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Hi everyone! I’m Alisha.
Welcome to Conversational Phrases!
We’ve found that the best way to learn a language is to speak it from day one! And the best way to start speaking is to learn phrases that you’ll use in real conversations.
In this lesson, you’ll learn conversational phrases to answer the question, "What are you doing?" After watching this video, you’ll be able to answer this question and tell someone something about what you’re writing.
Now, let’s take a look at some conversational phrases!
Listen to the dialogue.
คุณกำลังทำอะไร (khun gam-lang tham à-rai)
ฉันกำลังเขียนบันทึกประจำวันของฉัน (chăn gam-lang khiĭan ban-thúek bprà-jam wan khǎawng chăn)
Once more with the English translation.
คุณกำลังทำอะไร (khun gam-lang tham à-rai)
“What are you doing?”
ฉันกำลังเขียนบันทึกประจำวันของฉัน (chăn gam-lang khiĭan ban-thúek bprà-jam wan khǎawng chăn)
“I'm writing my journal.”
First of all you'll need to learn how to say “What are you doing?”
That's:
คุณกำลังทำอะไร (khun gam-lang tham à-rai)
Listen to it again:
คุณกำลังทำอะไร, คุณกำลังทำอะไร (khun gam-lang tham à-rai, khun gam-lang tham à-rai)
This Thai sentence literally translates as “You are doing what?"
But it means “What are you doing?”
Now, how do you answer this question?
The pattern is:
ฉันกำลังเขียน[object] (chăn gam-lang khiĭan [object])
“I'm writing [object].”
For example:
“I'm writing my journal.”
ฉันกำลังเขียนบันทึกประจำวันของฉัน, ฉันกำลังเขียนบันทึกประจำวันของฉัน (chăn gam-lang khiĭan ban-thúek bprà-jam wan khǎawng chăn, chăn gam-lang khiĭan ban-thúek bprà-jam wan khǎawng chăn)

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