THAILAND

The Land of Smile

BLUE: The monarchy of Thailand

WHITE: Religion

RED: Thai people

FLAG OF THAILAND: is called “Thong Trairong”

NATIONAL ANTHEM: Phleng Chaat

GOVERNMENT: Monarchy (RULER: Rama 9 King Bhuribol Adulyadej the Great)

OLD NAME: Siam

CAPITAL: Bangkok

POPULATION: 66.79 million (2012)

TERRITORY: 513,000 square kilometers

LANGUAGE: Thai language

PEOPLE: Thai people – are with a lot of affectionate smile

RELIGION: Theravada Buddhism (correct behavior and proper clothes are necessary when visiting the temples)

MONEY: Baht (1 US dollar = 33 Thai Baht)

SPORTS: Muay Thai

CLIMATE: Tropical Monsoonal Climate

SEASONS: Dry season (Nov.-Feb.), Hot season (Mar.-May), Rainy season (Jun.-Oct.)

TYPOGRAPHY: Thailand is divided into 5 regions: the North, the Northeast, the Central, the East, and the South.

: The country comprises 75 provinces and the special province, Bangkok.

MAJOR PRODUCTS: automotive export industries, electric goods manufacturers, agricultural products such as rice,

shrimps, tapioca, rubber and sugar

 Basic Language of Thailand

HELLO/GOOD MORNING/GOOD EVENING/GOODBYE

= Sawat dee

GOOD NIGHT YOU ARE CRAZY.

= Raatrie Sawat Krab/ka = Khun ba.

WHAT IS YOUR NAME? I LOVE YOU

= Khun cheu aria? = Pom/Dichan rak khun.

I AM _________. BYE

= Pom/Dichan cheu (name) krab/ka = Laagorn krab/ka

HOW ARE YOU? WAIT

= Khun sabai di mai? = Koh sakru

I AM FINE THANKS. COME

= Pom/Dichan sabai di krab/ka = ma

HOW ABOUT YOU? GO

= Khun la krab/ka? = pai

I AM NOT FINE. TODAY

= Mai koi sabai krab/ka. = wan nee

I AM SORRY. TOMORROW

= Ko thot krab/ka. = prung nee

THANK YOU YESTERDAY

= Khob khun krab/ka = meuan wan

YOU’RE WELCOME. Note: krab/pom if man says

= Yin dee krab/ka ka/dichan if woman says