Thai Language School of Melbourne

1. Hello (sa-wad-dee) = สวัสดี

2. How are you? (khun bpen yaang-rai?) = คุณเป็นอย่างไร

3. I’m fine. (phom/chan sa-bai-dee) = ผม/ฉันสบายดี

4. Goodbye (la-gon ) = ลาก่อน

5. Good luck (chok dee) = โชคดี

6. See you again (leaw jer gun) = แล้วเจอกัน

7. Thank you (khob khun) = ขอบคุณ

8. Sorry (khor toad) = ขอโทษ

9. Never mind/No worries (mai bpen rai) = ไม่เป็นไร

10. Good morning (ar-roon-sa-wad) = อรุณสวัสดิ์

11. Good night (ra-dtree-sa-wad) = ราตรีสวัสดิ์

12. Krub () = ครับ
For male, if you want to be polite, you have to use ‘krub’at the end of sentences.

13. Ka () = คะ
For female, if you want to be polite, you have to use ‘ka’ at the end of sentences.

Guide to pronunciation

Tones
Thai is a tonal language. There are five tones consisting of middle, low, falling, high and rising tones as shown in the table below. If the tone is wrong, you will not be easily understood even if everything else is correct. For example, the word ‘beautiful’ pronounced ‘suay’ with a rising tone, your voice starts at a low pitch and goes up similar to when asking a question in English. Whereas the word ‘bad luck’ pronounced ‘suay’ with a middle tone. In this lesson, we will use tone marks as M, L, F, H, and R over each word to represent low, falling, high and rising tones respectively.

The tone
Mid Low Falling High Rising

Pronouns

I (for males)        - Phom                                  ผม
I (for females) - Di-chan or chan         ดิฉัน or ฉัน
You                      - khun                                   คุณ
He                        - khao                                   เขา
She                     - ther                                    เธอ
They                    - phuak khao                   พวกเขา
We                       - rao                                     เรา
It                          - mun                                   มัน

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Learning Thai

Guide to pronunciation

Pronouns