รถติด [rót tìd] traffic jam
(well, at least it makes a beautiful photo)…
เมตตากรุณาคือภาษาที่คนหูหนวกได้ยิน
[mêet taa garúnaa keu phaasǎa tîi kon hǔu nùak dâiyin]
Compassion is the language that the deaf can hear,
คนตาบอดมองเห็น และคนใบ้พูดได้
[kon taa bàwd mawng hěn láe kon bâi phûut dâai]
the blind can see and the mute can speak.
Buddhist definitions:::
เมตตา [mêet taa]: loving-kindness
กรุณา [garúnaa]: compassion…
วันนี้ที่เมืองไทยเป็นวันเด็กค่ะ
[wanníi tîi meuang Thai pen wan dèk kâ]
Today is Children’s day in Thailand.
ทายสิคะคนไหนครูยูกิคนไหนครูมิกิ
[taai sì ká kon nǎi khru Yuki kon nǎi khru Miki]
Guess which girl is khru Yuki and which girl is khru Miki
. . . .
. . . .
. . . .…
พ่อ: รับคำขอเป็นเพื่อนของพ่อหน่อยสิ
[ráp kam kǎw pen pêuan kǎwng pâw nòi sì]
Dad: Can you accept my friend request?
ลูก: โทษฮะพ่อ ผมไม่รับแอดคนในครอบครัว
[tôde há pâw, phǒm mâi ráp ád kon nai krâwp krua]
Son: Sorry, Dad. I don’t add family members.
V o c a b – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –
รับ [ráp]: to accept
คำขอ [kam kǎw]: request
เพื่อน [pêuan]: friend
โทษ [tôde]: sorry
ครอบครัว [krâwp krua]: family…
Creamy Coconut 28: Accidental Revelation
[duration: 35:57]
สวัสดีปีใหม่ [sawàddii pii mài] Happy New Year!
ขอให้ทุกคนเจอแต่สิ่งดีๆตลอดทั้งปี
[Kǎw hâi túkkon jer tàe sìng dii dii talàwd táng pii]
May only good things occur to you throughout the entire year.
ขอบคุณมากๆที่คอยติดตามพวกเรา
[kàwp khun mâak mâak tîi koi tìd taam pûak rao]
Thank you very much for following us.
สวัสดี [sawàddii] = hello
ปี [pii] = year
ใหม่ [mài] = new
ขอให้ [kǎw hâi] = May… (an expression used to wish someone something)
ทุกคน [túkkon] = everyone
เจอ [jer] = to meet / to encounter
แต่ [tàe] = only / but
สิ่ง [sìng] = thing
ดี [dii] = good
ตลอดทั้งปี [talàwd táng pii] = throughout the whole year
ขอบคุณ [kàwp khun] = thank you
มากๆ [mâak mâak] = very much
ที่ [tîi] = for…
คอย [koi] = to keep
ติดตาม [tìd taam] = to follow
พวกเรา [pûak rao] = we, us
From Yuki Tachaya & Miki Chidchaya…
Continue reading Happy New Year 2017!
“I had been studying the Thai language in a traditional way since January 2016 until I came across Pickup Thai’s Creamy Coconut and Sweet Green Podcasts…which have forever changed the way I learn and retain new material. Every time I re-listen to one of the podcasts I realize how many different scenarios and teaching methods are crammed into these lessons.…
Creamy Coconut 27: A Perfect Start
[duration: 39:25]
Did you know?
Thai script was invented by King Ramkhamhaeng (พ่อขุนรามคำแหง) in the year 1283. It has been used by the Thai people for as long as 734 years!…
Continue reading The Inventor of the Thai Script
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…
Don’t be afraid to be judged when you speak a foreign language that you’re not very comfortable with. There is no need to feel embarrassed even if you make a mistake or if your pronunciation is not perfect because often, people who laugh at you don’t even have the courage you do.…
Continue reading Don’t Be Shy to Speak Thai!
Creamy Coconut 26: Unlike Father, Unlike Son
[duration: 36:08]
Examples of new vocabulary: Head, face, eye, hair, symptom, to feel pain, it’s time to…, to be ready, cute, baby, to be born.…
Continue reading Creamy Coconut 26: Unlike Father, Unlike SonWe 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?)…
Creamy Coconut 25: An Animal Lover
[duration: 35:29]