Learn how to add emphasis to Thai adjectives or adverbs with จะตาย
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| INTRODUCTION |
| Jing: สวัสดีค่ะ sà-wàt-dii khâ. I’m Jing, and welcome back to ThaiPod101.com. |
| Ohm: Ohm here! This is Intermediate Season 1 , Lesson 14 - I'm Dying to Eat Some Great Thai Food! In this lesson you'll learn about adding emphasis to adjectives or adverbs with จะตาย. |
| Jing: The conversation takes place at a shopping mall. |
| Ohm: It’s between a young couple, Pim and Gong. |
| Jing: They are a couple, so they’ll be using informal Thai. |
| Ohm: Let’s listen to the conversation. |
| DIALOGUE |
| พิม: เดินมาตั้งนานแล้ว เหนื่อยจะตาย หิวด้วย (dooen maa dtâng naan láaeo. nùueai jà dtaai. hǐu dûuai.) |
| ก้อง: พี่ก็หิวจะตายอยู่แล้ว ยังไม่ได้กินอะไรเลย (phîi gâaw hǐu jà dtaai yùu láaeo. yang mâi dâi gin à-rai looei.) |
| พิม: ไปกินที่ศูนย์อาหารกันนะ (bpai gin thîi sǔun aa-hǎan gan ná.) |
| ก้อง: แลกคูปองเท่าไหร่ดีจ๊ะ (lâaek khuu-bpaawng thâo-rài dii já.) |
| พิม: 120 บาท ก็พอค่ะ พิมว่าจะทานข้าวมันไก่ (ráawy yîi-sìp bàat gâaw phaaw khâ. phim wâa jà thaan khâao-man-gài.) |
| ก้อง: พี่ก็ว่าจะทานเหมือนกัน (phîi gâaw wâa jà thaan mǔuean gan.) |
| พิม: หยุดก่อนค่ะ หยุดก่อน ดูรองเท้าคู่นั้นซิ เริ่ดจะตาย (yùt gàawn khâ. yùt gàawn. duu raawng-tháo khûu nán sí. rôoet jà dtaai.) |
| ก้อง: เดี๋ยวๆ น้องพิม ทานข้าวก่อนนะ ค่อยไปดู (dǐiao-dǐiao náawng phim. thaan khâao gàawn ná. khâawy bpai duu.) |
| พิม: ค่ะ ทานข้าวก่อนก็ได้ (khâ. thaan khâao gàawn gâaw dâai.) |
| Ohm: Now let's hear it with the English translation. |
| พิม: เดินมาตั้งนานแล้ว เหนื่อยจะตาย หิวด้วย (dooen maa dtâng naan láaeo. nùueai jà dtaai. hǐu dûuai.) |
| Pim: We’ve been walking for a long time. I’m so tired, and hungry too. |
| ก้อง: พี่ก็หิวจะตายอยู่แล้ว ยังไม่ได้กินอะไรเลย (phîi gâaw hǐu jà dtaai yùu láaeo. yang mâi dâi gin à-rai looei.) |
| Gong: I’m so hungry too. I haven’t eaten anything yet. |
| พิม: ไปกินที่ศูนย์อาหารกันนะ (bpai gin thîi sǔun aa-hǎan gan ná.) |
| Pim: Let’s go eat at the food court. |
| ก้อง: แลกคูปองเท่าไหร่ดีจ๊ะ (lâaek khuu-bpaawng thâo-rài dii já.) |
| Gong: How much should I get in coupons? |
| พิม: 120 บาท ก็พอค่ะ พิมว่าจะทานข้าวมันไก่ (ráawy yîi-sìp bàat gâaw phaaw khâ. phim wâa jà thaan khâao-man-gài.) |
| Pim: 120 baht is enough. I think I’ll eat chicken and rice. |
| ก้อง: พี่ก็ว่าจะทานเหมือนกัน (phîi gâaw wâa jà thaan mǔuean gan.) |
| Gong: I think I’ll eat the same. |
| พิม: หยุดก่อนค่ะ หยุดก่อน ดูรองเท้าคู่นั้นซิ เริ่ดจะตาย (yùt gàawn khâ. yùt gàawn. duu raawng-tháo khûu nán sí. rôoet jà dtaai.) |
| Pim: Stop! Look at that pair of shoes. They’re so fabulous! |
| ก้อง: เดี๋ยวๆ น้องพิม ทานข้าวก่อนนะ ค่อยไปดู (dǐiao-dǐiao náawng phim. thaan khâao gàawn ná. khâawy bpai duu.) |
| Gong: Wait, Pim. Let’s eat first. You can go look afterwards. |
| พิม: ค่ะ ทานข้าวก่อนก็ได้ (khâ. thaan khâao gàawn gâaw dâai.) |
| Pim: OK, we can eat first. |
| POST CONVERSATION BANTER |
| Ohm: Hey Khru Jing, what kind of food do they serve in the food courts at Thai shopping malls? Is it all just fast food? |
| Jing: Well, it’s mostly fast food, but I think our fast food is different than American fast food. |
| Ohm: Oh, how’s it different? |
| Jing: A lot of fast food in Thailand isn’t really much different than home-cooked food. You can have hot curries with rice, for example. It’s just fast because they prepare a large pan of each dish ahead of time. |
| Ohm: I suppose that typical Thai curries over rice might be healthier than burgers and fries. |
| Jing: Yes, and you can get so much more at a food court. Do you like spicy papaya salad, Pad Thai, grilled chicken, or mango with sticky rice? You can find all those at a Thai food court! |
| Ohm: Sounds delicious. Now let’s take a look at the vocabulary. |
| VOCAB LIST |
| Ohm: The first word we shall see is... |
| Pim: เดิน dooen [natural native speed] |
| Ohm: to walk |
| Pim: เดิน dooen [slowly - broken down by syllable] เดิน dooen [natural native speed] |
| Ohm: Next |
| Pim: เหนื่อย nùueai [natural native speed] |
| Ohm: to be tired |
| Pim: เหนื่อย nùueai [slowly - broken down by syllable] เหนื่อย nùueai [natural native speed] |
| Ohm: Next |
| Pim: ศูนย์อาหาร sǔun-aa-hǎan [natural native speed] |
| Ohm: food court |
| Pim: ศูนย์อาหาร sǔun-aa-hǎan [slowly - broken down by syllable] ศูนย์อาหาร sǔun-aa-hǎan [natural native speed] |
| Ohm: Next |
| Pim: แลก lâaek [natural native speed] |
| Ohm: to exchange, to change, to swap |
| Pim: แลก lâaek [slowly - broken down by syllable] แลก lâaek [natural native speed] |
| Ohm: Next |
| Pim: คูปอง khuu-bpaawng [natural native speed] |
| Ohm: coupon |
| Pim: คูปอง khuu-bpaawng [slowly - broken down by syllable] คูปอง khuu-bpaawng [natural native speed] |
| Ohm: Next |
| Pim: ข้าวมันไก่ khâao-man-gài [natural native speed] |
| Ohm: chicken with rice |
| Pim: ข้าวมันไก่ khâao-man-gài [slowly - broken down by syllable] ข้าวมันไก่ khâao-man-gài [natural native speed] |
| Ohm: Next |
| Pim: เริด rôoet [natural native speed] |
| Ohm: fabulous |
| Pim: เริด rôoet [slowly - broken down by syllable] เริด rôoet [natural native speed] |
| Ohm: Next |
| Pim: ค่อย khâawy [natural native speed] |
| Ohm: gradually, carefully, softly |
| Pim: ค่อย khâawy [slowly - broken down by syllable] ค่อย khâawy [natural native speed] |
| KEY VOCAB AND PHRASES |
| Ohm: Let's have a closer look at the usage for some of the words and phrases from this lesson. The first phrase we’ll look at is.... |
| Jing: ตั้งนานแล้ว dtâng naan láaeo |
| Ohm: This literally means “since a long time”. |
| Jing: That’s right. ตั้ง dtâng means “as much as”. It’s used when someone wants to say they think an amount is large. And นานแล้ว naan láaeo means “for a long time already”. |
| Ohm: So in this case, the whole phrase means “it’s been such a long time”. |
| Jing: Exactly. ตั้งนานแล้ว dtâng naan láaeo tells the listener that “It’s been such a long time already”. |
| Ohm: OK, what’s the next phrase? |
| Jing: เดี๋ยวๆ dǐao-dǐao |
| Ohm: This is an expression that means “wait just a minute” or “hold on one second”. |
| Jing: Yes, that’s right. You can say เดี๋ยวๆ dǐao-dǐao when you want somebody to stop what they’re doing for a second. |
| Ohm: Or you can say it to prevent someone from taking an action. |
| Jing: Right. If they are going to do something, but you have a better idea, you can stop them by saying เดี๋ยวๆ dǐao-dǐao. |
| Ohm: And what’s the last phrase we want to look at? |
| Jing: เริ่ดจะตาย rôoet jà dtaai |
| Ohm: This means something like “That’s so fabulous!” |
| Jing: Yes, it’s something like that. เริ่ด rôoet is an adjective that can mean “fabulous” or “fantastic”. And จะตาย jà dtaai means “will die”. But actually, it’s just to give extra emphasis. |
| Ohm: I see. So if I say เริ่ดจะตาย rôoet jà dtaai, that just means “Wow, that’s so fabulous!” |
| Jing: Haha, yeah. You have the right translation. But you shouldn’t say that! |
| Ohm: Why can’t I say it? |
| Jing: เริ่ด rôoet is kind of a slang word, and only women or girls use it. Guys just sound strange if they try to use it. |
| Ohm: OK, got that ladies? Feel free to add เริ่ด rôoet into your vocabulary. And guys, just be content with knowing what it means when you hear it. Now let’s move on to the grammar section. |
| GRAMMAR POINT |
| Ohm: The focus of this lesson is adding emphasis to adjectives or adverbs with จะตาย jà dtaai. |
| Jing: จะ jà is used to indicate the future tense, much like the word “will” in English. And ตาย dtaai is the verb “to die”. |
| Ohm: So that means the literal meaning of จะตาย jà dtaai is “I’m going to die”? |
| Jing: Haha, yes. But this is an expression that shouldn’t be taken literally. |
| Ohm: OK. Well, if nobody is about to die, then what’s the meaning? |
| Jing: Mostly, จะตาย jà dtaai is used after adjectives to give extra emphasis to a negative quality. |
| Ohm: Alright. What examples did we have in the conversation? |
| Jing: In the first line of the conversation, Pim said... |
| เดินมาตั้งนานแล้ว เหนื่อยจะตาย |
| dooen maa dtâng naan láaeo. nùueai jà dtaai. |
| Ohm: “We’ve been walking for a long time. I’m so tired!” |
| Jing: The adjective in the sentence is เหนื่อย nùueai, meaning “tired” or “exhausted”. |
| Ohm: So instead of just saying “I’m tired”, you can say “I’m dying of exhaustion!” by adding จะตาย jà dtaai after the adjective. |
| Jing: Yes, that’s what it means. เหนื่อยจะตาย nùueai jà dtaai is when you feel so tired you might fall over if you try to walk any more. |
| Ohm: That sounds pretty tired! What other examples did we have? |
| Jing: There was a line from the conversation where Gong said... |
| พี่ก็หิวจะตายอยู่แล้ว |
| phîi gâaw hǐu jà dtaai yùu láaeo. |
| Ohm: “I’m so hungry too!” |
| Jing: In this case, หิว hǐu means “hungry”. |
| Ohm: So then, หิวจะตาย hǐu jà dtaai is a bit like saying “I’m starving!” |
| Jing: Yes, you got it! We can say หิวจะตาย hǐu jà dtaai if you feel like you will fall over dead without some food soon. |
| Ohm: I think we’ve all felt like that at some time or another. Is จะตาย jà dtaai only used with negative things? |
| Jing: No, not only negative things. Do you remember, before we had this sentence... |
| ดูรองเท้าคู่นั้นซิ เริ่ดจะตาย |
| duu raawng-tháo khûu nán sí. rôoet jà dtaai. |
| Ohm: “Look at that pair of shoes. They’re so fabulous!” |
| Jing: In this case, เริ่ด rôoet means “fabulous”. It’s a positive description. |
| Ohm: I see. So that means จะตาย jà dtaai is just there to add emphasis. |
| Jing: Yes, that’s right. เริ่ดจะตาย rôoet jà dtaai is “so fabulous”. It’s even more fabulous than just เริ่ด rôoet. |
| Ohm: So really, we can use จะตาย jà dtaai with any adjective to give it more emphasis. Is that right? |
| Jing: It’s possible. But we still use it more for talking about negative things. If you use it all the time for positive things, it might sound sarcastic. |
Outro |
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| Ohm: Okay. That’s it for this lesson. Thanks for listening, everyone! |
| Jing: แล้วเจอกันใหม่ láaeo jooe gan mài |
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