men say phaa-sǎa-thai rîiak sìng níi wâa à-rai khráp. |
| phaa-sǎa-thai rîiak sìng níi wâa à-rai khráp |
| Now, with the same phrase, you may replace sìng níi which means "this thing" by sìng nán which means "that thing." That means to say "How do you call that thing in Thai?" is phaa-sǎa-thai rîiak sìng nán wâa à-rai. |
| phaa-sǎa-thai rîiak sìng nán wâa à-rai |
| Don't forget to be polite by adding khá and khráp at the end of the phrase. |
| Therefore, women say phaa-sǎa-thai rîiak sìng nán wâa à-rai khá. |
| phaa-sǎa-thai rîiak sìng nán wâa à-rai khá |
| And men say phaa-sǎa-thai rîiak sìng nán wâa à-rai khráp. |
| phaa-sǎa-thai rîiak sìng nán wâa à-rai khráp |
| You can use this phrase almost on everything. However, this phrase doesn't specify the type of things you ask about. Therefore, make sure the person you ask knows which thing you are talking about or else you could end up getting a wrong word! |
Outro |
| Okay, to close out today's lesson, we'd like for you to practice what you just learned. I'll provide you with the English equivalent of the phrase and you are responsible of saying it aloud. You will have a few seconds before I give you the answer, so chôok-dii khâ, that means "good luck" in Thai. |
| Remember, khâ is for women and khráp is for men. |
| Ok, here we go! |
| “How do you say ‘hungry’ in Thai?” (for women) - kham wâa "hungry" phaa-sǎa-thai khuue à-rai khá |
| kham wâa "hungry" phaa-sǎa-thai khuue à-rai khá |
| kham wâa "hungry" phaa-sǎa-thai khuue à-rai khá |
| “How do you say ‘hungry’ in Thai?” (for men) - kham wâa "hungry" phaa-sǎa-thai khuue à-rai khráp |
| kham wâa "hungry" phaa-sǎa-thai khuue à-rai khráp |
| kham wâa "hungry" phaa-sǎa-thai khuue à-rai khráp |
| “How do you call this in Thai?” (for women) - phaa-sǎa-thai rîiak sìng níi wâa à-rai khá |
| phaa-sǎa-thai rîiak sìng níi wâa à-rai khá |
| phaa-sǎa-thai rîiak sìng níi wâa à-rai khá |
| “How do you call this in Thai?” (for men) - phaa-sǎa-thai rîiak sìng níi wâa à-rai khráp |
| phaa-sǎa-thai rîiak sìng níi wâa à-rai khráp |
| phaa-sǎa-thai rîiak sìng níi wâa à-rai khráp |
| “How do call that in Thai?” (for women) - phaa-sǎa-thai rîiak sìng nán wâa à-rai khá |
| phaa-sǎa-thai rîiak sìng nán wâa à-rai khá |
| phaa-sǎa-thai rîiak sìng nán wâa à-rai khá |
| “How do you call that in Thai?” (for men) - phaa-sǎa-thai rîiak sìng nán wâa à-rai khráp |
| phaa-sǎa-thai rîiak sìng nán wâa à-rai khráp |
| phaa-sǎa-thai rîiak sìng nán wâa à-rai 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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