sawasdee-ka
are you traveling to Thailand soon?
well stick around
today i'm going to teach you some simple Thai words and phrases
so you can Talk Thai to get by
Bangkok Thailand can be
really loud
so today we're in the park so you can really concentrate on this lesson
we're going to pop over to one of those islands over there
they're really quiet and then we can get started on our Thai lesson
let's talk about the power of Ka
Ka is a word you're going to hear everywhere in Thailand
it's a particle that's put at the end of a sentence to make it more polite
as a woman i would say ka
but as a man you might say kup or krup
the thing about ka is it can also be used as a yes
so for example, if someone said
ao mai ka
I could simply say ka
that means yes
ao mai ka?
ka
simple as that
be polite
ka
next one, very important, kob khun ka
thank you
important in any language
practice this one you're going to need it a lot
kob khun
now let's talk about magic mai
mai is a super powerful word in the Thai language
if you put it at the start of a sentence
it turns it into a negative
if you put it at the end of a sentence
it turns it into a question
it sounds a little confusing but i'll give you some examples
me mai ka?
mai me ka
pet mai ka?
mai pet ka
Aroi mai ka?
Mai aroi ka
see, it's easy!
mai at the start means negative
mai at the end makes a question
now let's learn the word for sorry and excuse me
i personally find this one really helpful
especially when you're in really crowded situations
i've had a few times where i'm really sandwiched in on the bts
and i have to say kor tod ka for people to move out of the way
this one's quite a low tone
see if you can give it a go
kor tod ka
or if you're a man
kor tod kup
like i said this means sorry and excuse me
it's kind of like in English you know how you might say
oh sorry
as well as
sorry
it covers both of them
kor tod ka
and if you're really really sorry you could even do it with a wai
wow this park is suay mak
that's another word you're going to hear all the time
suay
suay means beautiful
you might hear it about someone walking past
you might hear it about beautiful surroundings
all i know is you're definitely going to hear it
suay
and if you really mean it
suay mak
and if you really really really mean it
suay mak loey
by the way if you're a man
and you hear someone say lor it means they think you're handsome
you're in Thailand so i know you're going to be doing some shopping
you need to learn how to ask how much something is
it's really easy
Tao Rai
this was one of the first phrases i learned in Thailand
i remember it because tao sounds a bit like a towel
this leads on to our next high lesson learning about numbers
when you ask how much something is you need to know the response right?
the numbers one through ten are really going to help you in Thailand
right now i'm gonna show you how to count one through ten
neung song
sam si
ha hok
jet baet
gow sip
the numbers one through ten are really helpful
a few more that might come in handy are ye sip which is 20
ha sip 50
and loy 100
once you know the first 10 numbers that's really going to help you out
if you add sip which is 10 to the end of numbers
it helps you do bigger numbers
ye sip 20
sam sip 30
si sip 40
when you get to 100 things change a little bit
for 100 you could say neung loi or loi
200 song
300 sam loy
and so on
it's quite simple once you get your head around it
if you're looking to spend that little bit more
money then you're gonna need to learn the word for a thousand
that's pan
much like what we've already learned you put the number before
and pan after so one thousand neung pan
two thousand song pan
three thousand si pan
and that's your basic Thai number lesson
this should help you with all of the shopping you do when you get here
so Thailand has a huge food culture
and i'm not really surprised because the food here is aroi mak
what does aroi mean?
well i'm sure you can figure it out it means yummy
if you're eating something and it's really delicious
aroi
or aroy mak
you just want to keep eating it
remember our my lesson from before if it's not yummy you could say mai aroi
but you might offend someone so maybe keep that one up in here
so the next one you're gonna learn isn't just a phrase it's a whole attitude
mai ben lai
it's basically like the hakuna matata of Thailand
it essentially means no worry it's all good
we have a phrase in new zealand
she'll be right mate
and i kind of think of mai ben lai as being like that
mai ben lai
no worries
mai ben lai
it's all good
you will hear people saying this phrase a bit differently
mai ben lai
mai ben rai
mai pen rai
they're all the same
it's all good
no worries
one of the most important things you need to know is how to ask where the toilet is
it's really easy
hong nam yunai ka?
or if you're a man
hong nam yunai kup?
so if you're out and about or dining in a restaurant and you need the toilet
don't worry
hong nam yunai ka?
simple as that
hopefully you find these phrases helpful when you travel Thailand
if there's anything you think i've missed out just drop me a comment below
and i'll see you next time