20 Basic Thai Phrases You Should Know to Start Speaking Thai Right Now | Thai for Beginners

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20 WORDS & PHRASES IN THIS VIDEO:
1. Polite Particles
Male speaker: ครับ /kráp/
Female speaker: ค่ะ /kâ/

2. Pronoun “I”
ผม / pŏm/
ฉัน /chán/

3. Hello
สวัสดี /sà-wàt-dii/

4. Thank you
ขอบคุณ /kàwp kun/

5. You’re welcome
ยินดี/yin dii/

6. Sorry or Excuse me
ขอโทษ / kăw-tôot/

7. It’s ok or No problem
ไม่เป็นไร /mâi bpen rai/

8. How are you?
สบายดีไหม /sà-baai dii mái/

9. I am fine.
สบายดี /sà-baai dii/

10. I am ok.
ก็ดี /gâw dii/

11. I am not feeling well.
ไม่สบาย /mâi sà-baai/

12. What about you?
คุณหล่ะ /kun là/

13. How is it going?
เป็นยังไงบ้าง /bpen yang ngai bâang/

14. What’s that? , What did you say?
อะไรนะ /à-rai ná/

15. I don’t know.
ผมไม่รู้ / pŏm mâi rúu/
ฉันไม่รู้ /chán mâi rúu/

16. I don’t understand.
ไม่เข้าใจ /mâi kâo-jai/

17. I can speak Thai a little bit.
ผมพูดภาษาไทยได้นิดหน่อย / pŏm pûut paa-săa tai dâai nít nòi/
ฉันพูดภาษาไทยได้นิดหน่อย /chán pûut paa-săa tai dâai nít nòi/

18. Can you speak slowly please?
พูดช้าๆหน่อย /pûut cháa-cháa nòi/

19. What do you say this in English?
พูดภาษาอังกฤษยังไง /pûut paa-săa ang-grìt yang-ngai/

20. See you later.
เจอกัน /jer gan/

[jackiemarin]

i should be studying korean rn but learning the basics of thai won’t hurt 👀

[somekindoftactics]

1:35 polite particle krap/ka
2:39 I
3:01 hello
3:18 thank you
3:34 you're welcome, my pleasure
3:50 sorry/excuse me
4:11 it's OK, no problem
4:28 how are you?
4:41 I'm fine
5:00 I'm ok
5:11 I'm not feeling well
5:22 what about you
5:41 how is it going?
6:03 what did you say? what's that?
6:34 I don't know
6:53 I don't understand
7:18 I can speak Thai a little bit
7:58 can you speak slower please?
8:36 what do you say this in English?
9:23 see you later

[davidcross]

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[SamRadDude]

Her english is so good. It keeps sounding look she is about to say something with an accent and then she brings it back to perfect english.

[beksha.licious]

I am enjoying this lesson 😄😄 Sawadee from the Philippines ♥️

[dongdoon]

I am korean.living in seoul. I am studying thai language. But It's very hard language to me. But anyday I wanna speak thai language smoothly. 😊🇰🇷🇹🇭

[TheKingOfBeans]

Damn, it’s hard enough learning a new language but now I need to learn male and female languages 😂

[jrogervaughan]

Through watching Thai 🇹🇭 BL dramas, I’ve fallen in love with the language, the people & the country. Too old to visit so I’ve decided to learn some of the phrases for fun.👍😉❤️🇬🇧

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I enjoyed your lesson .
I teach in Udonthani .

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[steffyjustin]

I had been desperately searching for what 'krap' means. I watch Thai series and I hear it a lot!!! Now, I know ☺ Thank you.

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I like the way teachers Mod and Pear always explain what each Thai word or group of words mean in English. It has helped me to understand when I listen to them do roll play with other Thai people for listening skills. Thank you both!

[Oceansoul]

Thank you! I've had some basics from (a quick reading of) a book and (hours of) Thai series, but so far your video is the best I've seen: good choice of basic vocabulary, very well explained and thank you for writing it also in Thai, it's really needed to learn it! Thank you again 😊
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[Just_driving_]

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