[Useful Colloquial Phrases]

มานี่ [maa nîi] Come here!
เอามานี่ [ao maa nîi] Give it to me!
อยู่นั่น [yùu nân] It’s there.
ไปไหน [pai nǎi] Where are you going?

Strangely enough, all of these sentences would sound unnatural with “ที่นี่” [tîi nîi] instead of นี่ [nîi], “ที่นั่น” [tîi nân] instead of “นั่น” [nân] and ที่ไหน” [tîi nǎi] instead of “ไหน” [nǎi].

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