Telling directions in Thai

by | Oct 7, 2020 | Thai, Vocabulary

In this article, I will teach you important words you need to know when you want to tell directions.

This will be useful for you when you get in a taxi, travel around Thailand, ask for directions, etc.

Let’s go!

Thai Tuktuk - telling directions in thai

Important vocabulary

เน€เธฅเธตเน‰เธขเธงlรญeowto turn
เธ‹เน‰เธฒเธขsรกaileft
เธ‚เธงเธฒkwฤƒaright
เน€เธฅเธตเน‰เธขเธงเธ‹เน‰เธฒเธขlรญeow sรกaito turn left
เน€เธฅเธตเน‰เธขเธงเธ‚เธงเธฒlรญeow kwฤƒato turn right
เธŠเธดเธ”เธ‚เธงเธฒchรญt kwฤƒakeep right
เธŠเธดเธ”เธ‹เน‰เธฒเธขchรญt sรกaikeep left
เธ•เธฒเธกdtaamto follow
เธ•เธฃเธ‡เน„เธ›dtrong bpaigo straight
เน„เธ›/เธกเธฒbpai/mato go/to come
เธญเธขเธนเนˆเธ—เธตเนˆyรฒo tรชeto live at, to be located at,
เธˆเธญเธ”jรฒtto park
เธ‚เธฑเธškร pto drive
เธ—เธตเนˆเธ™เธตเนˆ/เธ—เธตเนˆเธ™เธฑเนˆเธ™/เธ—เธตเนˆเน‚เธ™เนˆเธ™tรชe nรชe ยท tรชe nรขn ยท tรชe nรดhnhere, there, there(further away)

Frequently used phrases

  • Do you go to … ?
    เน„เธ›… name of a place …เน„เธซเธกเธ„เธฐ?
    bpai … name of place … mฤƒi kรก

  • Do you know how to go to … ?
    เน„เธ›… name of a place… เธขเธฑเธ‡เน„เธ‡ เธฃเธนเน‰เน„เธซเธก?
    bpai …….yang ngai………rรณo mฤƒi

  • Go straight for 20 km then make a turn.
    เธ•เธฃเธ‡เน„เธ› 20 เธเธดเน‚เธฅเนเธฅเน‰เธงเธเน‡เน€เธฅเธตเน‰เธขเธง
    dtrong bpai 20 gรฌ-loh lรกew gรดr lรญeow 

  • Follow Google Maps.
    เธ•เธฒเธก Google map เน„เธ›เน€เธฅเธข
    dtaam google map bpai loie kรก

  • .Can you … please?
    … เธซเธ™เนˆเธญเธขเน„เธ”เน‰เน„เธซเธก?
    nรฒi dรขai mฤƒi kรก

  • Park at … can you?
    เธˆเธญเธ”เธ—เธตเนˆ…เน„เธ”เน‰เน„เธซเธก
    jรฒt tรชe……..dรขai mฤƒi kรก

Example conversation of what a Taxi passenger could say:

  • Do you go to Paragon mall?
    Do you know how to go to the bookstore?
    Go straight 3 kilometers then turn right. Don’t turn left.
    Follow Google Maps.
    Can you drive faster?
    Park here.


    เธžเธตเนˆเธ„เธฐเน„เธ›เธซเน‰เธฒเธ‡เธžเธฒเธฃเธฒเธเน‰เธญเธ™เน„เธซเธกเธ„เธฐ
    เน„เธ›เธฃเน‰เธฒเธ™เธซเธ™เธฑเธ‡เธชเธทเธญเธขเธฑเธ‡เน„เธ‡เธฃเธนเน‰เน„เธซเธกเธ„เธฐ
    เธ•เธฃเธ‡เน„เธ›เธชเธฒเธกเธเธดเน‚เธฅเนเธฅเน‰เธงเธเน‡เน€เธฅเธตเน‰เธขเธ‚เธงเธฒเธ„เธฐ เธญเธขเนˆเธฒเน€เธฅเธตเน‰เธขเธงเธ‹เน‰เธฒเธขเธ™เธฐเธ„เธฐ
    เธ•เธฒเธก google map เน„เธ›เน€เธฅเธขเธ„เธฐ
    เธ‚เธฑเธšเน€เธฃเน‡เธงเน†เธซเธ™เนˆเธญเธขเน„เธ”เน‰เน„เธซเธกเธ„เธฐ
    เธˆเธญเธ”เธ—เธตเนˆเธ™เธตเนˆเธ„เธฐ


    pรชeย kรกย bpaiย hรขangย paa-raaย gรดnย mฤƒiย kรก
    bpaiย rรกan nฤƒng-sฤ•uย yang ngaiย rรณoย mฤƒiย kรก
    dtrong bpaiย sฤƒam-gรฌ-lohย lรกew gรดrย lรญak-waaย kรกย ยทย yร aย lรญeow sรกaiย nรกย kรก
    dtaamย google mapย bpaiย loieย kรก
    kร pย reo reoย nรฒiย dรขaiย mฤƒiย kรก
    jรฒtย tรชe nรชeย kรก


I hope you now have enough vocabulary to be able to ask and tell for directions in Thai!

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