Table Tennis (Ping Pong) is one of my favorite sports (กีฬา gee-laa). It is not very popular but you can find ping pong clubs and tables around Thailand. In this article, I will teach you all the vocabulary you need to know to speak about Ping Pong in the Thai...
In this article, you will learn how to say clean and dirty in Thai Dirty in Thai In Thai, dirty is สกปรก (sòk-gà-bpròk). However, let me teach you some more related words. Stained: เปื้อน bpêuanMessy: เละเทะ lé-téDirty: เลอะเทอะ lúh túhMessy, cluttered: รก rók Let's...
In this article, you will learn important vocabulary to talk all about smell in Thai language. Let's start with some basic words: A smell / scent / odorกลิ่นglìnTo smellดมdomFragrant (good smell)หอมhŏmFoul odor (bad smell)เหม็นmĕn Jasmine Rice in Thai is ข้าวหอมมะลิ...
American football is not popular in Thailand. Most Thais have heard of it and know what it is but it isn't really played here. In this article, I will teach you all the vocabulary you need to know to speak about American football in the Thai language. Vocabulary...
Baseball is not very popular in Thailand. I have never played it and it was never a part of school curriculum. Having said this, a reader recently pointed out that baseball is played in Bangkok, Lopuri, Chiang Mai, Buriram, Nonthaburi and other areas of Thailand. In...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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)....
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...
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...