In this lesson, you will learn how to ask: "What's your name?" and how to answer. When you make new friends in Thailand, of course you want to ask them their name. So, this lesson might be very useful for you.
Thai Words and Phrases to Ask Someone Their Name
คุณชื่ออะไร khun chûue à-rai = What's your name? คุณ khun = You ชื่อ chûue = to name, to call อะไร à-rai = What?
To Answer with Your Name in Thai
ผมชื่อ... phǒm chûue... = My name is... (for male speakers) ดิฉันชื่อ... dì-chǎn chûue... = My name is... (for female speakers) Hope you enjoy the lesson and find it useful. Remember to subscribe to my YouTube channel too :)
This is a special Thai lesson because I talk about my university graduation ceremony.
Graduations in Thailand are a little bit different from those in other countries. The thing that makes Thai graduation ceremonies very unique is that a member of the Thai royal family comes to preside over the graduation. The Prince or Princess hands each student their diploma. It's a great honor for us.
There are many students who have to receive diplomas. So in order for the Prince or Princess to be able to quickly hand them out to everyone we need to be coordinated. We practice for a few days so that everyone can walk with the right timing. It's also important to practice the correct way to hold out our hand to accept the diploma and bow to the royalty as a sign of respect.
In Thai, "Graduation Day" is วันรับปริญญา (wan ráp bpà-rin-yaa).
It's made up of the following 3 words:
I hope you learned something interesting about Thai culture in this lesson. And I hope you learned a useful phrase. The next time your Thai friends tell you some good news, be sure to wish them "Congratulations" with ยินดีด้วย (yin-dii dûuai).
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This is my first video lesson for teaching you how to speak Thai. Of course, the first thing you need to learn in any language is "Hello". So this video lesson is about how to greet somebody and introduce yourself in Thai.
In Thai, we use different words sometimes for male and female speakers. One example is the word "I" or "me". Male speakers will say ผม (phǒm). But female speakers will say ดิฉัน (dì-chǎn) or ฉัน (chǎn).
It is important to be polite when speaking Thai. So we have special words that go at the end of a sentence just to make the sentence sound more polite. This word is different for male and female speakers too. Male speakers can say ครับ (khráp), and female speakers can say ค่ะ (khâ).
Thai is a tonal language. So please watch the video many times and practice speaking the sentences to copy the tones for each word. Here are all the phrases from the video:
Thai Phrases for Greeting
สวัดดี (sà-wàt-dii) "Hello"
สวัดดีครับ (sà-wàt-dii khráp) "Hello" (for men)
สวัดดีค่ะ (sà-wàt-dii khâ) "Hello" (for women)
ผม/ดิฉันชื่อ your name (dì-chǎn/phǒm chûue ___) "My name is ___"
ยินดีที่ได้รู้จักครับ/ค่ะ (yin-dii thîi dâai rúu-jàk khráp/khâ) "Nice to meet you."
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