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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. History 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...
Useful Thai word: ผู้
ผู้ (pôo) is used as a part of many words in Thai. So you will definitely hear this word a lot. Even if you don't know what the entire word means if you hear (pôo) you will know it has something to do with a person or people. If you know the word that comes after pôo...
Why do Thai people say อะ à
อะ (à) is a particle in Thai that sticks to the end of sentences to make the phrase sound softer and less blunt. You can stick it behind absolutely any word that you say, however, too much is not always good. Let's take a look at some examples. With Questions: Is it...
10 tips to sound more Thai
https://www.youtube.com/embed/NRqXnvwrr5w Watch the video for some tips not found in this article. Download the Thai transcript for the video here. I have many friends who have learned Thai and speak fluently. However, they don't sound exactly like native Thai...
How to say you deserve it in Thai
When I was young, 'you deserve it' was one of my favorite phrases that I used every day with my brother. The word is สมน้ำหน้า (sŏm nám nâa) Many times this phrase is shortened to สม (sŏm). You can memorize the whole phrase as a fixed phrase for 'you deserve it'....