Fun Thai Trivia

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เมื่อแม่ปลุกคุณให้ตื่นลงมากินข้าว ในช่วงเช้าของวันหยุด
[meûa mâe plùk khun hâi têun long maa gin kâao nai chûang cháao kǎwng wan yùt]
When your mom wakes you up to go downstairs for breakfast on the morning of a holiday.

[Vocabulary – – – *]

ปลุก [plùk] to wake someone up
ตื่น [têun] to wake up
วันหยุด [wan yùt] a day when no work is done / holiday / day off…

Continue reading When your mom wakes you up…

Thank you everyone for following our videos on Youtube and subscribing to PickupThai channel. To respond to a request many of our fans have made, we just added English translation for the sentences from the video lesson “Words with Similar Pronunciation.” We hope you find it helpful.

For those of you who have not watched the video, try reading these following sentences containing two words with similar pronunciation out loud and then watch the video to check if you pronounced them accurately.…

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สวัสดีปีใหม่ [sawàddee pii mài] = Happy New Year
๒๕๖๑ = 2561 (Buddhist Era) / 2018

ขอบคุณที่ติดตามเว็บไซต์เราตลอดปี ๒๕๖๐
[kàwp khun tîi dtìd dtaam website rao dtàlàwd pii 2560]
Thank you for following our site throughout 2017…

Continue reading Happy New Year 2018

Did you know what Thai people call the first and the last days of the year?

วันส่งท้ายปีเก่า [wan sòng táai pii gào] : New Year’s Eve / December 31st
Literal meaning: the day we send off the old year

วัน(ขึ้น)ปีใหม่ [wan (kêun) pii mài] : New Year’s Day / January 1st
Literal meaning: the day we begin the new year…

Continue reading Dec 31st & Jan 1st

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คบกันใหม่ๆ
[kób gan mài mài]
When we just started dating

ผ่านไปหลายปี
[phàan pai lǎai pii]
Several years later


[Grammar corner]

ใหม่ๆ [mài mài] is an adverb used after a verb to describe an action that has just happened. Take a look at these examples below;

1. พิซซ่าอร่อยแค่ตอนอบเสร็จใหม่ๆ
[pizza aròi kâe dtawn òb sèt mài mài]
Pizzas only taste good when freshly baked.…

Continue reading Now & Then

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วันที่ 5 ธันวาคมเป็นวันชาติของไทย
[wan tîi hâa tanwaakom pen wan châat kǎwng Thai]
December 5th is Thailand National Day.

วันชาติของประเทศคุณตรงกับวันที่เท่าไหร่
[wan châat kǎwng prathêet khun trong gàp wan tîi tâo rài]
When is national day celebrated in your country?

Trivia: Did you know the difference between ประเทศไทย [prathêet Thai] and เมืองไทย [meuang Thai]?…

Continue reading Thai National Day

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นอนหลับบนรถเมล์
[nawn làp bon rótmay]
Sleeping on the bus

ที่คิดไว้
[tîi kíd wái]
What I pictured

ความเป็นจริง
[kwaam pen jing]
Reality


[ Grammar corner – – – * ]

The word “ที่” [tîi] when functioning as a relative pronoun is used like the word “that” in English. However, in some cases, the noun that it follows can be omitted.…

Continue reading Sleeping on the Bus

22279629_1927818937232938_695038949069022509_nคนอื่น [kon èun] Other people
กู [guu] Me

Grammar corner – – *

Did you know that the word “อื่น” [èun] meaning “another” or “other” is usually used in this structure -> “noun + classifier + “อื่น” [èun],” but the classifier can be omitted when it’s the same as the noun?…

Continue reading Other People VS Me

Did you know? Apart from “face,” “front,” “page” and “next,” the word “หน้า” [nâa] can also mean “season”? It’s an informal term for the word “ฤดู” [réuduu]. Let’s take a look at the example sentences using the word “หน้า” [nâa] with all five different meanings below.

Examples:

ดูให้หน่อย มีอะไรติดหน้ารึเปล่า
[duu hâi nòi, mii arai tìd nâa réu plào]
Can you check if there’s something on my face?…

Continue reading The Meanings of หน้า [nâa]

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ตอนไม่มีอะไรทำ
[dtawn mâi mii arai tam]
When I don’t have anything to do.

ตอนมีอะไรมากมายต้องทำ
[dtawn mii arai mâak maai dtâwng tam]
When I have lots of things to do.

[ – – Grammar Corner – – ]

“อะไร” [arai] doesn’t always mean “what.” Like in the example above, “อะไร” [arai] can sometimes mean “something,” “anything,” “nothing” or simply “thing.”…

Continue reading Anything, Something, Nothing

ทายสิคะว่า ราชากับราชินีแห่งผลไม้ไทยคือผลไม้อะไร
[taai sì ká wâa raachaa gàp raachinii hàeng pǒnlamáai Thai keu pǒnlamáai arai]
Guess what fruits are the King and the Queen of Thai fruits?

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

เฉลย
[chaloěi]
The answer is…

ราชาแห่งผลไม้ไทย คือ ทุเรียน
[raachaa hàeng pǒnlamáai Thai keu túrian]
The King of Thai fruits is durian!…

Continue reading The King & The Queen of Thai Fruits

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เคยเห็นแล้วหรือยังคะ หุ่นแมคโดนัลด์ยืนไหว้
[koei hěn léaw rěu yang ká, hùn McDonald’s yeun wâai]
Have you seen a McDonald’s mannequin doing the Thai “wai” yet?

แล้วคุณรู้ไหมคะว่าแมคโดนัลด์ที่เมืองไทยมีเมนูข้าวกะเพราด้วย
[léaw kun rúu mǎi ká wâa McDonald’s tîi meuang tai mii menu kâao gàprao dûai]
And did you know that Thai McDonald’s serve kaprao?

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จะจบ ป.4 หรือปริญญาโท
[jà jòb paw sìi rěu pàrinyaa to]
Whether it’s a fourth-grade dropout or a Master’s graduate,

พอถึงเวลาโมโห ก็โง่พอๆ กัน]
[paw těung welaa mohǒ gaw ngô paw gaw gan]
both are equally foolish when angry.

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Grammar (^ – ^)/*

(ไม่ว่า)จะ … ก็ …
(mâi wâa jà … gâw …)
Whether it is ..…

Continue reading When angry…

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อ่านออกไหมคะว่าเขียนว่าอะไ
[àan àwk mái ká wâa kǐan wâa arai]
Can you figure out what is written?

 

 

 

 

เฉลย [cha lěoi] the answer is:

คนไลค์มีเยอะแล้ว อยากมีคนรัก
[kon like mii yér léaw, yàak mii kon rák]
I have enough people “liking” (my status). I want someone who loves me.…

Continue reading What Does It Say?