Top 4000 Words

Question 1

“that / which / at / place”

Answer 1

ที่
thîi

นี่คือบ้านที่ฉันโตมา
This is the house that I grew up in.

➡️ Note: ที่ is a multifunctional word. It can indicate:
• A relative clause (“that/which”)
• A location (“at/in”)
• A classifier for places (บ้านที่หนึ่ง = “house number one”)

Question 2

“can / did / to get”

Answer 2

ได้
dâi

เมื่อวานฉันได้เจอเพื่อนเก่า
Yesterday I got to meet an old friend.

➡️ Note: ได้ has 2 key uses:
• As a past tense marker
• As “can” (ability or permission, when used after a verb)

Question 3

“will / going to (future marker)”

Answer 3

จะ
jà

พรุ่งนี้ฉันจะไปทะเล
Tomorrow I will go to the beach.

➡️ Note: จะ is the most common future tense marker in Thai. Always comes before the verb.

Question 4

“this”

Answer 4

นี้
níi

หนังสือเล่มนี้น่าสนใจมาก
This book is very interesting.

➡️ Note: Often placed after the noun in Thai, unlike English.

Question 5

“that (speech marker) / to say / to think”

Answer 5

ว่า
wâa

เขาบอกว่าเขาจะมาสาย
He said that he will be late.

➡️ Note: ว่า is often used to introduce indirect speech or thoughts (“say that”, “think that”).