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."
ยินดีที่ได้รู้จักเช่นกันครับ/ค่ะ (yin-dii thîi dâai rúu-jàk chên-gan khráp/khâ) "Nice to meet you, too."
เช่นกัน (chên-gan) "Same here"
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sà-wàt-dii khâ :)
