Greeting

                         One of the first thing to learn in any language is how to greet with people you meet. In English Word for greeting have many word  you maybe say “Hello, hi also each time (Morning, afternoon and evening)” you will speak difference word. But for thai language you use only one word is “Sa-wad-dee”.

         Remember :  When you say hello (Sa-wad-dee) or every sentence you can add short word to the end of a sentence for politeness is “Khrap/Kha”

                                      Khrap   : used by male at the end of every sentence

                            Kha       : used by female at the end of very sentence

                         Ex  :-    when you say hello (Sa-wad-dee) you can speak like this

                                      Male      :  Sa-wad-dee  Khrap

                                      Female  :  Sa-wad-dee  kha

                         Thai people have a good method for greeting are bringing the hands together to the chest, we call this is “garn-wai” and gives smile to each other every time

                         After greeting by say “Hello (Sa-wad-dee)” in English normally will ask “how are you?” in thai you can speak “Sa-bai-dee  mai?”

                                    Ex  :    1.   How   are  you  today?

                                            Sa-bai-dee  Mai   Wan-ni?

                                      2.   How   are  you   this  morning?

                                            chaow-ni    Sa-bai-dee  Mai ? 

                                      3.   how  are you  this afternoon?

                                            Bay-ni   Sa-bai-dee  Mai?

                                      4.   How  are  you  this evening?

                                            Yen-ni   Sa-bai-dee  Mai

                         Remember  :   In thai  when you ask the question  you will put “Mai”  to the end of sentence for question word.

             

                         When you ask  “How  are you?”  (Sa-bai-dee Mai?) the answer is  :

                                      -     I’m fine        Þ    Sa-bai-dee

                                      -     I’m good      Þ    Sa-bai-dee

                                      -     I’m okay       Þ    Sa-bai-dee                           

                                      -     very well       Þ    Sa-bai-dee

                                      -     I’m quite well  Þ    Sa-bai-dee

                                      -     Not  so well, I have a cold  Þ Mai-sa-bai  Chan  Pen   
                                                                                       Khai-wad

                                      -     Not well, I have a headache   Þ  Mai-sa-bai Chan  Puad-hua

                         Remember  :  don’t forget add “Khrap/Kha”  at the end

               Ex.

	question	Answer
Male	Sa-bai-dee  Mai  Khrap?	Sa-bai-dee  Khrap
Female	Sa-bai-dee  Mai  Kha?	Sa-bai-dee  Kha

            Vocabulary

English	Thai
Greeting	Garn-tag-tary
Hi, Hello, Good morning, Good afternoon, Good evening	Sa-wad-dee
Today	Wan-ni
Morning	Chaow
Afternoon	Bay
Evening	Yen
Fine, good, Okay, well	Sa-bai-dee
Not	Mai
Cold	Khai-wad
Headache	Puad-hua

        

   Notice  :   word  “Mai” when put at the end of sentence will be question words, but when you put “Mai” in the first of sentence it mean “Not” for in English language,  But “Mai” in thai language if put in difference  place it is difference  meaning  and  difference  pronounce  when  you speak too.