To doubt = “สงสัย” (sǒng sǎi)
True = “จริง” (jing)
In English, if you say “I doubt it’s true”, it means you don’t believe it but in Thai if you say “สงสัยจริง” (sǒng sǎi jing), it means you think it’s true! Interesting, isn’t it? (^3^) This is because the word “สงสัย” (sǒng sǎi) has two meanings “to doubt” and “to suspect.”…
Continue reading “สงสัย (sǒng sǎi)”ทุกคนเคยไปเกาะเสม็ดไหมคะ ทะเลที่นั่นสวยมากๆเลยค่ะ
(túk kon koei pai gàw Samèd mái ká? Talay tîi nân suǎi mâak mâak loei kâ.)
Have you guys ever been to Samed Island? The ocean there is very beautiful (^3^)
【Grammar】
เคย (koei) + verb = to have an experience doing something.
เคยไป (koei pai) = to have been to some place. …
[Thai Slang] สุดยอด (sùd yâwd) = awesome. ขั้นเทพ (kân têep) [literal meaning: God-level] = extremely, e.g. หล่อขั้นเทพ (làw kân têep) = extremely handsome! (^n^)/*…
Continue reading สุดยอด! (sùd yâwd)Guess what country “สหรัฐ” (sà-hà-rát) refers to?
It’s “The United States of America.” Most of time, we refer to it as “อเมริกา” (America) but from time to time, you will hear the term “สหรัฐ” (sà-hà-rát).…
Did you know? Thai people call Bangkok “กรุงเทพ” (Grung-tep)
And it is often transliterated as “Krung Thep” (^n^)…
Hi guys, today let’s study the words “วัยรุ่น” and “นิยม”
“วัยรุ่น” means “teenager” and “นิยม” means “to like,” usually used with something that is in trend or popular. And when something “เป็นที่นิยม,” it is popular. So do you understand what this image below says?
วัยรุ่นจีนนิยม WeChat
วัยรุ่นญี่ปุ่นนิยม Line
วัยรุ่นอเมริกานิยม Facebook
วัยรุ่นยุโรปนิยม Twitter
วัยรุ่นไทยนิยมทุกอย่างที่ว่ามา
WeChat is popular among Chinese teenagers.…
Continue reading “นิยม” / “เป็นที่นิยม”Did you know “ไรงี้” (rai ngíi) comes from the words “อะไรอย่างนี้” (a-rai-yàang-níi). It’s very colloquial and informal, generally used by teenagers.…
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พ่อแม่ไม่ต้องการไอโฟน 4 หรือไอโฟน 5
[pâw mâe mâi tâwng gaan iPhone 4 rěu iPhone5]
Parents need neither an iPhone 4 nor an iPhone 5.
ขอแค่โทรศัพท์ธรรมดาที่ได้ยินเสียงลูกโทรมาก็พอ
[kâw kâe torasàp taammadaa tîi dâiyin sǐang lûuk tow maa gâw paw]
Just a regular phone where they can hear their children’s voices is all they need.…
Have you seen the word “แระ” [ráe] used on Facebook or other social media sites? This is a teen’s language. It comes from the word “แล้ว” [léaw] meaning “already.”…
Continue reading “แล้ว” (léaw) -> “แระ” (ráe)
วันนี้เป็นวันพ่อแห่งชาติ
[wan níi pen wan pâw hàeng châat]
Today is national Father’s day
และวันเกิดของในหลวง
[láe wan gèrd kǎwng nai lǔang]
and the King’s birthday.
คุณจะทำอะไรให้พ่อของคุณคะ
[khun jà tam arai hâi pâw kǎwng khun ká]
What are you going to do for your father?
อย่าลืมบอกพ่อของคุณนะคะว่าคุณรักท่านมากแค่ไหน
[yàa leum bàwk pâw kǎwng khun náká wâa khun rák tâan mâak kâe nǎi]
Don’t forget to let your father know how much you love him.…
A fun and exciting exercise for intermediate and advanced Thai learners. You probably know that there are a lot of Thai words with similar meanings and usages that learners tend to get mixed up and use one when they’re supposed to use the other. To make matters worse, most of them are everyday life vocabulary words.…
Continue reading What’s The Right Word for This Context?A super fun game for you to practice or challenge your Thai skills. If you’re a music lover, this game is going to be a lot of fun! If you’re not a music lover but a Thai lover, this game will still be fun! Either way, you’ll have fun with it!…
Continue reading The Song Title Game
Even though there are thousands of words in the Thai language for you to learn and memorize, the good news for English speakers is that nearly every language in this world borrows tons of words from English and Thai is no different. In this lesson, you will find a list of loan words from English that Thai people commonly use, as if they were Thai words.…
Continue reading Loan Words from EnglishSome words in Thai may have the same meaning but one is more formal than the other. In this lesson, you will get to learn useful vocabulary words that we use in everyday life and their more formal counterparts. The first word of each pair in the vocabulary list below is an informal term and the second is a formal term.…
Continue reading Informal Term V.S. Formal Term
Following are interesting quotes we have compiled from the Internet, most of which are inspiring and motivating. Some were originally in Thai, some translated from other languages. But either way, we provide both Thai and English versions, with audio (as always) so you can learn something about life from these quotes and pick up Thai at the same time.…
Continue reading Interesting Quotes and Wise Sayings