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Common Thai Grammar Mistakes 1
Common Thai Grammar Mistakes 1 It’s sometimes easy to make a mistake with Thai grammar, remembering the correct positioning of verb, noun and adjective! For example, when we want to say ‘no traffic’ in Thai, we don’t say “mâi rót tìt” because after the “mâi”,we put the verb or adjective. We don’t put the noun
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Speak Thai Lesson 12
Classifier – tua tua is the classifier for animals. A classifier is a word that you put after the number of things, basically it’s a unit of measurement. In English you say”5 cats”,in Thai you can’t say “mԑ:w(cat) 5”.You would say“mԑ:w(cat) 5 tua”.All nouns have have classifiers. We use classifiers when talk about the quantity of something. For example: 1.mi: phԑ́ sǎ:m tua yù: nân. มีแพะสามตัวอยู่นั่น There are 3 goats over there. 2.Phî: hěn mԑ:w sᴐ̌:ŋ tua yù: nai bâ:n. พี่เห็นแมวสองตัวอยู่ในบ้าน I
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Speak Thai Lesson 11
To teach – sᴐ̌:n สอน Phǒm sᴐ̌:n pha:-sǎ: Thai káo. ผมสอนภาษาไทยเค้า I teach him Thai. Phǒm sᴐ̌:n káo phû:t pha:-sǎ: Thai. ผมสอนเค้าพูดภาษาไทย I teach him to speak Thai. Someone+sᴐ̌:n+subject+someone. Someone+sᴐ̌:n+someone+verb+object. For example 1.Phî: sᴐ̌:n ka-nít lû:k-sǎ:w. พี่สอนคณิตลูกสาว I teach my daughter mathematics. Phî: sᴐ̌:n lû:k-sǎ:w kít lê:k. พี่สอนลูกสาวคิดเลข I teach my daughter to calculate. 2.Mԑ̂: sᴐ̌:n pha:-sǎ: ji:n phᴐ̂:. แม่สอนภาษาจีนพ่อ The mother teaches the father Chinese. Mԑ̂: sᴐ̌:n phᴐ̂: kǐan pha:-sǎ: ji:n. แม่สอนพ่อเขียนภาษาจีน The mother teaches the father to write Chinese. 3.Phî: sᴐ̌:n pha:-sǎ:
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Speak Thai Lesson 10
To finish – sèt Part 1 To finish work tham-ŋa:n sèt = To finish to do your work or clock off ทำงานเสร็จ lerk ngaan = clock off เลิกงาน Part 2 gin kâ:w sèt = To finish to eat(When you use the word”sèt” Maybe there is some food left after finish eating or you ate them all.Can be both) กินข้าวเสร็จ
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Speak Thai Lesson 9
To Sleep – “làp” หลับ “nᴐ:n” นอน means to lie down “làp” หลับ means to sleep You can say “nᴐ:n” or “làp” when you want to say to sleep or you can say both word together“nᴐ:n-làp”.You cannot say “làp” if you just lie down. Here are examples: 1.1lû:k-sǎ:w nᴐ:n bon tiaŋ. ลูกสาวนอนบนเตียง The daughter lay on her bed.(daughter slept on her bed.) 1.2lû:k-sǎ:w làp bon tiaŋ. ลูกสาวหลับบนเตียง The daughter slept on her bed. 1.3lû:k-sǎ:w nᴐ:n- làp bon tiaŋ. ลูกสาวนอนหลับบนเตียง The daughter slept on her bed. 2.1phᴐ̂: nᴐ:n bon so:-fa:
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Speak Thai Lesson 7
Don’t (do not) hâ:m ห้าม(formal writting) yà: อย่า(speaking) For example 1.hâ:m sù:p bu-rì: bᴐ:-ri-we:n ní: ห้ามสูบบุหรี่บริเวณนี้ No smoking area. 2.yà: lᵾ:m pìt fai ná. อย่าลืมปิดไฟนะ Don’t forget to turn off the light. kam-sàp sù:p สูบ To smoke bu-rì: บุหรี่ Cigarettes bᴐ:-ri-we:n บริเวณ Area ní: นี้ This lᵾ:m ลืม To forget pìt ปิด To turn off
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Speak Thai Lesson 6
To Carry There are many ways to say “to carry” in Thai like”thᵾ̌:”,”hîw”,”bԑ̀:k”,”sa-pha:i” and “ûm” ”thᵾ̌:” and ”hîw” are the same,you use your hand to carry. ”bԑ̀:k” is to use your shoulder to carry. ”sa-pha:i” is to use your back to carry. “ûm” is to carry a person or animal. Here are example sentences of “ûm” 1.mԑ̂: gam-laŋ ûm lû:k-cha:y. แม่กำลังอุ้มลูกชาย The mother is carrying her son. 2.mԑ̂: gam-laŋ jà ûm lû:k-cha:y. แม่กำลังจะอุ้มลูกชาย The mother is going to carry her
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Speak Thai Lesson 4
Classifier – bai A classifier is like a unit of measurement that is put after a number.In English you say” 2 hats”,in Thai we wouldn’t say “muàk 2”. We would say“muàk 2 bai”.Each noun has a different classifier. We use classifiers when we mention the amount of something. bai is a classifier of caps or hats. For example: 1.mi: muàk sǎ:m bai yù: bon tó. มีหมวกสามใบอยู่บนโต๊ะ There are 3 hats on the table.
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Speak Thai Lesson 5
Alone – kon-diaw คนเดียว e:ŋ เอง by oneself kon-diaw คนเดียว alone For example 1.Phî: glàp bâ:n e:ŋ. พี่กลับบ้านเอง I went home by myself.(no body took him home.) Phî: glàp bâ:n kon-diaw. พี่กลับบ้านคนเดียว I went home alone.(There was no one went home with him or the same way.The friends are probably still at somewhere which you were.)
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Speak Thai Lesson 3
Tenses Will jà จะ Going to gamlaŋ jà กำลังจะ Verb+ing gamlaŋ+verb กำลัง 1.Phǒm jà kᵾ̂n rót-fai-fá: ผมจะขึ้นรถไฟฟ้า (I will take the sky train) 2.Phǒm gamlaŋ jà kᵾ̂n rót-fai-fá: ผมกำลังจะขึ้นรถไฟฟ้า (I’m going to take the sky train.) 3.Phǒm gamlang tham-ŋa:n. ผมกำลังทำงาน (I’m working.) 11. For “hâi” For example 1. Sôm cooked for her kids. Sôm tham
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