— Thai tor Beginners 23 6. A: ae ee Fxcuse me, 1B: mai bpenrai. ta utes | That's all right. | 7 A. Raopkun. ant ati Thank you. B: mai bpenrai. ‘a outhtis You ‘re welcone. Notes: 1 The speaker decides whether jo ase the polite particle krap or ka at the end af a sentence depending on the level of potiteness desired, ieap (for men) abeavs keeps the same tone, For women, 5 is ased when asking questions. and ka is usett when making a sarement. bani dii mai ka, (few are yore) baai dii ka. (Pin fine.} A jot of Thai people greet cach other with bpen-ngai tvs. eg. Woman As sa Woman Bos ("How is it going?) instead of using sa-baai di mdi. 2. The subject of a sentence tx often omitted when widerstood from the coment. cg. att Kun sa-baai dil mdi, = sa-baai dii mai, (ew ave vent Bo pom sa-baai di = sa-baai du, (f'n fine} 4 Thai has no direer “ves” ar “no”. We simply repeat the main Loeb or adpective used i the yuustion ey. kao-yai mar (Uaderstand?} Bs kav-jan, (Uiiderstaad.) Conti kde-ian, Nor understand.) Be carejid not te use “chai” for ves" and “mai chai” for “ae cf the tine, Pose thens primarily when the question gs “bai mai 1 fhe fear does not use polite articles at the ead of the sesitences in the pracine seiience seruony. Yow can add thean it the apprapricte nender by vourseif, Wau speech may seen ride and abrupt withont u liberal sprinkling of polite particles, but vou don't need fe ise ther fier evere sentence24 jamnuan ‘u.4 0 suun 1 ming 2 song 3 saam 4 sii 5 haa 6 hok 7 jet Rg bpeet 9 10 I 12 13 20 2, 22 yii-sipssong 30 saamsip 31 saamsip-¢ 32 saamsipssong 40 Sii-sip 50 haa-sip 60 hoksip 70 jctsip 80 bpéetsip 90 gaao-sip 100 (nding) 139i 200 sdongraoi 300 saamrsoi Lesson Numbers fulde Susas ausny dau Hua Fituses sineu enndurda saNnaunas ff voRu aneu atu uueifiu unas Cufla) far aosioe oniag