Teach Yourself Complete Thai - Chapter 04

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ขอบคุฌ + gender particle

Back 1

Thank you

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ขอโทษ + gender particle

Back 2

Excuse me

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ไม่เป็นไร

Back 3

You're welcome

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... ไหม

Back 4

Question particle used

in yes no questions

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ไปรษฌีย์

Back 5

Post office

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ไม่...หรอก

Back 6

Not...at all

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มี

Back 7

There is, there are;

To have

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ชั้น

Back 8

Floor

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แถวนี้

Back 9

This area, vicinity;

Around here

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ที่นี

Back 10

Here

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ที่โน่น

Back 11

Over there

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อินเตอร์เนต

Back 12

Internet

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ธนาคาร

Back 13

Bank

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ใกล้

Back 14

Near

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ไกล

Back 15

Far

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หรือ

Back 16

Confirmation-seeking

question particle; eh?

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บริการ

Back 17

Service

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ไป

Back 18

To go

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นาที

Back 19

Minute

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เท่านั้น

Back 20

Only

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มาก

Back 21

Much, many

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แพง

Back 22

Expensive

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Vowel shortener symbol

Back 23

เป็น... the symbol alike 8 appears
above a consonant and in conjunction with the vowels เ, แ. The vowels change from long to short vowels.

This symbol also appears above ก
with no accompanying written vowel.

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เคิน

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To walk

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Words with no vowel symbol

Back 25

Words consisting of
2 consonant vowels
with no written vowel symbol
must be supplied with a
short -o vowel.

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ขอโทษ

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"Excuse me" is used both as
a polite opening when
approaching someone and
when asking someone to move aside.

It also means "I'm sorry" when apologizing.

The proper answer would be ไม่เป็นไร.

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ไม่เป็นไร

Back 27

Can be used to answer a question
using ขอโทษ but also ขอบคุณ.

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Questions with ไหม

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ไหม particle occurs at the end of the sentence in neutral questions requiring a Yes-No answer.

To answer Yes, repeat the Verb.

To answer No, use the pattern ไม่ + Verb (beware of the tone of ไม่ !)

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Difference between ไหม and ใข่ไหม

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ไหม: Is it? Normal question

ใช่ไหม: Isn't it? Seeks confirmation

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Yes No questions... หรือ

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หรือ occurs at the end of the sentence and, like ใข่ไหม is used to seek confirmation.

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Republication of an Adj. / Adv.

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Frequent in Thai. Makes the sense of the reduplicated work less precise (-ish sense in English).

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Near and far

Back 32

Beware of the difference in writing and tones! Near: ใกล้ Far: ไกล

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ไม่ + V / Adj. + หรอก

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Used to contradict someone

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Direction Verbs

Back 34

Verbs such as ไป, มา are used after certain Verbs and show whether the action is directed away or towards the speaker.