Special Word List Flashcards

Question

อย่า

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``` Word: อย่า yaa Do Not, Don't อย่าเยอะ yaa yer dont be difficult ```

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Word: อีก ìik again, another

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Word: พวกเรา pûuak-rao we

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Word: ตอนนี้ dtaawn níi Translations of ตอนนี้ Adverb at present, at this time, right now, at this moment, now, then

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Word: ขณะนี้ khà-nà níi At this time

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แต่ dtàae but, just, only

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เมื่อไร Muah-reye When

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ทำไม Tham-meye Why

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ยังไง yang-ngeye How

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อยู่ที่ไหน You-ti-nigh Where is located?

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แล้วเจอกัน Laeo-jer-gan See you later, we will meet later

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ดื่ม duem drink

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ฟัง fang listen

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พูด pud speak

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อ่าน aan read

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เขียน kian write

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นอน nawn sleep

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นั่ง nang sit

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ยืน yuen stand

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ทำ tham do

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เดิน dooen walk

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ช่วย! Chu-aye Help

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ตำรวจ Dtam-Ru-at Police

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วันนี้ wan-níi Today

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พรุ่งนี้ phrûng-níi tomorrow

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เมื่อวานนี้ mûuea-waan-níi yesterday

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เป็นอย่างไร bpen yàang rai How is ...? The phrase "เป็นอย่างไร(bpen yàang rai)" can be placed after whatever you want to ask about. For example, you could very likely be asked by Thai people when you come to Thailand "ประเทศไทยเป็นอย่างไร(bprà-thêet thai bpen yàang rai)," which means "How's Thailand?"

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เที่ยวให้สนุก thîiao hâi sà-nùk Have a good day.

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เท่านั้น thâo-nán only

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ไม่เชิง mâi-chooeng no, not really

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อีกครั้ง ik kraeng once again

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มอเตอร์ไซค์รับจ้าง maaw-dtôoe-sai ráp-jâang motorcycle taxi

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ตึก dtùek Building

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แค่นิดหน่อย khâae nít-nàuy Just a little

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ได้ dâai Can do

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ลย looei "At all" or "to the extent of." Actually, "เลย(looei)" has so many meanings and can be used in many different situations. In negative statements, "เลย(looei)" is put after verbs or adjectives and means "not at all." For example, "มี(mii)" is "to have," and "เงิน(ngoen)" is "money." So "ไม่มีเลย(mâi mii looei)" means "I don't have any money at all." But when used in a positive sense, it can mean "certainly," "so much so," or "to such an extent." For example, if you actually are a big fan of spicy food, and I asked you "คุณชอบอาหารเผ็ดไหมคะ(khun châawp aa-hăan phèt châi mái khá)," you could answer… "ชอบมากเลย(châawp mâak looei)," "I really love it!"

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ยังไม Yang Mai Not yet

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ชาวพุทธ Chaaw Put Buddhist

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พุทธศาสนา Put tisaa sanaa Buddhism

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ผัก Pagk Vegetable

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เพราะว่า Praw waa Because

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อารมณ์ดี aa-room dee Good mood

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แล้ว láaeo already, and then, as for, later แล้ว (láaeo) is one of the most useful Thai words. It can have many different functions in a sentence. Its most general meaning is "already." When we place แล้ว (láaeo) after a verb, it indicates that the action happened already. This is one method that we can use to show the past tense in Thai. When the object of the verb is included in the sentence, then แล้ว (láaeo) goes after the object. When we use it to mean "already," แล้ว (láaeo) will generally be the last word of the sentence except for particles such as ครับ (khráp), ค่ะ (khâ), or นะ (ná). One of the other most important uses of แล้ว (láaeo) is to mean "so," "next," or "then." When used for this, แล้ว (láaeo) will come at the beginning of a sentence or clause.

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เขียน khǐian to write

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ให้ hâi to give

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ใกล้ glâi Near

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กระดาษ grà-dàat Paper

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รอสักครู่ raaw sàk-khrûu Wait a minute.

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ให้หน่อย ..hâi nàuy Please...for me.

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พ่อแม่ phâaw mâae parents

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เงิน ngoen money

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กรุณา gà-rú-naa please

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จาก jàak from

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ว่า wâa that

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ทราบ sâap to know (polite)

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ไม่ทราบว่า... mâi sâap wâa... What is...? (lit. "I don't know that...")

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ของฝาก khǎawng-fàak Gift

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ห้างสรรพสินค้า hâang-sàp-pha-sĭn-kháa "Shopping mall" or just "ห้าง(hâang)" for short.

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นี่เรียกว่าอะไร nîi rîiak wâa a-rai "what is this called?"

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นี่ในภาษาไทยเรียกว่าอะไร nîi nai phaa-săa thai rîiak wâa a-rai "What is this called in Thai?"

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สุนัข sù-nák polite word for "dog."

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กระเป๋า grà-bpăo a bag

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ไม่เป็นไร mâi-bpen-rai a It means "never mind," "it doesn't matter," or "it's no big deal!"

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ไม่เป็นไร mâi-bpen-rai It means "never mind," "it doesn't matter," or "it's no big deal!"

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ทาน thaan To eat (polite).

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มหาวิทยาลัย Mahaa-weh-tee-a-lie University

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ทุกท่าน thúk-thân Everyone (polite).

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เมืองไทย muueang thai Thailand haven't we learned that we say "ประเทศไทย(bprà-thêet thai)" for "Thailand?" What's the difference between the two? They are the same, but "เมืองไทย(muueang thai)" is usually said in not so formal situation, such as everyday conversation. So it's the most common way for Thai people to refer to "Thailand." Actually "เมือง(muueang)" means "city." For example, we say "เมืองโตเกียว(muueang dtoo-giiao)" for "Tokyo," "เมืองแวนคูเวอร์(muueang waaen-khuu-wôoe) " for "Vancouver," and so on. However, "เมืองไทย(muueang thai)" is the only unique example where it refers to the entire country.

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ทุก thúk Every

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เยี่ยม yîiam Great or excellent.

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ชอบ châawp To like

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ตลก dtà-lòk Funny

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เยี่ยมมาก yîiam mâak Great job.

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มาจาก maa jàak To come from

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เชิญนั่ง chooen nâng "Please sit." "นั่ง(nâng)" is the verb "to sit." "เชิญ(chooen)" is a word you use when you want to invite someone to do something. Its usage is very simple. You can just put the verb after "เชิญ(chooen)." The phrase would then mean "please do that verb." For example, "ทาน(thaan)" is "to eat," "เชิญทาน((chooen thaan)" then means "please eat" or "go ahead." "to have a look" is "ดู(duu)." How would you say "please have a look?" "เชิญดู(chooen duu)"

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กัน gan together

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มัน man | it

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ดูนี่สิครับ duu nîi sì khráp "Look at this!"

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สิ sì particle used in commands

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เขา khǎo he, he / she

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ไชโย chai-yoo Cheers! ดื่ม(dùuem)" and "ชน(chon)" are actions of drinking and clanking glasses together respectively. However, "ดื่ม(dùuem)" and "ชน(chon)" are common in casual conversations while "ไชโย(chai-yoo)" is frequently used in formal situations like in wedding ceremonies, for example.

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ทานกันเลย thaan gan looei Let's eat. "กินกันเลย(gin gan looei)" also means "Let's eat!" and is a formal expression used within a family or among friend

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ลอง laawng to try

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โดย dooi by

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เรา rao we

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ได้เลย dâai looei Okay

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ว่าง wâang free

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แล้วเจอกัน láaeo jooe gan See you!

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เป็นไงมั่ง Bpen-ngai-mang How are you? (Causal with friend) คุฌเป็นยังไงบ้าง Kuhn bpen yang ngai bahng How are you? (Formal)

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ว่าง wâang free

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ด้วยกัน dûuai-gan Together.

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เบอร์โทรศัพท์ booe thoo-rá-sàp Telephone number.

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แน่นอน nâae-naawn "Certainly" or "of course."

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แล้วเจอกัน láaeo jooe gan "See you later."

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ก็ gâaw also, and, then, well, um... This is the only word that changes form in this manner for the short vowel sara เ-าะ aw The word “ก็ gâw” is one of the most commonly used words in spoken Thai.If you listen to a Thai talking you will probably hear a few “ก็ gâw” in one conversation. If you want speak like a Thai , you must understand this tiny but crucial word. It is arguably the most ambiguous word in the Thai language. Did you know that this tiny little word has staggering 33 meanings and usages!! To put it simply, ก็ /gâw/ is a word that connect two things, concepts, or ideas together in the way that they compliment each other.

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เอง eeng self

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ผมเอง phǒm eeng myself [spoken by a male], "It's me." นี่ผมสตีฟเองครับ sà-wàt-dii khráp nîi phǒm sà-dtíip eeng khráp Good morning. It's Steve.

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ตอนนี้ dtaawn-níi now

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รู้ rúu to know

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ยัง yang still, yet

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เห็น hěn to see

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พวกคุณ phûuak-khun all of you

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เหมือนกัน mǔuean-gan same/too/also

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ยังไม่ yang mâi "not yet."

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หิว hĭu is a verb meaning "to be hungry,"

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ตังค์ dtang "money”

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เวลา weh-laa time, or when

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อาจจะ àat-jà maybe / probably

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แล้ว... láaeo What about...?

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อาจจะ àat-jà "might" or "maybe." We already learned that placing จะ jà ("will") before a verb creates the future tense. You use it when asking about the future and when giving statements in which you are definite about what is going to happen. But when you are uncertain of the likelihood of a future event occurring, you can use อาจจะ (àat-jà) to mean "might" or "maybe." We also place it right before the verb, just like จะ (jà). Here are some examples of how we can use it.

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จะ jà "will" before a verb creates the future tense

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อยาก yàak To want

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แต่ dtàae But or only.

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ไม่แน่ใจ mâi nâae-jai I'm not sure.

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ไม่มีเงิน mâi mii ngoen "have no money."

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นอน naawn "to sleep,"

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อย่า yaa Do not

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จริงๆ Jing jing really

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ยังไม่รู้ yang mâi rúu This phrase means “I don’t know yet.” or “I still don’t know.” ยัง (yang) means “still” or “yet”. And ไม่รู้ (mâi rúu) is “don’t know”. This phrase is often said by itself as an answer to a question. It can also be used as the beginning of a longer sentence followed by ว่า (wâa) and some other statement. For example... ยังไม่รู้ว่าจะกินอะไรดี (yang mâi rúu wâa jà gin à-rai dii.)

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กว่า gwàa more than

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ซื้อ su buy

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สู่ sùu to

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ดู duu to look, to watch

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ยินดีต้อนรับ yin-dii-dtâawn-ráp Welcome

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บริการ Buri-gan Service

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ไป bpai Too ไป (bpai) is usually the verb "to go." But when we put it after an adjective, its meaning is "too," as in "too hot," "too heavy," or "too big." ร้อนไป (ráawn bpai), หนักไป (nàk bpai), ใหญ่ไป (yài bpai) Now, we can also use ไป (bpai) with the words เยอะ (yóe), meaning “many”, or มาก (mâak), meaning “very”. Then we can say “too many” or “too much”. For example, กินข้าวเยอะ (gin khâao yóe) means “eat a lot of rice”. So can you guess how to say “I ate too much rice.”?

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แล้วกัน láaeo gan This phrase is used to indicate that the speaker has reached a decision about something. It is similar to saying “Well, alright then...” or “OK, I guess...”.

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ขอโทษ khǎaw-thôot Excuse me

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ช่วย chûuai to help

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วันเกิด wan-gòoet birthday

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ช่วย...ให้หน่อย chûuai ... hâi nàuy This phrase essentially means “please do (some action) for me”. The first word, ช่วย (chûuai), is the verb “to help”. This is followed by whatever you are requesting the listener to do. That is followed by ให้หน่อย (hâi nàuy). ให้ (hâi) in this case means “for”, as in “for me”. And หน่อย (nàuy) means “a little”. We put หน่อย (nàuy) there to make the request sound more humble. So the whole thing is almost like saying “Could you help a little by doing (some request) for me?” example of a whole sentence... ช่วยเปิดประตูให้หน่อย (chûuai bpòoet bprà-dtuu hâi nàuy.) meaning “Could you please open the door for me?” The requested action, เปิดประตู (bpòoet bprà-dtuu), or “open the door” is put between ช่วย (chûuai) and ให้หน่อย (hâi nàuy).

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``` จังเลย jang looei This functions as an adverb meaning “exceptionally”, “exceedingly”, “extremely”, “very” or “really”. It will usually follow directly after an adjective. As in... อากาศวันนี้ร้อนจังเลย (aa-gàat wan-níi ráawn jang looei.) “The weather is really hot today.” ```

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เปิด bpooèt is “to open”

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แตกต่าง dtàaek-dtàang different, to be different

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ทำไม tham-mai why

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แล้วคุณล่ะ láaeo khun lâ “And how about you”

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พวกเขา phûuak-khǎo This is a plural pronoun that means “they” or “them”. พวก (phûuak) means “a group”. It can be added to the beginning of many pronouns and nouns to make them plural. In this case เขา (khǎo) means “he” or “she”, so พวกเขา (phûuak-khǎo) means “they”. Another example is พวกนี้ (phûuak-níi) meaning “these”. It is the plural of นี้ (níi) meaning “this”. What about “we” or “us”? We can use เรา (rao) to mean “we”, but เรา (rao) can also be used as a singular pronoun meaning “I”. So in cases where you want to make sure you are not misunderstood, you can use พวกเรา(phûuak rao), which is specifically the plural “we”.

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พวกนี้ phûuak-níi meaning “these”. It is the plural of นี้ (níi) meaning “this”.

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แตกต่าง dtàaek-dtàang different, to be different

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ตรงนั้น dtrong-nán there

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คืนนี้ khuuen-níi tonight

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สอน sǎawn to teach

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ใหม่ mài new, again

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เคย khooei ever We can easily say "never" instead of "ever" just by adding the negative particle ไม่ (mâi) in front of เคย (khooei).

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สั่ง sàng to order

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ครั้งหนึ่ง khráng nùeng This means “once” or “one time”.

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ปีที่แล้ว bpii thîi láaeo “last year”. ปี (bpii) is “year”. ที่ (thîi) in this case means “which”. And แล้ว (láaeo) is “already”. So altogether, we have “the year which was already” or “last year”.

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เร็ว reo fast, quick

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เพราะ phráw because

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ฝนจะตก fŏn jà dtòk means “It will rain.”

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บอก bàawk “to tell”

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น่าจะ nâa jà This expression is used to say that an action is “probable” or “likely”.

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หรือเปล่า rǔue bplàao or not

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แล้วหรือยัง láaeo rǔue yang Meaning "Already Happened or Not."

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ทาน thaan to eat

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แผน phǎaen plan

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ใกล้ๆ glâi-glâi nearby, around

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กินข้าวรึยัง gin khâao rúe yang Casual form of Did you eat yet?

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ต้อง dtâwng Meaning "Must"

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ไม่ต้อง mâi dtâwng which means "not need to" or "is not necessary." Make sure you don't confuse it with "must not."

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ยิ้ม yím to smile

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เช่น chên This is a word used to mean “for example” or “such as”. It will come right before an object or list of objects that the speaker is giving as examples.

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เมื่อกี้ mûuea-gîi This means “a moment ago”. Like most time words, it would usually be used at the beginning of a sentence. For example, if you just said something, but I didn’t quite hear it, I could say เมื่อกี้คุณพูดว่าอะไรนะคะ (mûuea-gîi khun phûut wâa à-rai ná khá) “What did you just say?” or “What did you say just a moment ago?”

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ประมาณ bprà-maan This means “approximately”, “about”, or “around”. It will come right before an amount or a time.

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หมา măa Actually there are two different words for “dog”. If you want to be polite, you can use สุนัข (sù-nák). But if you don’t need to be very polite you can say หมา (măa).

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ถ้า thâa if In sentences that begin with ถ้า (thâa), we often use the word ก็ (gâaw) to link the two clauses together. In these cases, ก็ (gâaw) has a meaning of "then."

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ฝนตก fŏn dtòk means “to rain”

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นั้น nan that

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น่าสนุก nâa-sà-nùk enjoyable

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น่าสนใจ nâa-sǒn-jai interesting

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น่ารัก nâa-rák cute, lovely

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เยี่ยม yîiam to visit, to see

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หาด hàat beach

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ใคร khrai “who”

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ก็ได้ gâaw dâai It's all right, It's OK, can also, any

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ยังไง yang-ngai This is a spoken form of the adverb “how”. The more formal, written form of “how” is อย่างไร (yàang-rai). But you will hear ยังไง (yang-ngai) used more often in regular speech. As with the English word “how”, ยังไง (yang-ngai) is used in both questions and statements. What would be an example of ยังไง (yang-ngai) used in a question? วันนี้อากาศเป็นยังไง (wan níi aa-gàat bpen yang-ngai) “How is the weather today?” And how about an example of ยังไง (yang-ngai) used in a statement. ฉันไม่รู้ว่าเขาทำยังไง (chăn mâi rúu wâa khăo tham yang-ngai) “I don’t know how he did it.” In this sentence the Thai word order is like saying “I don’t know that he did how”. ฉันไม่รู้ว่า (chăn mâi rúu wâa) means “I don’t know that”, and เขาทำยังไง (khăo tham yang-ngai) means “How did he do it?”

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ภาษาไทยพูดว่ายังไง phaa-săa thai phûut wâa yang-ngai to ask how it’s said in Thai.

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เกียจรอ khîi-gìiat raaw This means “I’m too impatient to wait”. ขี้เกียจ (khîi-gìiat) is the adjective “lazy”, and รอ (raaw) is the verb “to wait”.

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ท่าจะ thâa jà “possibly”, “probably” or “perhaps”.

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ได้สิครับ (dâai sì khráp) or ได้สิคะ (dâai sì khá) This means “Certainly!” or “Of course you can!” The verb ได้ (dâai) in this phrase means “to be possible”, and สิ (sì) is an emphatic particle. It’s used to turn statements into suggestions or commands.

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ทุกอย่าง thúk-yàang “everything”

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ทั้งหมด tháng-mòt means “all” or “altogether”

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ทุกวัน tuk wan everyday

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รู้สึก rúu-sùek to feel

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อ้วน ûuan fat, chubby

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สุขภาพ sùk-khà-phâap health

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ผอม phǎawm slim

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แพง phaaeng adjective meaning "expensive."

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ถูก thùuk "cheap"

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เจ jee Chinese Mahayana Buddhist vegetarian. Restaurants serving เจ (jee) food are easily identified by a yellow and red sign with the Thai word เจ. In everyday speech, we often use เจ (jee) to mean "vegetarianism" in general, but there is another term, มังสวิรัติ (mang-sà-wí-rát), that more correctly refers to "food that is simply meat-free."

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สนุก sa-nuk fun

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รู้สึก rúu-sùek to feel

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สุขภาพ (sùk-khà-phâap) health

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ขึ้น (khûen) to rise, to increase, to grow

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ลง (long) to descend, to decrease, to shrink

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คราวหลัง (khraao-lǎng) This means “from now on”. คราว (khraao) means a “time” or an “occasion”. And หลัง (lǎng) can mean “behind”, but in this expression it means “after”. So another way to translate คราวหลัง (khraao-lǎng) is “afterwards”. มาสาย (maa-sǎai) means “to come late” and ไม่ (mâi) means “not”.

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ไม่ต้องลำบาก (mâi dtâwng lam-bàak) This means “You don’t need to bother” or “You don’t need to go through the trouble”. ไม่ต้อง (mâi dtâwng means) “don’t need to”. And ลำบาก (lam-bàak) is an adjective meaning “difficult”, “hard”, or “troubled”. Now in a sentence, ไม่ต้องลำบาก (mâi dtâwng lam-bàak) can be followed by an action to specify what the listener doesn’t need to bother with.

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ครั้ง krahng time

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ละ la per

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