1) Past tense
In thai not have past
tense but we add a time word to indicate in the sentence.
Ex.
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English
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Thai
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I went
to phuket last month
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Chan pai
phu-ket muea duean tee laew
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He went to see the
movie yesterday
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Muea-wan Khao pai doo nung
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We learned thai languages yesterday
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Rao rian
par-sar thai muea-wan
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Last year they
went to Thailand
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Pee tee-laew Puag-khao
pai pra-tead Thai
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Vocabulary
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English
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Thai
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Went
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Pai
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Month
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Duean
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Last
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Tee-laew
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Was
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Pean
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See
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Doo
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Movie
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Nung
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Yesterday
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Muea-wan
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Learned
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Rian
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Languages
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Par-sar
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Year
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Pee
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Thailand
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Pra-tead-thai
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2) Present
continuous Tense
In English when you
doing something you will put “(Verb) + ing”, For Thai you use the word “gum-lang”
in front of verb in the sentence “gum-lang + (Verb)”.
Ex.
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English
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Thai
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I am
playing games
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Chan gum-lang
lean games
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He reading
a book
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Khao gum-lang
arn nung-sue
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She is
going to the
market
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Ter gum-lang
pai ta-lad
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you are
watching Television
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Kun gum-lang
doo toe-rat-tad
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Vocabulary
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English
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Thai
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Play
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Lean
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Games
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Games
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Read
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Arn
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Book
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Nung-sue
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Go
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Pai
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Market
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Ta-lad
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Watch
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Doo
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Television
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Toe-ra-tad
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3) Future Tense
Future Tense in English
you put “(will or shall) + verb” . In thai
you use the word “ja”
in front verb of the sentence “(ja) + verb”.
Ex.
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English
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Thai
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I will
go to Hue-hin next
week
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Chan ja
pai Hue-hin sub-da-na
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I shall
meet her at
the party
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Chan ja
pob ter nai
ngarn-liang
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I will
tell him by
myself
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Chan ja
bok khao duay
tua chan-eang
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Vocabulary
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English
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Thai
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Go
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Pai
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Next week
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Sub-da-na
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Week
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Sub-da
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Meet
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Pob
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Party
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Ngarn-liang
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Tell
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Bok
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By
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Duay
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Myself
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Tue chan-eang
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