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Hi ..What is your name .. ?

Sawasdee Kha! (^_^) How do you do?

hello, I'd love to learn some Thai. Please share some more common words.

From what I understand:

Sawadee Krup = a "Welcome" greeting from men.
Sawadee Kha = a "Welcome" greeting from women.

Sabai dee mai? = Having a good day?(Although, I think it literally means "Having a good day or not?"

Mai means "not". So if your not having a good day, it's "Mai Sabai"
And if your are, it's "Sabai Dee"

That 's right! You 're so smart! (^^) Thanks for your share . Anyway please let me suggest more to others.
In Thai, There are a little difference between "Mai" in "Sabai dee mai" and "Mai" in "Mai Sabai" ^^.
Thai words always have low voice and high voice even they look similarly when write in English.In this case, You should pronounce "Mai" in "Sabai dee mai" in low voice , lower than "Mai" in "Mai Sabai". Both words 're spelled differently in Thai characters ^^. That 's why they 're not similar in their voice.

BTW, today I 've another Thai common word to share. "Khob Khun" = Thank you . For men, you can end with "Krub" (==> Khob Khun Krub) and for women , you can end with "Kha" (Khob Khun Kha) to make it more polite ^^....


Hope you will enjoy Thai learning! ^_^

I've actually traveled to Thailand before so I know some basic phrases.

Hello (male speaker) sawatdee krup
Hello (female speaker) sawatdee kaa
How are you? sabai dee reu
Fine thanks sabai dee
Thank you kop koon
Thank you very much kob-khun-mark
You're welcome mai pen rai
Never mind mai pen rai
I can't speak Thai phoot Thai mai dai
I don't understand mai kao chai
Do you understand? kao chai mai
Where is the rest room? hong nam yoo tee nai
How much does this cost? nee tao-rai
What is this ? nee arai
Very expensive paeng maag
The bill please gep taang
Good-bye la gon
See you again laew phob gan mai
Good luck kor hai chok dee
Sorry/excuse me kor thoad
Yes chai
No mai-chai/mai-oua
Please ka-ru-na
Excuse me kor-tose/kor-a-nu-yart

And the phrase that I've used most often, buat tong(stomach ache) the first few days of my travels. I guess, I don't a Thai stomach But I love the Thai cuisines. I'm curious do you know of any that's non-fish related? I know that a lot of Thai dishes have fish but I'd like to sample more with beef or pork.

Wow, Those Thai words which you suggest are very useful for the tourist . Thank you^^ ... howardc, You 're so smart but at the same time you 're very fun ! ^^ .. haha ... but It mean some Thai food make you "buat tong"? Oh! So sad BTW, Have you ever tried "Pad krapow moo sub"? It 's also delicious .The main ingredient is pork




and another dish is "Lab Moo"




Please taste!!

(Ps. The Thai word for today is "MOO" which mean "Pig" or "Pork" ^^.. Enjoy eating "Moo"!!!! )

Learning Thai Language
http://www.thailandquickguide.com/2009/03/11/learning-thai-language-thai-alphabet/

I hope all of U Enjoy with thai language.
and we can become a friend and exchange our language too.
See ya.
Good luck(Chok dee)

howardc wrote:

I've actually traveled to Thailand before so I know some basic phrases. Hello (male speaker) sawatdee krup Hello (female speaker) sawatdee kaa How are you? sabai dee reu Fine thanks sabai dee Thank you kop koon Thank you very much kob-khun-mark You're welcome mai pen rai Never mind mai pen rai I can't speak Thai phoot Thai mai dai I don't understand mai kao chai Do you understand? kao chai mai Where is the rest room? hong nam yoo tee nai How much does this cost? nee tao-rai What is this ? nee arai Very expensive paeng maag The bill please gep taang Good-bye la gon See you again laew phob gan mai Good luck kor hai chok dee Sorry/excuse me kor thoad Yes chai No mai-chai/mai-oua Please ka-ru-na Excuse me kor-tose/kor-a-nu-yart And the phrase that I've used most often, buat tong(stomach ache) the first few days of my travels. I guess, I don't a Thai stomach But I love the Thai cuisines. I'm curious do you know of any that's non-fish related? I know that a lot of Thai dishes have fish but I'd like to sample more with beef or pork.

This is very helpful na..Thank you so much for sharing with us. this is very very nice ..


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