Learn how to ask someone to take their picture
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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. 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 to you a question related to, "Can you take my picture?" which is in Thai is khǎaw thàai rûup dâai mǎi. |
| khǎaw thàai rûup dâai mǎi |
| Let’s break it down by syllable: khǎaw thàai rûup dâai mǎi. |
| There are cases when you may want to take a picture of someone or with someone, but before doing so, you'd like to ask for permission. |
| In Thai, "May I take your picture?" is khǎaw thàai rûup dâai mǎi. |
| khǎaw thàai rûup dâai mǎi |
| Let’s break it down by syllable: khǎaw thàai rûup dâai mǎi. |
| Now, let’s hear it once again, khǎaw thàai rûup dâai mǎi. |
| The first word, khǎaw, means "may" or "asking for," followed by thàai rûup which means "taking picture" as we already learned in the previous lesson. |
| The next word, dâai mǎi, means "can" as asking a question. |
| Altogether, this phrase is equivalent to the English phrase "May I take your picture?" |
| And of course, don’t forget to be polite when you ask people a favor. That means for women, we say khǎaw thàai rûup dâai mǎi khá. |
| khǎaw thàai rûup dâai mǎi khá |
| And men say khǎaw thàai rûup dâai mǎi khráp. |
| khǎaw thàai rûup dâai mǎi khráp |
| Now, again, you may notice that I didn't add any "you" anywhere in the phrase. That's because this phrase already implied that you like to take a picture of "someone." In the same time, you can use this phrase when asking to take a picture of something as well. That means the phrase for khǎaw thàai rûup dâai mǎi also means "May I take a picture here?" |
| There may also be times when you want to take a picture with someone. In this case, you could ask by saying khǎaw thàai rûup dûuai dâai mǎi. |
| khǎaw thàai rûup dûuai dâai mǎi |
| Let’s break it down by syllable: khǎaw thàai rûup dûuai dâai mǎi. |
| Now, let’s hear it once again, khǎaw thàai rûup dûuai dâai mǎi. |
| Don’t forget to be polite by adding khá and khráp. |
| Therefore, women say khǎaw thàai rûup dûuai dâai mǎi khá. |
| khǎaw thàai rûup dûuai dâai mǎi khá |
| And men say khǎaw thàai rûup dûuai dâai mǎi khráp. |
| khǎaw thàai rûup dûuai dâai mǎi khráp |
| Now, the phrase is very similar to the phrase we just learned, except that I added the word dûuai in the middle of the phrase. This word dûuai means "together." Adding this word make this phrase mean "Can I take a picture with you?" |
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 aloud. You will have a few seconds before I give you the answer, so chôok-dii khâ, that means "good luck" in Thai. |
| Remember, khâ is for women and khráp is for men. |
| Ok, here we go! |
| “May I take (your) picture?” (for women) - khǎaw thàai rûup dâai mǎi khá |
| khǎaw thàai rûup dâai mǎi khá |
| khǎaw thàai rûup dâai mǎi khá |
| “May I take (your) picture?” (for men) - khǎaw thàai rûup dâai mǎi khráp |
| khǎaw thàai rûup dâai mǎi khráp |
| khǎaw thàai rûup dâai mǎi khráp |
| “May I take a picture here?” (for women) - khǎaw thàai rûup dâai mǎi khá |
| khǎaw thàai rûup dâai mǎi khá |
| khǎaw thàai rûup dâai mǎi khá |
| “May I take a picture here?” (for men) - khǎaw thàai rûup dâai mǎi khráp |
| khǎaw thàai rûup dâai mǎi khráp |
| khǎaw thàai rûup dâai mǎi khráp |
| “Can I take a picture with you?” (for women) - khǎaw thàai rûup dûuai dâai mǎi khá |
| khǎaw thàai rûup dûuai dâai mǎi khá |
| khǎaw thàai rûup dûuai dâai mǎi khá |
| “Can I take a picture with you?” (for men) - khǎaw thàai rûup dûuai dâai mǎi khráp |
| khǎaw thàai rûup dûuai dâai mǎi khráp |
| khǎaw thàai rûup dûuai dâai mǎi 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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