Adam Teale: News From Above

Here is a list of Thai words I have tried to learn since being in Bangkok. More to come….

The Thai words are spelt using adametics

TONES
// - up
\\- down

The coolest/most useful sentence I have learnt so far:
Pa-sah-thai a ni a lie - “In thai, what is this?”

pom - me
kuhn - you
laoo - us
pok laoo - them

pooying - woman
poochai - man
dek pooying / ying - young girl
dek poochai / chai - you boy

gao\\ - glass cup
koowahn - bottle

bahn - home
bye - to go
pom bye bahn - i go home

“pom bye bahn” - i go home
“pom bye bahn kuhn” - i go to your house

Rayoo muk muk. - very hungry.

ATM yiu// nai? - where is an atm?

Kuhn hiu\\ my? - are you hungry?

Rhohn - hot

ta lok - funny

Koah// - give
pom koah// beer song koowahn - give me 2 beers please

Pom my me dung - i don’t have money
Pom yuk die - i want to

Jum my die - i can’t remember
Farang yuhr ma - many foreigners

Pom yuk - i would like
Pom my ya - I don’t to

Pom ao - i want
Pom my ao - i don’t want

my kow jai - i don’t understand
Jsing law? - really?

A ni tao rye? - how much is this?
A nohn tao rye? - how much is that?

Pang my// - too expensive

Sep e lee - very delicious

Nit noy - a little bit

Arroy dee - very tasty drink

Sabai - relaxed, comfortable

Liu Liu - fast fast

A ni a rai? What is this?
A ni tao rye? How much is this?
A ni you nai? Where is this?
Mer rai? When?

Hey Pooah(k)! Buy nye gun? - hey friends, where are you going?
(apparently very funny/cheesy to say, especially from a Farang!)

Soot yot - super cool
Jieng hear hear - fucking cool

DIRECTIONS
Sai - left
Kwah - right
Yooht - stops
Drrong bye - straight ahead

Ba me moo dang - bbq pork with noodles. With soup add “hahm”. Dry “nahm”.

Yuck yai lye yuck lek

Good resources
http://www.thai2english.com
http://www.its4thai.com
www.learningthai.com