Phrases

chork dii - good luck tamruat - a policeman dtlaat - a market taleh - sea gai (kai) - chicken khai - egg nguu - snake jaan - plate chorn - spoon dek (deg) - child dtaa - eye bplaa - fish baan - house phaa - cloth fan - tooth yaa - medicine hong - room khun - you lek - small yai - big noi - little suay (sway) - beautiful thalat - market

Greetings

Sabaai dii mai khap? - How are you? Khun bpen yan rai baan khap? - How are you? (if the person may feel bad) Laew khun la khap? - And you?

Basic conversation

Khun ma chak nai khap? - Where are you from? Khun chee (chee-len - nickname) arrai khap? - What is your name? Khun areyou thao rai? - How old are you? Khun thannan arrai khap? - What is your profession? Phut cha cha dai mai khap - please repeat slower. Phut mai khap - please repeat again. Kor tot khap - I am sorry. Khrap - got it. Kop khun mak khap - Thank you very much.

Kin mai khap - are you hangry? Dim mai khap - are you thirsty?

Mai khap - no. Dai khrap - agree. Mai dai khrap - not agree. Mai au khrap - I don't want.

Phom mai ruu - I don't know. Phom mai kochai - I don't understand. Pa sa Thai riet arrai khap? - How you call this in Thai?

Phut neet noi - I speak Thai a little bit.

You, me, she, he

Khaw - she or he Phom - me (male) Chan - me (female)

Thank you

Yin dee khap. - My pleasure. Mai bpen rai khap. - No problem. Kop khun khap. - Thank you.

Sorry

Kor Thod na khrap - sorry / excusme

Relatives

Luk chai - son. Luk sou - doter.

Distance

Nii - close. Nan - not close. far - clai (ไกล). close - cla^i (ใกล้)

Transport

Tem tunk - full tank Song thaew - local transport

Properties

Suun - high Tia - small (not tall) Yaa[k] - difficult Pasa thai yaa[k] maak - Thai is very difficult. Ngai - easy. Oon (uan) - fat person. Phom - thin.

Price

Pand - expensive Too[k] - cheap Lot rakaa, noi dai mae khrap? - Pls, reduce the price. Lot noi, dai mai khrap? - Pls, reduce the price. Too[k] noi dai mai - Pls make cheaper.

To go somewhere

Pai baan - go home. Pai nai - where are you going? Khun cha pai nai - where will you go?

maa - to come.

Other

Pii Mai - new year (Pii - year) Mai dee - not good Mai koi dee - not so good Dee khиn neet noi - better than before Yee lon - gtetting worse (down) Mai dee khиn - not better