In today's lesson we learn how to say "How are you?" in Thai. For someone who is just starting to learn Thai, I think this lesson will be very useful.
In Thai we don't have the direct words "Yes" or "No" to answer a question. So to indicate "yes" we just repeat the main Verb or Adjective used in the question. For example:
สบายดีไหม sà-baai dii mǎi = How are you?
สบายดี sà-baai dii = I'm fine.
In Thai, we use ไม่ mâi before the Verb or Adjective to make it negative. For example:
ไม่ค่อยสบาย mâi khâwy sà-baai = I'm not so well.
Thai language is a tonal language, if the tone changes the meaning of the word changes too. For example:
ไหม "mǎi" with a rising tone is a question particle.
ไม่ "mâi" with falling tone is a negative particle.
So be careful not change ไหม "mǎi" to be ไม่ "mâi".
Thai Phrases to ask and answer "How are you?"
สบายดีไหม sà-baai dii mǎi = How are you?
สบายดี sà-baai dii = I'm fine.
ไม่ค่อยสบาย mâi khâwy sà-baai = I'm not so well.
ไม่ mâi = No, Not
ไหม mǎi = (question particle)
เป็นงัย bpen-ngai = How is it going?
Hope you enjoy the lesson. Please leave a comment if you have any question. :)
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