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| Hello, everyone. Welcome back to Thai Top Words. I am Jay and today, we will be doing 10 Gift Ideas You Must Know in Thai. Okay, letโs get started. |
| 1. เธเธญเธกเธเธดเธงเนเธเธญเธฃเน (khaawm-phiu-dtรดoe) "computer" |
| เธเนเธญเธเธทเนเธญเธเธญเธกเธเธดเธงเนเธเธญเธฃเนเนเธซเนเธเธฑเธ (phaฬaw suฬue phiu hรขi chฤn) "Dad bought me a computer." |
| In Thai, if you are talking with friend or something, sometimes we donโt say the full word computer. We can just shorten it as Com. |
| เธเนเธญเธเธทเนเธญเธเธญเธกเนเธซเนเธเธฑเธ (phaฬaw suฬue khaawm hรขi chฤn) Oh cool dad! |
| 2. เธซเธเธฑเธเธชเธทเธญ (nวng-sวue) "book" |
| เธซเธเธฑเธเธชเธทเธญเนเธฅเนเธกเธเธตเนเธเธตเธกเธฒเธ (nวng-sวue lรชm niฬi dii mรขak) "This book is very good." |
| What is your favorite book? I love to read novel book เธซเธเธฑเธเธชเธทเธญเธเธดเธขเธฒเธข (naฬng-suฬue niฬ-yaai) How about you guys? |
| 3. เนเธเธเธเธตเนเนเธฅเธ (phวaen thรฎi lรดok) "world map" |
| เนเธเธฒเธเธทเนเธญเนเธเธเธเธตเนเนเธฅเธเนเธซเนเธฅเธนเธ (khฤo suฬue phวaen thรฎi lรดok hรขi luฬuk) "He bought a world map for his kid." |
| Yeah. His kid must be a very smart one. I used to get very excited when my dad bought me a globe you know in Thai เธฅเธนเธเนเธฅเธ (luฬuk loฬok) I think thatโs very cool. |
| 4. เธเธฅเนเธญเธเธเนเธฒเธขเธฃเธนเธ (glรขawng-thร ai-rรปup) "camera" |
| เธเธฑเธเธญเธขเธฒเธเนเธเนเธเธฅเนเธญเธเธเนเธฒเธขเธฃเธนเธเนเธเนเธเธเธญเธเธเธงเธฑเธ (chฤn yร ak dรขi glรขawng-thร ai-rรปup bpen khaฬawng khwฤn) "I want a camera as a present." |
| เธเธฅเนเธญเธเธเนเธฒเธขเธฃเธนเธ (glรขawng-thร ai-rรปup) is the full word. However, if you want to shorten it, we can say just เธเธฑเธเธญเธขเธฒเธเนเธเนเธเธฅเนเธญเธ (chฤn yร ak dรขi glรขawng) I want a camera. And if you want to be specific like film camera, you can say เธเธฅเนเธญเธเธเธดเธฅเนเธก (glรขawng fiim) or digital camera. เธเธฅเนเธญเธเธเธดเธเธดเธเธญเธฅ (glรขawng diฬ-jiฬ-dtaฬawn). |
| 5. เธชเธกเธฒเธฃเนเธเนเธเธ (sร -mรกat-foon) "smartphone" |
| เนเธเธฒเธญเธขเธฒเธเนเธเนเธชเธกเธฒเธฃเนเธเนเธเธ (khฤo yร ak dรขi sร -mรกat-foon) "He wants a smartphone." |
| You can also say เธกเธทเธญเธเธทเธญ (muue thuฬue) which means a mobile phone. So you can say เธเธฑเธเธญเธขเธฒเธเนเธเนเธกเธทเธญเธเธทเธญ (chฤn yร ak dรขi muue thuฬue) |
| 6. เนเธเธฃเธทเนเธญเธเนเธฅเนเธเธงเธดเธเธตเนเธญเนเธเธก (khrรปueang-lรชn wรญ-dii-oo geem) "game console" |
| เนเธเนเธเน เธเธญเธเนเธเธฃเธทเนเธญเธเนเธฅเนเธเธงเธดเธเธตเนเธญเนเธเธก (dรจk dรจk chaฬawp khrรปueang-lรชn wรญ-dii-oo geem) "Children like game consoles." |
| For me, my dad always traveled to Japan. He bought me a newest game console from the analogue one I think like a game like a cassette you know like you put that and then you kind of blow it. I canโt remember the name of it. Yeah, we have that and then PS1, 2, 3 I have it on and after that, I stopped playing games. But every time he bought us like me and my siblings a game console, I am very happy. |
| 7. เธเธเธเธฒเธเธธเธเธฃเธก (phรณt-jร -naa-nรบ-grom) "dictionary" |
| เธเธฑเธเธเธทเนเธญเธเธเธเธฒเธเธธเธเธฃเธกเธเธตเนเนเธซเนเนเธเธญ (chฤn suฬue phรณt-jร -naa-nรบ-grom niฬi hรขi thooe) "I bought this dictionary for you." |
| I mean, yeah, dictionary, good present but everyone loves dictionary, right? |
| 8. เธชเธเธนเน (sร -buฬu) "soap" |
| เธชเธเธนเนเธเธตเนเธกเธตเธเธฅเธดเนเธเธซเธญเธก (sร -buฬu niฬi mii glรฌn haฬawm) "This soap has a nice smell." |
| 9. เนเธเธฃเธทเนเธญเธเธชเธณเธญเธฒเธ (khrรปueang-sฤm-aang) "cosmetics" |
| เนเธเธฒเธเธทเนเธญเนเธเธฃเธทเนเธญเธเธชเธณเธญเธฒเธเนเธซเนเนเธเธ (khฤo suฬue khrรปueang-sฤm-aang hรขi faaen) "He bought his girlfriend cosmetics." |
| Nice boyfriend. I mean, itโs very hard for guys to buy a girl cosmetics because for cosmetics, you know that there are many kinds and like many colors to choose from and most guys or some guys, they donโt know how to choose that. I mean, if he knows how to choose that and he knows like his girlfriendโs preference, then I think he is a good โ he is a good guy. |
| 10. เนเธชเธทเนเธญ (suฬuea) "shirt" |
| เนเธเธฒเธเธทเนเธญเนเธชเธทเนเธญเธเธฑเธงเธเธตเนเนเธซเนเธเธฑเธ (khฤo suฬue suฬuea dtuua niฬi hรขi chฤn) "He bought this shirt for me." |
| Actually I bought it myself. |
| Okay everyone. We are done for todayโs lesson. 10 Gift Ideas You Must Know in Thai. So what is your favorite gift so far? Is it a shirt เนเธชเธทเนเธญ (suฬuea) or an aroma candle เนเธเธตเธขเธเธซเธญเธก (thiian haฬawm) or a camera เธเธฅเนเธญเธ (glรขawng) Let us know in the comments below. See you next time. Bye-bye! |
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Could shorter by taking out all the unnecessary english talking. So we can use the time better thanks.