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Lesson Transcript

Introduction
Eric: Welcome to 3-Minute Thai Season 1, Lesson 9 - Using Adjectives.
In this lesson, you’ll learn how to use adjectives in simple Thai sentences.
Body
Eric: Here's the way to say "I am American." as a male speaker in Thai.
Jay: [Normal] ผมเป็นคนอเมริกันครับ(phǒm bpen khon-à-mee-rí-gan khráp)
Eric: First is a pronoun meaning “I” as a male speaker.
Jay: [Normal] ผม [Slow] ผม (phǒm)
Eric: Next is the word meaning “to be” or “is.”
Jay: [Normal] เป็น [Slow] เป็น(bpen)
Eric: Next is the word meaning "American"
Jay: [Normal] คนอเมริกัน [Slow] คนอเมริกัน(khon-à-mee-rí-gan)
Eric: Last is the particle added at the end of the sentence or phrase that increases the level of politeness when the speaker is a male.
Jay: [Normal] ครับ [Slow] ครับ(khráp)
Eric: Listen again to the phrase meaning "I am American." as a male speaker.
Jay: [Slow] ผมเป็นคนอเมริกันครับ [Normal] ผมเป็นคนอเมริกันครับ
Eric: Ok, now let's see the way to say "I am American." as a female speaker.
Jay: [Normal] ดิฉันเป็นคนอเมริกันค่ะ(dì-chǎn bpen khon-à-mee-rí-gan khâ)
Eric: First is a pronoun meaning “I” as a female speaker.
Jay: [Normal] ดิฉัน [Slow] ดิฉัน (dì-chǎn)
Eric: Next is the word meaning “to be” or “is.”
Jay: [Normal] เป็น [Slow] เป็น(bpen)
Eric: Next is the word meaning "American"
Jay: [Normal] คนอเมริกัน [Slow] คนอเมริกัน(khon-à-mee-rí-gan)
Eric: Last is the particle added at the end of the sentence or phrase that increases the level of politeness when the speaker is female.
Jay: [Normal] ค่ะ [Slow] ค่ะ(khâ)
Eric: Listen again to the phrase meaning "I am American." as a female speaker.
Jay: [Slow] ดิฉันเป็นคนอเมริกันค่ะ [Normal] ดิฉันเป็นคนอเมริกันค่ะ
Eric: Next up is the way to say "We are British." as a male speaker.
Jay: [Normal] พวกเราเป็นคนอังกฤษครับ(pûuak-rao bpen khon ang-grìt khráp)
Eric: First is a pronoun meaning "We"
Jay: [Normal] พวกเรา [Slow] พวกเรา(pûuak-rao)
Eric: Next is the word meaning “to be”
Jay: [Normal] เป็น [Slow] เป็น(bpen)
Eric: Next is the word meaning "British"
Jay: [Normal] คนอังกฤษ [Slow] คนอังกฤษ(khon ang-grìt)
Eric: Last is the sentence ending particle that increases the level of politeness when the speaker is male.
Jay: [Normal] ครับ [Slow] ครับ(khráp)
Eric: Listen again to the phrase meaning "We are British." as a male speaker.
Jay: [Slow] พวกเราเป็นคนอังกฤษครับ [Normal] พวกเราเป็นคนอังกฤษครับ
Eric: Finally, here is a way to say "We are Chinese." If you are a female speaker.
Jay: [Normal] พวกเราเป็นคนจีนค่ะ(pûuak-rao bpen khon jiin khâ)
Eric: First is a pronoun meaning "We"
Jay: [Normal] พวกเรา [Slow] พวกเรา(pûuak-rao)
Eric: Next is the word meaning “to be.”
Jay: [Normal] เป็น [Slow] เป็น(bpen)
Eric: Next is the word meaning "Chinese"
Jay: [Normal] คนจีน [Slow] คนจีน(khon jiin)
Eric: Last is the sentence ending particle that increases the level of politeness when the speaker is female.
Jay: [Normal] ค่ะ [Slow] ค่ะ(khâ)
Eric: Listen again to the phrase meaning "We are Chinese. " as a female speaker.
Jay: [Slow] พวกเราเป็นคนจีนค่ะ [Normal] พวกเราเป็นคนจีนค่ะ
Cultural Insight
Eric: Now it's time for a quick cultural insight.
Jay: If you want to put emphasis on an adjective in Thai, add the word mâak after the adjective. It means something like “very.” For example, to say “very beautiful” add mâak and say sǔuai mâak. This means "very beautiful.” Or say à-ràwy mâak which means "very delicious."

Outro
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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