I am Cambodian and one of my neighbor countries is Thailand. The Thai language resembles to Cambodian and some words are the same. So I have an independent discovery just to learn Thai language. My main resource is Youtube. Since I love to travel so one of my goals is to travel to Thailand. I thought it would be great if I know how to speak Thai so I can easily communicate with them. I want to learn more languages but to start to want to learn Thai language first. Right now I can understand a little bit of Thai but I can’t speak well.
Here are some examples what I learned so far:
Telling time
Gii Moong what time? (day)
Gii Tum – what time? (Night )
Kun bpai tam-ngaan gii moong? What time do you go to work?
Kun ja bpai nawn gii tum? What time you will go to bed?
Dtawn-nii gii-moong laew? What time is it now? (day time)
Kun dtuen gii-moong? What time did you wake up?
Muea-kuen bpai-tiao glap baan gii tum? What time did you come back home last night?
Emotion
Chan sia-jai – I am sad.
Sia-jai rueang a-rai? What makes you sad?
Nawk-jai (cheat)
Pii ….. (name ) aat-ja nawk-jai chan. …. – (name ) might cheat on me.
Tam jai dii-dii gawn – control your emotion
Ao dtae jai – be self-centered
Tueng chan ja ao dtae jai, dtae chan gaw jing-jai na. – Although I’m self-centered, I am sincere.