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Thai units of measurements
If you are an American reading this article, you will notice a lot of differences between the units Thai use to measure things vs Americans. People from other countries might not have as many differences. Difference between Thai units of measurements and American...
How to say cold in Thai | Difference between หนาว and เย็น
There are 2 words that mean cold in Thai. In this lesson, we will take a look at the uses of หนาว (năao) and เย็น (yen). Also, we will take a look at some examples together. Let's get started. When talking about the weather and temperature When it comes to weather,...
Words related to basketball in Thai 🏀
Basketball is not the most popular sport in Thailand. However, you will find basketball courts in parks and people playing hoops! In this article, I will teach you all the vocabulary you need to know to speak about basketball in the Thai language. Vocabulary related...
How to use the expression จะตาย
จะตาย (jà dtaai) is used to negate the first thing someone said strongly. For example, if someone says it is cold, but really it's hot. You would say "it's hot jà dtaai". จะตาย means 'it's not that at all, in fact, it's soo ....'. It almost like an exaggeration to...
Useful Thai word: นัก nak
นัก (nák) is used as a part of many words in Thai. You will definitely hear this word a lot. Even if you don’t know what the entire word containing nák means, if you hear it you will know it has something to do with a profession. If you know the word that comes...
Understanding Thai past tense – Past simple tense
There are no tenses in Thai like in English. Students always ask me: "if there are no equivalent tenses in Thai, how do we express the meaning we want to convey?". The answer is that although there are no tenses like in English there are few ways to express the past...
What does Krung Thep mean?
If you have gone to Thailand, you might have heard Thai people saying Krung Thep. But do you know what Krung Thep means? Krung Thep is the capital of Thailand and the way Thai people call Bangkok. Thai people don't say Bangkok, instead they say Krung Thep (กรุงเทพ)....
History of the Thai Flag 🇹🇭 (It used to have an elephant 🐘!)
The Thai flag 🇹🇭 has 5 horizontal stripes. The top and bottom stripes are colored red, the inner top and inner bottom stripes are colored white, and the middle stripe is dark blue. The middle dark blue stripe is 2 times the height of the other stripes. Table Of...
Flag day in Thai 🇹🇭
Every country has a different flag day. In the USA, Flag day is on June 14. In Thailand, Flag day is on September 28. Flag day in Thai is วันพระราชทานธงชาติไทย (wan prá râat taan tong-châat-tai). วัน (wan) means day. พระราชทาน (prá râat taan)...
How to use ซะเมื่อไร to be playful in Thai
One of the words that I always said when I was younger was ซะเมื่อไร (sá mêua rai) when I was playing with my brother. ซะเมื่อไร (sá mêua rai) is a fixed expression which functions to reverse the meaning of everything you said earlier. It's equivalent to saying...
Thai Ghosts 👻| Learn about the most popular ghosts in Thailand
Thailand is known as the land of smiles but it could easily be called The land of Ghosts 👻. In Thai culture, the belief in Ghosts (ผี pĕe) is very prevalent. A popular belief of some Thai people is that we have another "body" that will only show up once we die. Thai...
Useful Thai word: แอบ 🤫
แอบ (àep) is a very useful Thai word that you can add before verbs to give the feeling of "secretly" or "covertly". For example, to secretly like someone/have a crush on someone = แอบชอบ (àep chôp). ชอบ (chôp) by itself means to like. Let's see some more...
