mari belajar bahasa thai - part 1

after spending 1 whole week there, i find that it is good to learn a bit of thai language. it is quite hard, no doubt about it, but some of the important ones sometimes are very useful when you are there. my problem is, everywhere i go when i was there, they tend to speak thai with me, assuming i'm one of them. i don't know that i look like them, but i did asked them of why they speak thai with me, and the answers were the same. i look like thai. same problem also when i went to bali last time. the locals there speak indon with me. i guess that explains why they kinda friendly to me...hehe.



i have this phrase book, which helped me a lot when i was there in bangkok and chiang mai. so here i am, sharing the language with all of you.

basic phrases
good morning, good evening, good night = sa-wut dee krup (pronounce sawadeekapp)
how do you do = sa-wut dee krup
fine, thanks = sa-bai dee krup
hello = sa-wut dee
yes = krup
no = mai
OK = oh-kay
thanks, thank you = korp-koon
no thanks, no thank you = mai ao korp-koon
thank you very much = korp-koon mahk
excuse me (to say pardon?) = a-rai na?
how much is this? = tao-rai?
a beautiful girl = poo-ying soo-ay

basic questions
does it hurt? = jep mai?
who? = krai
what? = a-rai
where? = tee nai
why? = tum-mai
how? = yung-ngai
how much? = tao-rai
how many? = gee

there u go, now u can speak a bit of thai already. cool eh? i shall continue with another lesson soon.