Yuki & Miki @ PickupThai

Did you know? We use the same word for “bean”, “nut” and “pea” in Thai. To us, they are all “ถั่ว (tùa).”

ถั่วแดง [tùa daeng] red bean
ถั่วเขียว [tùa kiǎw] mung bean
ถั่วขาว [tuà kǎao] white bean
ถั่วดำ [tùa dam] black bean
ถั่วเหลือง [tùa leuǎng] soy bean
ถั่วฝักยาว [tùa fàk yaao] green bean
ถั่วงอก [tùa ngâwk] bean sprout
ถั่วลันเตา [tùa lan tao] snow pea
ถั่วลูกไก่ [tùa lûuk gài] chickpea
ถั่วลิสง [tùa lí sǒng] peanut
(ถั่ว)พิสทาชิโอ [tùa pít taa shi ô] pistachio
(ถั่ว)อัลมอนด์ [(tùa) ao mâwn] almond
(ถั่ว)มะม่วงหิมพานต์ [(tùa) má mûang hǐmmápaan] cashew nut…

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Creamy Coconut 26: Unlike Father, Unlike Son
[duration: 36:08]
Storyline: A nurse brought Lalita’s newborn son to her for breastfeeding. Lalita was overjoyed while appreciating her baby son for the first time. But after a while, she noticed that he looked nothing like her and her husband. Why?

Examples of new vocabulary: Head, face, eye, hair, symptom, to feel pain, it’s time to…, to be ready, cute, baby, to be born.…

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We saw this tweet on Twitter and thought it would be interesting for you guys to learn this word, “เสือก [seùak]” so we translated the tweet for you. It is a bad word but definitely worth knowing. Thai people use it all the time. First, read the tweet.

สิ่งที่ทำ
(sìng tîi tam)

มัน: ยิ้มไรอะ คุยกับใคร
(man: yím rai à, kui gàp khrai)

กู: เปล่าค่ะ
(guu: plào kâ)
มัน: เปล่าอะไรเห็นยิ้ม แฟนหรอ
(man: plào arai hěn yím, fan rǎw?)…

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Creamy Coconut 25: An Animal Lover
[duration: 35:29]
Storyline: Sherman invited her friend, Chai, to go feed ducks at the park near their school. On the way there, the two friends start having conversations about pets and animals. When posed a question of what animal he would like to have, Chai talked about his fantasies in a boastful manner.…

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เมื่อไหร่ที่รู้สึกว่าชีวิตไม่มีค่า
[mêurài tîi rúu sèuk wâa chiiwít mâi mii kâa]
Whenever you feel like your life is worthless,

จงออกไปช่วยเหลือเพื่อนมนุษย์
[jong àwk pai chûai lěua pêuan manút]
go out to help fellow human beings.…

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ถึงเวลา [těung welaa] + verb + แล้ว [léaw]
= It’s time to….

ถึงเวลาเข้านอนแล้ว
[těung welaa kâo nawn léaw]
It’s time to go to bed

ถึงเวลากินข้าวแล้ว
[těung welaa gin kâao léaw]
It’s time to eat.

ถึงเวลาเรียนภาษาไทยแล้ว
[těung welaa rian paasǎa Thai léaw]
It’s time to study Thai.…

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คนดีสำคัญกว่าทุกสิ่ง
[kon dii sǎmkan gwàa túk sìng]
Being a good person is more important than anything else.

เห็นด้วยไหมคะ
[hěn dûai mái ká]
Do you agree?

– – – – – V o c a b – – – – – (^ 3 ^)/*

คนดี [[kon dii]: good person
สำคัญ [sǎmkan]: important
กว่า [gwàa ]: than
ทุกสิ่ง [túk sìng]: everything
เห็นด้วย [hěn dûai]: to agree …

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ดอกไม้ [dàwk máai] = flower
ดอก [dàwk] + flower name = ….. flower

ต้นไม้ [tôn máai] = tree
ต้น [tôn] + tree name = ….. tree

Example:

ดอกซากุระ [dàwk sakura]: Cherry blossom
ต้นซากุระ [tôn sakura]: Cherry tree

Photo taken by Yuki Tachaya at Big Bear city, California…

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Creamy Coconut 23: Shopping for the Whole Family
[duration: 37:17]
Storyline: Anakin went to a clothes shop and bought a lot of clothing items for his whole family. Before he left, the sales clerk persuaded him to get something for himself. His answer surprised her. What did he say?

Examples of new vocabulary: T-shirt, skirt, shorts, raincoat, jacket, pajamas, design, every, this one, body, background, inch, oneself.…

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Did you know that it’s very easy to convert the Christian Era or the Common Era (CE: .. คริสต์ศักราช, [krítsàkkaràat]) to the Buddhist Era (BE: .. พุทธศักราช, [pútthasàkkaràat])? You can do that just by adding “543” to the Christian era.

For example,
2016 + 543 = 2559
.…

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When you learn that you have a new project/assignment/gig coming up, you can use the phrase “งานเข้า” [ngaan kâo], of which the literal meaning is “a job/project came in.” Usually, it is a good thing when that happens but since you won’t be available to do anything else except for working on that project, it could be considered a bad thing as well.…

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