Learn Thai with Kruu Wee – A Thai language teacher: Recent Episodes
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The Thai language is a tonal language. When you speak a word, the pitch of your voice is an integral part of that word. If you speak with the wrong pitch/tone, you are saying a different word. There are 5 tones mid, low, falling, high and rising LISTEN again and again see this vdo Thai tones
Thai words and phrases of today กินเหล้า gin lâo = drink alcohol เมา Mao = be drunk เมาแล้ว mao láew = drunk already ยังไม่เมา yang mâi mao = not drunk yet. Still not drunk. เมารึเปล่า mao réu bplào = Are you drunk? เมาอะไร mao à-rai = what made you drunk ? เมาไม่ขับ mao mâi […]
Introduction to Thai Thai is generally monosyllabic, no word change due to conjugation and affixation. 2. Word order is very important. Thai is a Subject-Verb-Object language, and a modifier always follows a head. That is, an adjective or an adverb always strictly follows a noun or a verb. 3. Thai sometimes omit a subject or […]
1. What time is it now? ตอนนี้กี่โมงแล้ว 2. I am sorry but I think I will be late. ผมขอโทษแต่ผมคิดว่าจะมาสาย 3. How many days will you stay here? คุณจะอยู่ที่นี่กี่วัน 4. I have a headache and also have a fever. ผมปวดหัวและมีไข้ 5. Do you have any medicine for headache? คุณมียาสำหรับปวดหัวไหม 6. What time does the shop open/close? ร้านเปิด/ปิดกี่โมง 7. How […]
In the Thai language, It’s important to use the correct classifier when counting. Each noun has a specific classifier word which should be used in a sentence when you’re referring to a determinate number of items. Pattern : noun + number + a classifier of the noun . For example : Today, I eat rice […]
อันนี้ภาษาไทยเรียกว่าอะไร? an níi paa-săa thai rîak wâa a-rai? = What do you call “this one” in Thai? “rîak เรียก = to call” An อัน is a common unit in Thai = ….one (noun/unit) in English – refer to noun / an object only See —> How to use ! the big one = อันใหญ่ an […]