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Thai Phrases

"Sawatdee Kha"

Saying hello in Thailand

  • Put your hands together
  • Slight bow, still maintain eye contact.
  • Say "Sawatdee..." and add "Kha" if female
  • or "Khrap" if male at the end of Sawatdee.

Learn Some Thai Phrases

Thai is a tonal language that has five tones: 1)monotone 2)low 3)falling 4)high, and 5)rising. This is typically hard for a native English speaker to pickup because there are no tones in the English language.

Here are a couple of phrases to learn if you ever go to Thailand

Hello (male) .......... Sawatdee Khrap
Hello (female) .......... Sawatdee Kha
How are you? .......... Sabai dee reu plaew
Fine Thanks! .......... Sabai dee!
Thank you .......... Kop Khun
Never mind ..........Mai pen rai
I can't speak Thai .......... Phoot Thai mai dai
I don't understand .......... Mai Kao Chai
Where is the restroom? .......... Hong Nam Yoo Tee Nai
The bill please .......... Gep tang
What is this ? .......... Nee arai
See you again .......... Phop gan mai
Good luck .......... Kor hai chok dee
Sorry/excuse me .......... Kor thoad

Who sells chicken eggs? ......... Khrai kai kai gai

 

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