“mâi bpen rai” is an idiomatic expression meaning never mind, don’t worry about it, it doesn’t matter. We can use “mâi bpen rai” to response to “Thank you”, when it means you’re welcome and to response to “Sorry”, when it means it doesn’t matter.

For example,

          Thank you  :  kòrp-kun kâ / kráp          response  :  mâi bpen rai kâ / kráp

          Sorry  :  kǒr-tôht kâ / kráp                   response  :  mâi bpen rai kâ / kráp

          Moreover, “mâi bpen rai” is able to use if you want to say “no, thank you” indirectly when somebody offers you something and you do not want it. Sometimes, Thais are worried that they could hurt the others feeling if they said “no” directly so they avoid by saying “mâi bpen rai”

For example,

          A : kun ao gaa-fae mái?             Do you want coffee?

          B : mâi bpen rai kâ (kòrp-kun kâ).       No, thank you.

Huh? You would like to give me some snacks? Mâi bpen rai kâ! ^_^

Hope you enjoyed learning Thai!

Jang

Thai language teacher

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วันอาทิตย์                (wan a:-thít)                     Sunday

วันจันทร์              (wan jan)                         Monday

วันอังคาร             (wan ang-ka:n)                 Tuesday

วันพุธ                       (wan pút)                         Wednesday

วันพฤหัสบดี          (wan prú-hùt-sà-bor:-di:)    Thursday

                  or (wan pá-rú-hàt)  

วันศุกร์                     (wan sùk)                         Friday

วันเสาร์               (wan sǎo)                        Saturday

Hope you enjoy learn Thai…

Prae

Thai language teacher

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There are many beautiful festivals in Thailand throughout the year. The ones listed on this page are the main ones.

 วันปีใหม่                 (wan bpee mài)                    New Year’s Day.

วันเด็ก                   (wan dèk)                           Children Day

วันแห่งความรัก         (wan hàeng kwam rúk)           Valentine’s Day

วันตรุษจีน               (wan dtrùt jeen)                   Chinese New Year Day.

วันมาฆบูชา              (wan maa ká boo-cha)           Makha Bucha Day

วันจักรี                   (wan jùg-gree)                     Chakri Memorial Day.

วันสงกรานต์             (wan sǒng gran)                   Songkran Festival Day.

วันแรงงาน               (wan raeng ngan)                 Nationnal Labour Day

วันฉัตรมงคล            (wan chàt mong-kon)            Coronation Day.

พิธีแรกนาขวัญ          (pì-tee râek na kwǎn)            Royal Ploughing Ceremony Day

วันวิสาขบูชา            (wan wí sǎ kà boo-cha)          Visakha Bucha Day.

วันอาสาฬหบูชา        (wan ar-sǎn-hà boo-cha)        Asanha Bucha Day.

วันเข้าพรรษา           (wan kâo pan-sǎ)                  Buddhist Lent Day.

วันแม่                     (wan mâe)                           H.M.The Queen’s Birth Day(Mother’s Day).

วันปิยะมหาราช         (wan bpì yá má hǎ rât)          Chulalongkorn Memorail Day.

วันออกพรรษา          (wan òrk pan-sǎ)                  End of Buddhist Lent Day

วันลอยกระทง           (wan loy grà-tong)                Loy Kratong Day.

วันพ่อ                    (wan pôr)                            H.M.The King’s birth Day(Father’s Day).

วันรัฐธรรมนูญ           (wan rát tà tam má noon)      Constitution Day.  

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Prae

Thai language Teacher

What are the Top 5 significant items inside your bag?

How long have you had them in your bag?

What make them so Special to you?

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Pook

Thai language Teacher

This song is based on a well known Thai folktale about the two old fishermen,

In and Na, who are good friends. It so happens that they fight over a fish one day

and the “third party”, Yu, helps them settle the dispute, with a high price indeed.

Culture Notes

Note the use of a Thai kinship term as a general term of address

here, ตา “maternal grandfather” is used as a term of address for

an old man, followed by name.

Verse by Verse Translation

Vocabulary

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Pook

Thai language Teacher

(Believe it or not!!!!!)

The Pattaya Bay Area is one of Asia’s largest beach resorts

and the most visited city in Thailand after Bangkok.

A 91-floor Ocean One Tower is the tallest building in Thailand

and one of the tallest residential buildings in the world.

The Jomtien district is the location of one of the largest resorts in Asia.

Hah Ha ha…………………Now

Share the world what you have experienced in this city.

Many people would tell their stories differently.

I would like to hear the funniest, craziest and the most interesting story.

Can’t wait to hear……..

BTW…. Who’s going to Pattaya Music Festival on 19-21 March?

Raise your hands up!!!

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Pook.

Using these charts, arbitrary numbers in Thai can be constructed much as they are inEnglish. However, please note the following:

·        Numbers ending in one between eleven and ninety-one use the word เอ็ด / èt / instead of หนึ่ง / nùng / (one, 1) as in the following:

หนึ่ง	nùng	one, 1
สิบเอ็ด	sìp èt	eleven, 11
สามสิบเอ็ด	sǎam sìp èt	thirty-one, 31
ร้อยหนึ่ง	róry nùng	one hundred one, 101

·        Numbers between twelve and nineteen are not special as they are in English. They are considered “ten-two,” “ten-three,” etc.

·        If a rule in English is to add -ty to a digit to obtain the tens series, then twenty, thirty, and fifty are exceptions. In Thai, the only special word is ยี่สิบ / yîi sìp / (twenty, 20).

·        Ordinals are formed by prefixing a number with the word ที่ / tîi / as in the following examples:

ที่หนึ่ง	tîi nùng	first
ที่สอง	tîi sǒong	second
ที่สิบเอ็ด	tîi sìp èt	eleventh

·        Note that the words Ten-thousand and hundred-thousand are not compounds as they are in English‚there are unique Thai words for these shown in the chart above.

·        The word หนึ่ง / nùng / (one, 1) can be omitted if it occurs at the beginning of any number (other than one, of course).

Prae

Thai Language teacher

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            “rohng” means place or building.

If the prefix “rohng” + another word means “the place for_____”.

For example,

rian                 =          to learn, to study

rohng-rian     โรงเรียน             =          school

raem               =          to stay the night, stay overnight

rohng-raem   โรงแรม              =          hotel

ngaan                        =          work, job

rohng-ngaan     โรงงาน           =        factory

pá-yaa-baan =          to nurse, to look after

rohng-pá-yaa-baan      โรงพยาบาล        =          hospital

nǎng               =          movie

             rohng-nǎng      โรงหนัง              =          cinema, movie theater

lá-korn            =          play, stage performance, drama

rohng lá-korn      โรงละคร             =          theater, playhouse

pim                  =          to print, type, imprint

             rohng-pim      โรงพิมพ์                 =          printing hous, press

rót                  =          car

rohng rót      โรงรถ                =          garage

Chán jà bpai rian paa-sǎa Thai tîi rohng-rian Thai language hut kâ!! ^_^

Hope you enjoy learning Thai

Kruu Jang

Thai language teacher 

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Cháang

(Elephant)

cháang, cháang, cháang, cháang, cháang!      ช้าง ช้าง ช้าง ช้าง ช้าง

Elephant, elephant, elephant, elephant, elephant!

náwng kery hěn cháang rú-bplào?          น้องเคยเห็นช้างรึเปล่า

Have you ever seen it, dear?

cháang man dtua dtoh mâi bao                ช้างมันตัวโตไม่เบา

The elephant is extremely big

jà-mùuk yaao yaao rîak wâa nguang       จมูกยาวยาวเรียกว่างวง

The long nose is called “trunk”

mii kiâw dtâi nguang rîak wâa ngaa         มีเขี้ยวใต้งวง เรียกว่างา

There is a fang under the trunk is called “tusk”  

mii hǔu mii dtaa hǎang yaao         มีหูมีตา หางยาว

Have ears, eyes, and long tail!

Vocabularies

náwng            =          younger person

kery                 =          ever, used to

___rú-bplào   =          (question particle) ___or not?

dtua                =          body

dtoh                =          big

_____mâi bao              =   (expression) very_____, extremely _____

jà-mùuk          =          nose

rîak wâa         =          to be called that___________

nguang          =          trunk

kiâw                =          fang, canine tooth

ngaa               =          tusk

hǔu                 =          ear

dtaa                =          eye

hǎang             =          tail

Hope you enjoy singing!

Kruu Jang

Thai language Teacher

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คิดถึง

(Missing)

Artist : Boyd Peacemaker

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WWsylnI0yLg

หลับตาลงยังรู้สึก ท่ามกลางความอ้างว้างในหัวใจ

Làp dtaa long yang rúu-sùk tâam-glaang khwaam âang-wáang nai hǔa-jai

When I close my eyes, I still feel, among loneliness in my heart.

ค่ำคืนยาวนาน กับความเดียวดาย และลมหายใจที่ว่างเปล่า

Kâm kuun yaaw naan, gàp kwaam diaw daay láe lom hǎay-jai tîi wâang bplào
The night is so long, with loneliness and my breath is nothing.

อยากให้เธอได้สัมผัส กับความห่วงใยที่มีให้เธอ

Yàak hâi ter dâi sǎm-pàt gàp kwaam-hùang-yai tîi mii hâi ter
I wish you could feel my care that I gave you.

Dâi-yin sǐang kǎwng prá-jan tîi glàwm ter fǎn dii, hâi ter dâi rúu dta-làwt bpai
Hear sound of the moon that clam you to have a good dream. I would like you to know forever.

ว่าทุกเวลา ที่เราห่างกันแสนไกล ยังมีอีกคำในหัวใจ

Wâa túk we-laa tîi rao hàang gan sǎen glai, yang mii ìik kam nai hǔa-jai
Every time that we are so far away, there are one more word in my heart.

ที่จะบอกเธอ ให้เธอได้รู้และเข้าใจ

Tîi jà bàwk ter hâi ter dâi rúu láe kâo-jai
that I want to tell you and let you know and understand.

Wâa kít-tǔng ter mûa rao hàang gan sǎen glai, mii kam nùng kam jà pûut bpai hâi ter dâi rúu
that I miss you when we are so far away, there are one more word that I want to say to let you know

จะแทนความหมายความห่วงใย ฉันคิดถึงเธอ

Jà taen kwaam-mǎay kwaam-hùang-yai.. chán kít-tǔng ter
to replace all the meanings and cares.. I miss you.

อยากให้เธอได้สัมผัส กับความห่วงใยที่มีให้เธอ

Yàak hâi ter dâi sǎm-pàt gàp kwaam-hùang-yai tîi mii hâi ter

ได้ยินเสียงของพระจันทร์ที่กล่อมเธอฝันดี ให้เธอได้รู้ตลอดไป

Dâi-yin sǐang kǎwng prá-jan tîi glàwm ter fǎn dii, hâi ter dâi rúu dta-làwt bpai
Hear sound of the moon that clam you to have a good dream. I would like you to know forever.

ว่าทุกเวลา ที่เราห่างกันแสนไกล ยังมีอีกคำในหัวใจ

Wâa kít-tǔng ter mûa rao hàang gan sǎen glai, mii kam nùng kam jà pûut bpai hâi ter dâi rúu
Every time that we are so far away, there are one more word in my heart.

ที่จะบอกเธอ ให้เธอได้รู้และเข้าใจ

Tîi jà bàwk ter hâi ter dâi rúu láe kâo-jai

Wâa kít-tǔng ter mûa rao hàang gan sǎen glai, mii kam nùng kam jà pûut bpai hâi ter dâi rúu
that I miss you when we are so far away, there are one more word that I want to say to let you know

จะแทนความหมายความห่วงใย ฉันคิดถึงเธอ

Yàak hâi ter dâi sǎm-pàt gàp kwaam-hùang-yai tîi mii hâi ter
to replace all the meanings and cares.. I miss you.

ก็ฉันมีเพียงเธอ

Gâw chán mii piang ter
because I have only you…

Hope you enjoyed Thai song

Jang

Thai language teacher

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