Girl's Guide to Basic Thai
Impress the locals with your amazing ability to speak a little Thai.
So I've decided that I'm going to start learning one new Thai word or phrase a day. I figure it's a good start. If you're into it, why not learn with me? I'll post the word up here daily.
Impress the locals with your amazing ability to speak a little Thai.
Note that if you are guy, replace "Ka" with "Krap".
Let's go over some basic words that I already know (I don't really know many). This list will be added to with the words/phrases of the day as we go:
| Hello | Sawadee-Ka |
| Thank you | Kop-kun Ka |
| Yes | Chai |
| No | Mai chai (sounds like mai thai) |
| Cheers | Chuck-dee Ka |
| How much? | Tow-rai? |
| How are you? | Sabai-dee mai? |
| I'm fine, thanks | Sabai-dee ka |
| No problem/no worries/never mind/it's cool/you're welcome | Mai pen rai |
| I understand | Kao chai |
| I don't understand | Mai kao chai |
| Cold water | Nam yen |
| What is your name? | Koon choo a-rai? |
| Toilet / bathroom | Hawng-nam |
| I'm sorry | Koh-thod ka |
| Go straight | Trong pai |
| 1 | neung |
| 2 | song |
| 3 | sam |
| 4 | see |
| 5 | ha |
| 6 | hok |
| 7 | jed |
| 8 | bad |
| 9 | gao |
| 10 | sib |
| 11 | sib et |
| 12 | sib song |
| 13 | sib see |
So today, we're going to learn:
Turn Left --> Lao Sai
(this came in very useful for me last Saturday night when I was trying to direct my taxi driver to my friend Martha's who lives in the middle of nowhere!)
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