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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. |
| 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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| There is no impression like the first, so in today's lesson, we'll work on leaving a first impression that will last. Besides sà-wàt-dii khâ and sà-wàt-dii khráp which means "Hello" in Thai, there are some other phrases you can say to get to know the person better or to keep the conversation going. |
| The first phrase you can say is to let them know your name. Let’s use my name as an example. Do you still remember my name? It's Savinee. |
| Savinee |
| In Thai, "My name is Savinee" is chûue sǎa-wí-nii. |
| chûue sǎa-wí-nii |
| Easy right? The first word, chûue, means "name" and just followed by your name, then this phrase is good to go. Now, you might like to be polite by adding khâ and khráp at the end of the phrase. Therefore, women say chûue sǎa-wí-nii khâ. |
| chûue sǎa-wí-nii khâ |
| And men say chûue sǎa-wí-nii khráp. |
| chûue sǎa-wí-nii khráp |
| That sounds a little weird as Savinee is a woman’s name, but anyway, if you understand what I’m trying to tell you here, it’s okay for me. |
| Now, you might like to tell them "Nice to meet you" which in Thai is yin-dii thîi dâai rúu-jàk. |
| yin-dii thîi dâai rúu-jàk |
| Let’s break it down by syllable: yin-dii thîi dâai rúu-jàk. |
| Now, let’s hear it once again, yin-dii thîi dâai rúu-jàk. |
| You would want to sound polite when you say this phrase. |
| Therefore, women say yin-dii thîi dâai rúu-jàk khâ. |
| yin-dii thîi dâai rúu-jàk khâ |
| And men say, yin-dii thîi dâai rúu-jàk khráp. |
| yin-dii thîi dâai rúu-jàk khráp |
| The first word, yin-dii means "welcome" or "pleasure" followed by thîi, which in this phrase means "that." |
| The next word, dâai means "get" while rúu-jàk means "to know someone." Khâ or khráp is added to make this phrase more polite and formal. Therefore, yin-dii thîi dâai rúu-jàk khâ and yin-dii thîi dâai rúu-jàk khráp literally mean "Nice to meet you." |
| Now to keep the conversation going, you might like to add "How do you do?" which in Thai is bpen yang-ngai bâang. |
| bpen yang-ngai bâang |
| Let’s break it down by syllable: bpen yang-ngai bâang. |
| Now, let’s hear it one more time, bpen yang-ngai bâang. |
| Again, be polite to your new friends by adding khá or khráp at the end of the phrase. Therefore, women say bpen yang-ngai bâang khá. |
| bpen yang-ngai bâang khá |
| And men say bpen yang-ngai bâang khráp. |
| bpen yang-ngai bâang khráp |
| The first word, bpen, means "being," followed by yang-ngai, which is a spoken word meaning "how." The next word, bâang, literally means "some" but in this phrase means "recently." Khá or khráp is added to make this phrase more polite and formal. Therefore, bpen yang-ngai bâang khá and bpen yang-ngai bâang khráp is equivalent to the English phrase, "How do you do?" |
| Now the rest of the conversation depends on you, but one thing I can tell you is that Thai people will love to talk to you since you can speak a little of Thai! Don't worry if you don't know enough Thai to keep the conversation going. I'm sure you will be fine and you might get to learn more from them. If they ask where did you learn how to speak Thai, don't forget to tell them "It's SurvivalPhrases.com!" |
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 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! |
| "My name is Savinee.” (for women) - chûue sǎa-wí-nii khâ |
| chûue sǎa-wí-nii khâ |
| chûue sǎa-wí-nii khâ |
| "My name is Savinee.” (for men) - chûue sǎa-wí-nii khráp |
| chûue sǎa-wí-nii khráp |
| chûue sǎa-wí-nii khráp |
| "Nice to meet you.” (for women) - yin-dii thîi dâai rúu-jàk khâ |
| yin-dii thîi dâai rúu-jàk khâ |
| yin-dii thîi dâai rúu-jàk khâ |
| "Nice to meet you.” (for men) - yin-dii thîi dâai rúu-jàk khráp |
| yin-dii thîi dâai rúu-jàk khráp |
| yin-dii thîi dâai rúu-jàk khráp |
| "How do you do?” (for women) - bpen yang-ngai bâang khá |
| bpen yang-ngai bâang khá |
| bpen yang-ngai bâang khá |
| "How do you do?” (for men) - bpen yang-ngai bâang khráp |
| bpen yang-ngai bâang khráp |
| bpen yang-ngai bâang 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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