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| Introduction |
| Eric: Welcome to 3-Minute Thai Season 1, Lesson 17 - Why? In this lesson, you’ll learn how to ask and answer the question why in Thai. |
| Body |
| Eric: Here's the way to ask "Why are you late?" in Thai. |
| Jay: [Normal] ทำไมคุณมาสาย(tham-mai khun maa sǎai) |
| Eric: First is a question word meaning “why" |
| Jay: [Normal] ทำไม [Slow] ทำไม (tham-mai) |
| Eric: Next is the pronoun meaning “you" |
| Jay: [Normal] คุณ [Slow] คุณ(khun) |
| Eric: Next is the verb meaning "to come" |
| Jay: [Normal] มา [Slow] มา(maa) |
| Eric: Last is the word meaning “late” |
| Jay: [Normal] สาย [Slow] สาย(sǎai) |
| Eric: Listen again to the question meaning "Why are you late?" |
| Jay: [Slow] ทำไมคุณมาสาย [Normal] ทำไมคุณมาสาย |
| Eric: Here's a response meaning "I missed the train." |
| Jay: [Normal] ฉันพลาดรถไฟ(chǎn phlâat rót-fai) |
| Eric: First is a pronoun meaning "I" |
| Jay: [Normal] ฉัน [Slow] ฉัน (chǎn) |
| Eric: Next is the verb meaning “to miss“ |
| Jay: [Normal] พลาด [Slow] พลาด(phlâat) |
| Eric: Last is the noun meaning “train" |
| Jay: [Normal] รถไฟ [Slow] รถไฟ(rót-fai) |
| Eric: Listen again to the response meaning "I missed the train." |
| Jay: [Slow] ฉันพลาดรถไฟ [Normal] ฉันพลาดรถไฟ |
| Eric: Here's the way to ask "Why do you leave so early?" |
| Jay: [Normal] ทำไมคุณกลับเร็วจัง(tham-mai khun glàp reo jang) |
| Eric: First is a question word meaning "Why" |
| Jay: [Normal] ทำไม [Slow] ทำไม(tham-mai) |
| Eric: Next is the pronoun meaning "You" |
| Jay: [Normal] คุณ [Slow] คุณ(khun) |
| Eric: Next is the verb meaning “to leave“ |
| Jay: [Normal] กลับ [Slow] กลับ(glàp) |
| Eric: Next is the word meaning “fast” |
| Jay: [Normal] เร็ว [Slow] เร็ว(reo) |
| Eric: Last is the colloquial particle meaning “very much” or “really.” |
| Jay: [Normal] จัง [Slow] จัง(jang) |
| Eric: Listen again to the question meaning "Why do you leave so early?" |
| Jay: [Slow] ทำไมคุณกลับเร็วจัง [Normal] ทำไมคุณกลับเร็วจัง |
| Eric: Here's a response meaning, "To not miss the train." |
| Jay: [Normal] จะได้ไม่พลาดรถไฟ(jà dâai mâi phlâat rót-fai) |
| Eric: First is a word meaning “will" |
| Jay: [Normal] จะ [Slow] จะ(jà) |
| Eric: Next is the verb meaning "to be able to" |
| Jay: [Normal] ได้ [Slow] ได้(dâai) |
| Eric: Next is the word meaning “not” |
| Jay: [Normal] ไม่ [Slow] ไม่(mâi) |
| Eric: Next is the verb meaning “to miss“ |
| Jay: [Normal] พลาด [Slow] พลาด(phlâat) |
| Eric: Last is the noun meaning “train” |
| Jay: [Normal] รถไฟ [Slow] รถไฟ( rót-fai) |
| Eric: Listen again to the response meaning "To not miss the train." |
| Jay: [Slow] จะได้ไม่พลาดรถไฟ [Normal] จะได้ไม่พลาดรถไฟ |
| Cultural Insight |
| Eric: Now it's time for a quick cultural insight. |
| Jay: When you suggest an idea as in “Why don’t you..” you can use the question word Tham-mai meaning “why” too. In Thai, this is.. Tham-mai (khun) mâi..? For example, if a friend seems to be bored, you can say "Why don’t you go shopping with me?" which is “tham-mai mâi bpai súue khǎawng gáp chǎn lâ? |
Outro |
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| Eric: And that’s all for this lesson. Don’t forget to check out the lesson notes, and we’ll see you in the next lesson! |
| Jay: สวัสดี ค่ะ |
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