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"Sawatdee Kha" Saying hello in Thailand
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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
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| 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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