Learn about the structure adjective + เป็นพิเศษ, which we use to mean "especially" or "particularly"
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| INTRODUCTION |
| Jing: สวัสดีค่ะ sà-wàt-dii khâ |
| Ben: Ben here! Upper Beginner Season 1 , Lesson 20 - Thai jokes are especially funny. |
| Jing: Hi, my name is Jing, and I am joined here by Ben: . |
| Ben: Hello, everyone and welcome back to ThaiPOD101.com |
| Jing: What are we learning in this lesson? |
| Ben: In this lesson you'll learn about adjective + เป็นพิเศษ bpen phí-sèet used to mean "especially" or "particularly". |
| Jing: This conversation takes place at Ploy's home. |
| Ben: The conversation is between Ploy and her younger sister, Pleng. |
| Jing: The speakers are siblings, so they will be speaking informally. |
| Ben: Let’s listen to the conversation. |
Lesson conversation |
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| พลอย วันนี้รู้สึกเบื่อเป็นพิเศษ น้องเพลง |
| เพลง เหรอคะ อืมมม...ปลาอะไรพูดเพราะที่สุด |
| พลอย อะไรวะ ปลาพูดไม่ได้ ไม่รู้เหรอ |
| เพลง ปลาอะไรพูดเพราะที่สุด |
| พลอย ก็ไม่รู้ |
| เพลง ปลาที่พูดเพราะที่สุดคือ...ปลาคาร์บบบบบบบบ |
| พลอย วันนี้น้องบ้าเป็นพิเศษ |
| Ben: Let’s hear the conversation one time slowly. |
| พลอย วันนี้รู้สึกเบื่อเป็นพิเศษ น้องเพลง |
| เพลง เหรอคะ อืมมม...ปลาอะไรพูดเพราะที่สุด |
| พลอย อะไรวะ ปลาพูดไม่ได้ ไม่รู้เหรอ |
| เพลง ปลาอะไรพูดเพราะที่สุด |
| พลอย ก็ไม่รู้ |
| เพลง ปลาที่พูดเพราะที่สุดคือ...ปลาคาร์บบบบบบบบ |
| พลอย วันนี้น้องบ้าเป็นพิเศษ |
| Ben: Now let’s hear it with the English translation. |
| พลอย วันนี้รู้สึกเบื่อเป็นพิเศษ น้องเพลง |
| Ben: I feel rather bored today, Pleng. |
| เพลง เหรอคะ อืมมม...ปลาอะไรพูดเพราะที่สุด |
| Ben: Oh yeah? Ummm...What fish speaks the most politely? |
| พลอย อะไรวะ ปลาพูดไม่ได้ ไม่รู้เหรอ |
| Ben: What?! Fish can’t talk. Don’t you know? |
| เพลง ปลาอะไรพูดเพราะที่สุด |
| Ben: What fish speaks the most politely? |
| พลอย ก็ไม่รู้ |
| Ben: Well, I don’t know. |
| เพลง ปลาที่พูดเพราะที่สุดคือ...ปลาคาร์บบบบบบบบ |
| Ben: The fish that speaks the most politely is...carp! |
| พลอย วันนี้น้องบ้าเป็นพิเศษ |
| Ben: You’re crazier than usual today. |
| POST CONVERSATION BANTER |
| Ben: Hey Khru Jing, how are you doing today? |
| Jing: I’m doing great. Oh, I have a question for you. |
| Ben: What’s that? |
| Jing: มะนาวอะไรมาจากอวกาศ má-naao à-rai maa jàak à-wá-gàat |
| Ben: “What kind of lemon comes from outer space?” Huh? Oh, is this another joke like the one we had in the dialogue? |
| Jing: Yeah, just guess. |
| Ben: Khru Jing... I don’t know. Tell me what kind of lemon comes from outer space. |
| Jing: OK, the answer is... มะนาวต่างดุ๊ด มนุษย์ต่างดาว má-naao dtàang dút má-nút dtàang daao. |
| Ben: Oh, I get it. มนุษย์ต่างดาว má-nút dtàang daao means “alien”. |
| Jing: [Laughs] that’s right! |
| Ben: This joke might be a little hard to understand because it relies on Thai linguistics, but you can go to the Lesson Notes for a full explanation of it. Alright, how about we take a look at the vocabulary. |
| VOCAB LIST |
| Ben: Let's take a look at the vocabulary for this lesson. |
| The first word we shall see is: |
| Jing: บ้า [natural native speed] |
| Ben: crazy, to be insane |
| Jing: บ้า [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Jing: บ้า [natural native speed] |
| Next: |
| Jing: ปลาคาร์บ [natural native speed] |
| Ben: carp |
| Jing: ปลาคาร์บ [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Jing: ปลาคาร์บ [natural native speed] |
| Next: |
| Jing: วะ [natural native speed] |
| Ben: impolite ending particle |
| Jing: วะ [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Jing: วะ [natural native speed] |
| Next: |
| Jing: เป็นพิเศษ [natural native speed] |
| Ben: especially, particularly |
| Jing: เป็นพิเศษ [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Jing: เป็นพิเศษ [natural native speed] |
| Next: |
| Jing: รู้สึก [natural native speed] |
| Ben: to feel |
| Jing: รู้สึก [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Jing: รู้สึก [natural native speed] |
| Next: |
| Jing: เบื่อ [natural native speed] |
| Ben: bored |
| Jing: เบื่อ [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Jing: เบื่อ [natural native speed] |
| Next: |
| Jing: ปลา [natural native speed] |
| Ben: fish |
| Jing: ปลา [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Jing: ปลา [natural native speed] |
| Next: |
| Jing: เพราะ [natural native speed] |
| Ben: beautiful sounding, melodious, polite |
| Jing: เพราะ [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Jing: เพราะ [natural native speed] |
| Next: |
| Jing: ที่สุด [natural native speed] |
| Ben: most |
| Jing: ที่สุด [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Jing: ที่สุด [natural native speed] |
| And Last: |
| Jing: เหรอ [natural native speed] |
| Ben: Oh? / Is that so? / Huh? |
| Jing: เหรอ [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Jing: เหรอ [natural native speed] |
| KEY VOCABULARY AND PHRASES |
| Ben: Let's have a closer look at the usage for some of the words and phrases from this lesson. |
| Jing: The first word we’ll look at is.... |
| Jing: เหรอ rǒoe |
| Ben: This word can be used in many ways in Thai. At the end of a sentence it can change a statement into a question, asking for confirmation of what was said. In this sense it’s like the expression “really?” |
| Jing: Yeah, but it can also carry a somewhat sarcastic tone. |
| Ben: As in “Yeah...right.” In that case, the speaker does not agree with or actually believe what they say right before เหรอ rǒoe. |
| Jing: We had เหรอ rǒoe twice in the conversation. First was when Ploy’s sister asked...เหรอคะ rǒoe khá. |
| Ben: “Oh yeah?” And what was the second time? |
| Jing: Ploy said to her sister...ไม่รู้เหรอ mâi rúu rǒoe. |
| Ben: “Don’t you know?” So in this case, เหรอ rǒoe is used to express a hint of ridicule. |
| Jing: Yeah, you could say that. |
| Ben: What is the next phrase? |
| Jing: อะไรวะ à-rai wá |
| Ben: Hey don’t get mad at me. I was just asking you for the next phrase. |
| Jing: No, that is the next phrase.... อะไรวะ à-rai wá |
| Ben: Oh, OK. This is a very rude phrase, which translates to something like “What the heck?!”, but quite a bit stronger than that. |
| Jing: Yes, it’s pretty strong. อะไร à-rai is the question “what?” And at the end of the phrase is the particle วะ wá. |
| Ben: So this is a sentence ending particle similar to คะ khá and ครับ khráp, right? |
| Jing: Yes, but with one huge difference. คะ khá and ครับ khráp make a sentence sound more polite, but วะ wá will make a sentence sound more rude. |
| Ben: Right. In fact, putting วะ wá at the end of your sentences is equivalent to swearing. |
| Jing: So it would be best to not use วะ wá unless you are trying to get in a fight. |
| Ben: But it’s good to know just to recognize when you hear it, right? |
| Jing: Yes, you might hear close friends using it with each other, as well as characters in TV and movies. |
| Ben: I also see a lot of young people using วะ wá on Facebook. |
| Jing: Oh, yes. You see that too, but again, it’s only between close friends. |
| And actually, just so you know this particle can be said with two different tones. The high tone วะ wá is used in questions. And the falling tone ว่ะ wâ is used with statements. |
| Ben: I see. Now let’s move on to the grammar section. |
Lesson focus |
| Ben: The focus of this lesson is adjective + เป็นพิเศษ bpen phí-sèet used to mean "especially" or "particularly". |
| Jing: เป็น bpen is the verb “to be”, and พิเศษ phí-sèet is an adjective meaning “special”. When used together, the phrase เป็นพิเศษ bpen phí-sèet acts like an adverb meaning "especially" or "particularly". |
| Ben: How does it get used in a sentence? |
| Jing: เป็นพิเศษ bpen phí-sèet should come after an adjective in the sentence. |
| Ben: OK, so we have some adjective followed by เป็นพิเศษ bpen phí-sèet, and it means “especially” or “particularly”. |
| Jing: You got it. One example from the conversation was when Ploy said... |
| วันนี้รู้สึกเบื่อเป็นพิเศษ น้องเพลง |
| wan-níi rúu-sùek bùuea bpen phí-sèet náawng phleeng. |
| Ben: “I feel rather bored today, Pleng.” |
| Jing: The key words in this sentence are เบื่อเป็นพิเศษ bùuea bpen phí-sèet, meaning “especially bored”. |
| Ben: OK, I see. So first we have the adjective เบื่อ bùuea, meaning “bored”. And when we say เบื่อเป็นพิเศษ bùuea bpen phí-sèet, it becomes “especially bored”. |
| Jing: That’s right. So you would use it if you feel more bored than usual. |
| Ben: Well, were there any other examples of เป็นพิเศษ bpen phí-sèet from the conversation? |
| Jing: Yes, there was one more. Ploy said to her sister...วันนี้น้องบ้าเป็นพิเศษ |
| wan-níi náawng bâa bpen phí-sèet. |
| Ben: “You’re crazier than usual today.” Does that imply that her sister is a little crazy every day? |
| Jing: Yeah, maybe a little. But she’s especially crazy just today. |
| Ben: And what’s the word for “crazy”? |
| Jing: บ้า bâa |
| Ben: Alright, let’s try a little speaking practice shall we? Listeners, please repeat these phrases after Khru Jing.... “especially bored” |
| Jing: เบื่อเป็นพิเศษ bùuea bpen phí-sèet |
| Ben: (pause) OK, next is “crazier than usual” |
| Jing: บ้าเป็นพิเศษ bâa bpen phí-sèet |
| Ben: (pause) And how about one more to help you sweet talk. How do you say “especially beautiful”? |
| Jing: สวยเป็นพิเศษ sǔuai bpen phí-sèet |
| Ben: (pause) Great job everyone! |
| Ben: That's it for this lesson. Then see you next time! |
| Jing: ลาก่อน |
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