Can You Say It in Thai?
Common words:
Hello
If spoken by a female:
savardee kha (sar-wah-dee car)
if spoken by a male:
sawardee khrap (sar-wah-dee crup)
Good-bye
Lar korn (lah-KAHRN)
Please
dai proht (die–PROHT)
Thank you
Khop khun
(cop-KOON)
YES
chai
(chigh)
NO
Mai
(mai) or
Plao
(plough)
Banana
Goui
(gow)
Bus
Rot meh
(rot may)
Elephant
mahout
Trainer
(ma hout)
Pineapple
Sappalot
(sap uh lot)
Stop
Yood
(yude)
Common phrases:
How much?
Thao rai? (say tow (rhymes with cow) righ)
Where is the.....?
.....yuu thii nai? (say you tee nigh)
Where is the bathroom?
Hawng naam thii nai? (say horng nahm tee nigh)
Numbers:
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
neung (nerng)
sawng (sorng)
saam (sahm)
sii (see)
haa (hah)
hok
jet
paet (pat)
kao (cow)
sip
20
30
40
50
yii sip (say yee sip)
saam sip
sii sip
haa sip
Days of the Week:
Sunday: Wan athit (wan atit)
Monday: Wan chan
Tuesday: Wan angkaan (ang-kahn)
Wednesday: Wan phut (putt)
Thursday: Wan paruhat (paroohat)
Friday: Wan suk
Saturday: Wan sao (sow, rhymes with cow)