How to Speak Thai Language

ENLISH	THAI
I LOVE YOU	CHAN RAK KHUN
I MISSED YOU	CHAN KIDTUENG KHUN
HOW ARE YOU ?	KHUN SABUY DEE MAI?
HELLO!	SAWADDEE !
I'M FINE	CHAN SABUY DEE
I AM	CHAN
YOU	KHUN
LOVE	RAK
LIKE	CHOP
EAT	KIN
FOOD	ARHAN
MONEY	NGERN,STANG
DARLING	TEERAK
BOY FRIEND, GIRL FRIEND	FAN
WORK	TUMNGARN
WANT	TONGKARN
HOPE	WANG
MIND	JITJAI
KISS	JOOP
CHEEK	KAM
Farang	- a foreigner
krap -	the polite "phrase-ender," used only by males
ka	- the polite "phrase-ender," used only by females (or by 'lady boys' joking around)
Kapkhun krap	- Thank you (if you are female, end with "ka" instead of "krap")
Khun	- you (also means he or she, Mister or Miss)
Sawat dee krap	- hello, goodbye
Pom poot passah Thai mai dai	- I can't speak Thai
Pom poot passah Thai neet noy mak	- I can speak Thai only a little
neet noy	- a little bit
Sabai dee roo	- how are you?
Mai	- no, not (used to make phrases negative: dee-jai=happy, mai dee-jai=unhappy)
Mai chai	- no (same as ‘incorrect')
Chai	- yes (correct, and make sure you raise the tone as you speak the word)
Krap	- yes (agreement)
Pom	- I, me
Krap pom	- yes sir, yes ma'am
Krap pom	- yes sir, yes ma'am
Khun cheu (pronounce the "eu" like the oo in ‘book.') arai?	- What is your name?
Pom cheu	- My name is
Krai	- who (pronounced just like "cry")
Tahm-mai	- Why?
seu	- buy, purchase
Ah-yoo tao rai?	- How old are you?
Pom ah-yoo ..... bee	- I am ..... years old.
bee	- year
Mai kowjai	- I don't understand
Pom kowjai	- I understand
Kowjai mai?	- Do you understand?
Khun hee-yoo?	- Are you hungry?
Pom hee-yoo	- I am hungry
Hee-yoo kao	- also means hungry
Hee-yoo nam	- thirsty
Khun dahngahn arai?	- Do you want anything?
Khun yahdai arai?	- Do you need anything?
Arai	- what
yungrai	- how
nee arai?	- what is this?
nee	- this
jing-jing	- really
yeum jing-jing dahngahn bpai nai? bpai nai? Pom ja bpai pai . . . Pom dahngahn bpai pai.. Wun-nee keurng-nee	- really excellent! Khun - Where do you want to go? - Where are you going? - I am going to . . . - I want to go to ... - today - tonight
proong-nee - tomorrow dee-oo-nee - now Bahng-tee - maybe Bahng-khan - sometimes Mai-koey - never (This word is rather difficult for English speakers to pronounce. If you try to say the word "curry," without the "r's" you'll be close. Maikoey. Try it) joop - kiss eat deurm - drink (pronounced somewhat like the word "doom," with an "r" in it) mai ow pet - No hot spices in my food, please. Dee-jai - happy mai dee-jai - unhappy sao - (pronounced as in São Paulo, Brazil) - sad grote - angry Sam-khan - important rawn -hot now - cold (make sure to raise the tone as you speak the word) Fohn - rain (pronounce almost like "phone," but clip the word a little bit) Jep - pain, painful khun soo-ay (you're beautiful - NOTE: raise the tone "ay". If you lower the tone, you will be saying "ugly.") Khun law - You are handsome Khun law mak - You are very handsome Khun law mak mak - You are very, very handsome Mai bpen arai - That's ok, that's all right kaw tote - I am sorry Tow-rai - How much? Ah nee tow-rai? - How much is this? Peng - expensive Mai peng - not expensive, cheap Tee-nai? - where is? Khun yoo tee-nai? - Where are you? Hawng nam yoo tee-nai? - Where's the restroom? prah-wah - because lah-oh - we, us lay-oh - already, before Mee - have Mai mee - don't have Reu - or lah - and (pronounce the 'a' as in the word 'bat' or 'at' or 'cat') ta - if mak - very, much meu arai - when ja - will (as in future tense) Sa-nook mai? - Are you having fun? Are you enjoying this?
Mai sabai - sick, ill yah - medicine (pronounce the 'a' as in the word 'bat' or 'at' or 'cat') Rak - love Pom rak khun - I love you Pom rak khun mak - I love you very much. Pom yoo mai dai ta mai mee khun - I can't live without you. Kawng kwan - present, gift sa-nam-bin - airport too-ra-sap - telephone dton-mai - tree pom-la-mai - fruit bur-ree - cigarette fy-shak - cigarette lighter kawng khun - your kawng pom - my, mine nam - water hawng nam - bathroom, restroom Pom kee-toong khun - I miss you, I missed you Pom ja kee-toong khun - I will miss you Choo-way - help Pom ja choo-way khun - I will help you. Khun puk yoo tee-nai? - What's your address? lung - after
eek - again, another pom kon dee-yo - I am alone dee - good dee mak - very good mai dee - bad, no good bpan-ha - problem ah-teet - week doo-wun - month gone - before (pronounce as in 'Gone With the Wind') pee gone - last year pee nah - next year ah-teet gone - last week ah-teet nah - next week chawp - like (enjoy) arroy - like (food) mai chawp - don't like khun chawp - do you like...? pom chawp - I like..... a-hahn - food rahn a-hahn - restaurant check bin te krap - the check, please (in a restaurant) pee - the informal way to address a person your own age, or older, if it is a stranger, such as a taxi driver or restaurant employee. Nawng - the informal way to address a person younger than you. If you are not sure whether the person is younger or older, use your best guess! yahk dten rum mai? - Would you like to dance?
sum-rup khun - This is for you (when giving something) mah - come khun mah jahk nai, krap? - Where do you come from? Pom mah jahk Ah-mehr-ree-gah - I come from America. glup mah - come back proong nee glup mah - I'll come back tomorrow mai ow - no thanks, I don't want Pom kaw poot gap..... - I would like to speak to......(on telephone) mai yoo - he's not here Proong nee, lao ja pop gahn way-la tao-rai? - Tomorrow, what time should we meet? Way-la - time soon - zero neung - one song - two sahm - three see - four haa - five (extend the syllable, pronounce the word like a drawn out "hah," and the tone should be a falling tone) hoke - six jet - seven bairt - eight (pronounce it like the word "air," with a "b" at the beginning and a "t" at the end) kao - nine (practice getting the tone right. If you use the wrong tone, then it sounds as if you are using the Thai word for either "rice" or "glass." Of course, if you are using the word in context, you will be understood even if you get the tone wrong.)
sip - ten sip-eht - eleven sip-song - twelve sip-sahm - thirteen yee-sip - twenty (this can also be shortened to simply "yeep") yee-sip-eht - twenty-one (or "yeep-eht") yee-sip song - twenty-two (or "yeep song") yee-sip sahm - twenty-three sahm-sip - thirty see-sip - forty haa-sip - fifty roy - hundred song roy - two-hundred song roy see sip-eht - 241 roy sip haa - 115 pahn - thousand sahm pahn hoke roy jet sip see - 3674