LESSON NOTES

Absolute Beginner S1 #9
Can I Get Your Number in
Thailand?

CONTENTS
2 Thai
2 English
2 Romanization
3 Vocabulary
3 Sample Sentences
4 Vocabulary Phrase Usage
4 Grammar
5 Cultural Insight

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 THAI

1. พนักงานสนามบิน: ผู้โดยสารที�ถือหนังสือเดินทางไทย เชิญทางนีค� ะ่

2. สตีฟ: คุณสุภาณี ทางนีค� รับ

3. สุภาณี: ขอบคุณค่ะ

4. สตีฟ: นี�นามบัตรของผมครับ

5. สุภาณี: ขอบคุณค่ะ นี�นามบัตรของดิฉนั ค่ะ แล้ วคุยกันค่ะ

6. สตีฟ: โชคดีครับ

ENGLISH

1. AIRPORT STAFF: Passengers with Thai passports, this way please.

2. STEVE: Ms. Supanee, this way.

3. SUPANEE: Thank you.

4. STEVE: This is my name card.

5. SUPANEE: Thank you. This is my name card. Talk to you soon.

6. STEVE: Good luck.

ROMANIZATION

CONT'D OVER

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1. PHÁ-NÁK- phûu-dooi-sǎan thîi thǔue nǎng-sǔue-dooen-thaang thai chooen
NGAAN SÀ- thaang níi khâ.
NǍAM-BIN:

2. SÀ-DTÍIP: khun sù-phaa-nii thaang níi khráp.

3. SÙ-PHAA-NII: khàawp-khun khâ.

4. SÀ-DTÍIP: nîi naam-bàt khǎawng phǒm khráp.

5. SÙ-PHAA-NII: khàawp-khun khâ. nîi naam-bàt khǎawng dì-chǎn khâ. láaeo khui-
gan khâ.

6. SÀ-DTÍIP: chôok-dii khráp.

VOCABULARY

Thai R omanization English C lass

นี� nîi this pronoun

ของ khǎawng of, thing preposition, noun

นามบัตร naam-bàt name card noun

ทาง thaang way, path noun

ทางนี � thaang níi this way phrase

แล้ วคุยกัน láaeo khui-gan Talk to you soon phrase

โชคดี chôok-dii Good luck. phrase

SAMPLE SENTENCES

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นี�คอื ภรรยาของผม กล่องใบนีเ� ต็มไปด้ วยหนังสือ
nîi khuue phan-rá-yaa khǎawng phǒm. glàwng bai níi dtem-bpai-dûuai nǎng-sǔue

"This is my wife." "This box is full of books."

ผมออกแบบนามบัตรด้ วยตัวเอง ทุกท่าน เชิญทางนีค� ะ่

phǒm àawk-bàaep naam-bàt dûuai dtuua-eeng. thúk-thân chooen thaang níi khâ.

"I designed my name card by myself." "Everyone, this way please."

ถนนเส้ นนีม� ีทางโค้ ง ���� โค้ ง เชิญทางนีค� ะ่

thà-nǒn sên níi mii thaang-khóong nùeng-phan chooen thaang níi khâ
bpàaet-ráawy hòk-sìp-sìi khóong
"This way please."
"This road has 1864 curves."

แล้ วคุยกันค่ะ โชคดีกบั การสอบปลายภาคของคุณ

láaeo khui-gan khâ. chôok-dii gàp gaan sàawp bplaai-phâak khǎawng
khun.
"Talk to you soon."
"Good luck on your final exam."

VOCABULARY PHRASE USAGE

1. ทางนี้ (thaang níi)

ทาง (thaang) means "way," and นี้ (níi), with a high tone, is the adjective "this." So the phrase
together means "this way." In Thai, adjectives always come after the nouns that they describe.

2. โชคดี (chôok-dii)
โชค (chôok) means "luck," and ดี (dii) means "good." In Thai, we often use โชคดี (chôok-dii),
meaning "Good luck!" as a casual parting phrase just like in English.

3. แลวคุยกัน (láaeo khui-gan)

This phrase means "talk to you later."

GRAMMAR

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The Focus of This Lesson Is Possession.
นี่นามบัตรของผมครับ.
nîi naam-bàt khǎawng phǒm khráp.
"This is my name card."

We use the preposition ของ (kwǎawng), meaning "of," to show possession with the following
formula: thing + ของ (kwǎawng) + owner. We form possesive adjectives such as "his," "my,"
and "our" by ของ (kwǎawng) + pronoun. For example, ของคุณ (kwǎawng-khun) means
"your." To say "this is my hat," we would say นี่หมวกของผม (nîi mùuak khǎawng phǒm). We
can use the same pattern for "our."

For Example:

1. ประเทศไทยเปนประเทศของพวกเรา
bprà-thêet-thai bpen bprà-thêet khǎawng phûuak-rao.
"Thailand is our country."

With other nouns, it replaces "of" or "'s" in English.

For Example:

1. หมวกของสตีฟ
mùuak khǎawng sà-thíip.
"Steve's hat"

CULTURAL INSIGHT

Why Do All Thais Seem to Have Nicknames?

Thai people usually have two names: a given name and a family name. The family name
comes after the given name, just as with Western names. We use the word khun with
someone's name to say "Mr. so-and-so," but unlike English, we use it with people's first

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names. Because of this habit, you will often hear Thais address foreigners as Mr. John, Mr.
Michael, or Mrs. Nancy when they speak English.

Thai names are often quite long. It is more common for Thai people to refer to each other by
their nicknames in daily life. Thai nicknames are usually just one syllable. Some are animals
like nók ("bird"), some are just nonsense sounds like bpúp-bpík, and still others are taken
from English words such as àep-bpôen ("apple").

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