Tag: Thai questions
Tag: Thai questions
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 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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General Conversation and Grammar
General Conversations A: pai nǎi? (Where are you going?) B: pai tham-ŋa:n kà.(I’m going to work.) A: kɔ̌:-thô:t ńa kráp. (Sorry) B: mâi-pen-rai kà. (No problem ) At a coffee shop A: ao ga:-fԑ: rɔ́:n kráp. (I would like a cup of hot coffee please) B: nî: kà. (Here you go) A: ao cha: rɔ́:n
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