Learn some useful and high-frequency adjectives to express feelings that will overcome you when you see the sights
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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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| In today's lesson, we'll cover some high-frequency adjectives to help you express yourself in various situations. |
| In Thai, "It's delicious" is à-ràwy jang. |
| à-ràwy jang |
| Let’s break it down by syllable: à-ràwy jang |
| Now, let’s hear it once again, à-ràwy jang. |
| The first word, à-ràwy, means "delicious" followed by jang which means "quite." Therefore, à-ràwy jang is equivalent to the English phrase "It's delicious." Since most people would say "It's delicious," it’s quite an informal setting. Therefore, we don't need to add khâ or khráp at the end of the phrase. However, if you want to be formal and polite, you can do so. |
| Now, let's go over some other adjectives that you can use with the pattern which was introduced. Let's try "hot." In Thai, "It's hot" is ráawn jang. |
| ráawn jang |
| Let’s break it down by syllable: ráawn jang. |
| Now, let’s hear it once again, ráawn jang. |
| I guess you noted a similarity between this phrase and the phrase we just learned. We have the adjective followed by jang and it’s become a phrase we use to express how we feel. This phrase, the word ráawn means "hot" so ráawn jang means "It's hot." |
| Let’s try another phrase. In Thai, "It's cold" is yen jang. |
| yen jang |
| Let’s break it down by syllable: yen jang. |
| Now, let’s hear it once again, yen jang. |
| The word "yen" means "cold," therefore yen jang means "It's cold." However, this phrase is used to describe some object that is cold or chilly weather. If you want to say "It's cold" as it's freezing, you may say nǎao jang, |
| nǎao jang |
| "It's near" in Thai is glâi jang. |
| glâi jang |
| Let’s break it down by syllable: glâi jang. |
| Now, let’s hear it once again, glâi jang. |
| The word glâi means "near" therefore glâi jang means "It's near." |
| How about "It's far"? In Thai, "It's far" is glai jang. |
| glai jang |
| Let’s break it down by syllable: glai jang. |
| Now, let’s hear it once again, glai jang. |
| This word, glai, which means "far" is very familiar with the word glâi which means "near." But the word glai, which means, "far" the tone is neutral while in the word glâi, which means "near," the tone is going up. I’m going to say it one more time, glai means “far” and glâi which means “near.” |
| "It's cute" in Thai is nâa-rák jang. |
| nâa-rák jang |
| Let’s break it down by syllable: nâa-rák jang. |
| Now, let’s hear it once again, nâa-rák jang. |
| The word nâa-rák means "cute," therefore, nâa-rák jang means "It's cute." |
| "It's beautiful" is sǔuai jang. |
| sǔuai jang |
| Let’s break it down by syllable: sǔuai jang. |
| Now, let’s hear it once again, sǔuai jang. |
| Now, I want you to listen carefully. This is a critical word that you have to get the tone right. I’m going to say the word sǔuai, which mean beautiful over and over, so you have to catch my tone. |
| sǔuai |
| sǔuai |
| sǔuai |
| The tone is going down and up. |
| sǔuai |
| This is the classic word that foreigners always mispronounce and turn the meaning upside down. Most foreigners say suuai, which means "bad luck" which could get you in trouble if you meant to say "beautiful." |
| Now, I’m going to compare between these two words. |
| Sǔuai, which means "beautiful," the tone is going down and up. |
| sǔuai |
| Another word, suuai, which means "bad luck," the tone is neutral. |
| suuai |
| suuai |
| suuai |
| Got it? |
| Now ,let's take a look at the negative. You can turn all positive phrases we just learned by adding the word mâi in the beginning of the phrase, then change jang to looei. |
| For example, if you want to say, "It's not delicious," you can say mâi à-ràwy looei. |
| mâi à-ràwy looei |
| Let’s break it down by syllable: mâi à-ràwy looei. |
| Now, let’s hear it once again, mâi à-ràwy looei. |
| The first word, mâi, means "no" or "negative," followed by à-ràwy which means "delicious." The last word looei means "passing by" but in this phrase it means nothing but to make the phrase smoother. Therefore, mâi à-ràwy looei means "It's not delicious." Easy, right? |
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! |
| Thai phrase for “It's delicious.” - à-ràwy jang |
| à-ràwy jang |
| à-ràwy jang |
| Thai phrase for “It’s hot.” - ráawn jang |
| ráawn jang |
| ráawn jang |
| Thai phrase for “It’s cold.” - yen jang |
| yen jang |
| yen jang |
| Thai phrase for “It’s near.” - glâi jang |
| glâi jang |
| glâi jang |
| Thai phrase for “It’s far.” - glai jang |
| glai jang |
| glai jang |
| Thai phrase for “It’s cute.” - nâa-rák jang |
| nâa-rák jang |
| nâa-rák jang |
| Thai phrase for “It’s beautiful.” - sǔuai jang |
| sǔuai jang |
| sǔuai jang |
| Thai phrase for “It’s not delicious.” - mâi à-ràwy looei |
| mâi à-ràwy looei |
| mâi à-ràwy looei |
| 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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