สงกรานต์ (sǒŋkraan) Songkran is known as the Thai New Year. But what does this word actually mean? Let’s find out! Table of Contents Songkran doesn’t exactly mean Thai New Year The word สงกรานต์ (sǒŋkraan) Songkran is a borrowed word from Sanskrit. The original term is Sankranti (सङ्क्रान्ति), which mainly means transference. You can see other … Read more
You probably have learned that the word แฟน (fææn) as a Thai word for girlfriend and boyfriend. Do not worry, you’ve learned the right word. But today, you will learn that this word is not originally a Thai word. Back to พ.ศ. 2490 (AD 1947), Thai people started to use the word แฟน (fææn) in … Read more
I’ve just been back from ขอนแก่น (Khon Kaen) and กาฬสินธุ์ (Kalasin) provinces in อีสาน (Isan) or Northeast of Thailand. I had a good experience and had something to share with you. I visited พิพิธภัณฑ์ ไดโนเสาร์ (phíphítthaphan daynoosǎw) or Dinosaur Museum in กาฬสินธุ์ (Kalasin). The museum’s official name is พิพิธภัณฑ์ สิรินธร (Sirindhorn Museum). While I was … Read more
What is a Thai classifier? And do I need to learn it? Let’s find out the answers for you. Table of contents What is a Thai classifier? It is a word that is used with a noun. Some nouns can share the same classifier. You use it when you are talking about a specific noun … Read more
In this lesson, you will not just know that the word ทำ (tham) means to make in Thai, but you will also learn how to use it in different ways. Table of contents ทำ (tham) – to make in a compound word You will see this word very often used with other words to create … Read more
In this lesson, you will learn the different uses and meanings of the word เลย in Thai. Table of contents เลย (ləəy) – not … at all When using เลย (ləəy) in a negative sentence, it gives the meaning of at all. Structure(1) : ไม่ (mây) + verb/adjective/adverb + เลย (ləəy) ผม ไม่ หิว เลย– … Read more
ขอบคุณ (khɔ̀ɔpkhun) is the word Thank you in Thai language. However, there are several ways
Are you getting confused with how to say by myself in Thai? When should it be คนเดียว (khon-diaw) and when should it be เอง (ʔeeŋ)? Let’s find out in this lesson! Table of contents คนเดียว (khon-diaw) – by myself, alone Use this when you are all alone by yourself with nobody there. Structure(1) : verb/adjective … Read more
คุณเคย … ไหม (khun khəəy … máy) is to say ‘Have you ever…?’ in Thai. The key word we will be focusing on is the word เคย (khəəy). Let’s learn the meaning of this word and how to use it in a sentence. Table of contents เคย (khəəy) เคย (khəəy) is used to show that … Read more
In this article, you will learn 6 different words which mean so in Thai language.