Learn how to ask where you can buy something
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| INTRODUCTION |
| Hello and welcome to Thai Survival Phrases brought to you by ThaiPod101.com. This course is designed to equip you with the language skills and knowledge to enable you to get the most out of your visit to Thailand. You will be surprised at how far a little Thai will go. |
| Now, before we jump in, remember to stop by ThaiPod101.com, and there, you will find the accompanying PDF and additional info in the post. If you stop by, be sure to leave us a comment. |
Lesson focus |
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| In this lesson, we'll introduce you a phrase that will help you track down the specific something you're looking for. Today's phrase is, "Where can I get or buy something?" But first, we need something, so let's use the word phǒn-lá-máai, which mean "fruits." |
| Let's break it down by syllable: phǒn-lá-máai |
| Now, let’s hear this once again: phǒn-lá-máai |
| In Thai, "Where can I get fruits?" is súue phǒn-lá-máai dâai thîi-nǎi |
| súue phǒn-lá-máai dâai thîi-nǎi |
| Let's break it down by syllable: súue phǒn-lá-máai dâai thîi-nǎi |
| Now, let's hear this once again: súue phǒn-lá-máai dâai thîi-nǎi |
| As always, we add khá and khráp to make this phrase more polite. |
| Therefore, women say súue phǒn-lá-máai dâai thîi-nǎi khá |
| súue phǒn-lá-máai dâai thîi-nǎi khá |
| And men say súue phǒn-lá-máai dâai thîi-nǎi khráp |
| súue phǒn-lá-máai dâai thîi-nǎi khráp |
| The first word súue means "purchase," followed by phǒn-lá-máai, which means "fruit." The next word dâai means "to gain," followed by thîi-nǎi, which means "where." Altogether, this phrase is equivalent to the English phrase, "Where can I buy fruit?" |
| To ask for a different item, we can just replace the word for fruit with any other word, and the phrase works just fine. |
| Another phrase that will come in handy is to ask if they sell the item here. Let's try phâa-mǎi, which means "silk." In Thai, to ask, "Do you sell silk here?" is thîi nîi khǎai phâa-mǎi rǔue bplào |
| is thîi nîi khǎai phâa-mǎi rǔue bplào |
| Let's break it down by syllable: is thîi nîi khǎai phâa-mǎi rǔue bplào |
| Don't forget to be polite when asking a question. |
| That means women say thîi nîi khǎai phâa-mǎi rǔue bplào khá |
| thîi nîi khǎai phâa-mǎi rǔue bplào khá |
| And men say thîi nîi khǎai phâa-mǎi rǔue bplào khráp |
| thîi nîi khǎai phâa-mǎi rǔue bplào khráp |
| The first word thîi nîi means "this place," followed by khǎai, which means "sell." The next word phâa-mǎi means "silk," then followed by rǔue, which mean "or" and bplào means "not." Khá and khráp is added to make this phrase more polite. Altogether, this phrase literally means "Here sell silk or not?" |
| This phrase will come in handy when you doubt if the store sells the item you are looking for or not. You can also use this phrase to ask if Thailand sells a specific items in general. Now that you are able to ask, you're going to get the answer. As we're running out of time, we're going to cover that in the next lesson. |
Outro |
| Okay. To close out today's lesson, we'd like for you to practice what you've just learned. I'll provide you with the English equivalent of the phrase, and you are responsible of saying it loud. You will have a few seconds before I give you the answer, so chôok-dii khâ, that's mean "good luck" in Thai. |
| Remember, khâ is for women, and khráp is for men. Okay. Here we go. |
| "Where can I buy fruit?" for women - súue phǒn-lá-máai dâai thîi-nǎi khá |
| súue phǒn-lá-máai dâai thîi-nǎi khá |
| súue phǒn-lá-máai dâai thîi-nǎi khá |
| "Where can I buy fruit?" for men - súue phǒn-lá-máai dâai thîi-nǎi khráp |
| súue phǒn-lá-máai dâai thîi-nǎi khráp |
| súue phǒn-lá-máai dâai thîi-nǎi khráp |
| "Do you sell silk here? - for women - thîi nîi khǎai phâa-mǎi rǔue bplào khá |
| thîi nîi khǎai phâa-mǎi rǔue bplào khá |
| thîi nîi khǎai phâa-mǎi rǔue bplào khá |
| "Do you sell silk here? - for men - thîi nîi khǎai phâa-mǎi rǔue bplào khráp |
| thîi nîi khǎai phâa-mǎi rǔue bplào khráp |
| thîi nîi khǎai phâa-mǎi rǔue bplào khráp |
| All right. That’s going to do it for today. Remember to stop by ThaiPod101.com and pick up the accompanying PDF. If you stop by, be sure to leave us a comment. |
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