SurvivorThai

Hi ! I created "Survivor Thai lessons" for you all...
Hope can help!

Compound Words

A compound word is made when two or more words are joined to form a new word.
The meaning change to be another thing..Let's see and guess the meaning! 

More...

PHUKET THAILAND

Thai Vowels " not easy "

Not only Tone but also Vowels Pronunciation is hard

I have TIPS for pronunciation ^ ^

Impress your Thai Friends...

This VDO is easy to learn and very useful...

If you are a beginner and have some nice Thai friends...

Please Enjoy ! 

Life is Beautiful...

     Let's talk to your Thai friends  with possitive expressions 

Life is Beautiful = chii wit suay ngaam - ชีวิตสวยงาม

happy every day : mii khwaam suk thuk wan - มีความสุขทุกวัน

Do not worry too much.. yaa khit maak อย่าคิดมาก

 Believe in what you do.. chua nai sing thii tham เชื่อในสิ่งที่ทำ

positive thinking - khit buak - คิดบวก

I love you ------- Chan rak ther  ฉันรักเธอ

Tip For Beginner

So many students who have known a lot of Thai words but They can not making the correctly ( word order ) sentences... What should they do???  ------ > learn Thai system understand Thai structure ... language system is very important after that ---- > practice making each sentence follow the same structure but using other vocabularies. 

Learn more about Thai tones

           
        There are  5 tones in Thai language.  and some words have the same consonant and Vowels but different meaning when change just their tone. So I would like to help you to identify each tones. 
        
            for more info. or question 
         contact kruuwee@gmail.com

About Kruu Wee

Kruu means "teacher" and Wee is her nick name.
She has been teaching Thai for foreigners, in university and been a tutor for many years since she was a student in Thammasat University. ( Graduated - Faculty Of Arts at Thammasat University in Thai Language Major)
Her hometown is in The South of Thailand (near Samui Island)

  Now she is teaching on-line using a systematic method. Her objective is to make Thai language easy and fun!  Kruu Wee has a passion for teaching that is evident in her archive of Youtube videos.  Her methods focus on correct pronunciation and attention to the student's goals.

                    Kruu Wee also teaches about Thai culture, values and customs, which can be very useful for students traveling or living in Thailand.

                       The lessons focus on what students "want" to know and "need" to learn depending on their "purpose" of learning such as for a relationship, work or for doing business in Thailand, relocation or retirement, tourism, or just as a hobby.  She supplements formal lessons with good friendly advice that all students should know before travel. 

     Kruu Wee believes that it is important to understand Thai culture as well as the language.  She aims to teach on many levels including Thai values, spiritual beliefs, attitudes and the personalities of Thai people. This comprehensive approach to learning Thai has earned Kruu Wee a loyal following of students.        

Follow her videos on YouTube to learn Thai  or email. kruuwee@gmail.com 

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Kruu Wee Answers Questions.

Question 1 :Many people asked me about How different between "Kruu" ครู and "Aajaan" อาจารย์

ครู Kruu is a teacher who gives students knowledge and good manners.
อาจารย์ Aajaan is a teacher who gives students knowledge and good manners and also called someone who be a professional or expert in some technical knowledge, academic or even magic and also called a Master or holy Monks and Fortune teller..

Question2 : How different between ฉัน (Chan) and   ดิฉัน ( Dichan )

ฉัน"Chan"  means "I" usually use for female in common use but if makes it more polite or formal use ดิฉัน "Dichan"

Q: How do we use when in each context? 

Q : How different between phua เพื่อ and samrap สำหรับ 

Q: How do we use "Speak, Talk and Tell?

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Interesting Things In Thailand

"Wai"    " Thai Traditional Massage" "Thai boxing"

Thai Festivals

I would like to Present popular Thai festivals

1. Songkran 

A national celebration of the traditional Thai New Year

Songkran means “movement” or “changing” since according to Thai astrology, the sun will move into a new sign of the Zodiac on this day.  Songkran is also called the “Water Festival”.  Water is believed to flow and wash away all bad omens during this time.  Thus, it is a time for cleaning; houses, villages, temples and spirit houses.

Songkran actually begins on April 13, the end of the old year, and concludes on the 15th, the first day of the New Year. Most Thais spend these days with their families, rushing home to the provinces from which they came. Unsurprisingly, Bangkok can be relatively quiet at this time of year. As Songkran is an official holiday, all schools, banks, and government institutions are closed throughout the festival’s three days.

There are also important celebrations through the country at various tourist destinations:

• Old City Songkran Festival, Ayutthaya
• Songkran Festival, Chon Buri
• Amazing Songkran, Suphan Buri
• Phra Pradaeng Songkran Festival, Samut Prakarn
• Songkran Festival, Chiang Mai
• Songkran Festival, Sukhothai
• Fantastic Northeast Songkran, Golden Shower Tree and ‘Kan’ Festival and Sticky Rice Road in Khon Kaen
• Grand Northeast Songkran Festival, Nong Khai
• Songkran Nakhon Phnom and Thai-Lao New Year Celebration
• Hat Yai Midnight Songkran, Songkhla
• Grand Songkran Festival and ‘Nang Dan’ Parade, Nakhon Si Thammarat
• Songkran on the Beach

2. Loi Krathong 

 The ‘festival of lights

One of the most beautiful festivals that takes place in Thailand is the one for Loi Krathong. This is celebrated on the full moon in November. The word loi means to float, and a krathong is a banana leaf cup. People place a candle and incense sticks in their krathongs and then float them on a local river or canal.

There are many legends of Loi Krathong

     1. Loi Krathong is to ask for forgiveness Pra Mae Khongkha.

     2. According to Brahma belief, Loi Krathong is to worship God.

     3. Loi Krathong is to welcome Buddha when he came back to the world- he had stayed in the Buddhist temple during the rainy season at the second heaven ruler to teach his mother.

     4. Loi Krathong is to worship foot-print of Buddha on the Nammathanati River beach.

     5. Loi Krathong is to worship Chulamanee in the heaven where the Buddhas hair is buried.

     6. Loi Krathong is to worship Bhakabhrama in heaven.

     7. Loi Krathong is to worship Uppakutta-dhera who observed religious precept at the middle portion of the sea.

Travelling in Thailand 1

สวัสดีค่ะ ยินดีต้อนรับสู่ บทเรียน ภาษาไทยกับครูวีร์คุ่ะ

Hello, Welcome to Thai lesson with Teacher Wee

Thailand has many beautiful places and very nice arts and culture.

First I would like to present about useful vocabularies.


1. จอง   jong - To book, reserve 
2.ไป...โดย   pai....dooy  - go by
3. เช่า    chao (falling tone) - to rent
4. ค่า      khaa ( falling tone) - cost,fee 
5. ละ        la - per
6. รวม     ruam (mid tone) - including
7. ไป...   pai - go to...
8. แถวนี้    theaw nii -- this area, around here

Thai lesson : Using ได้ dai in 3 meanings.

1. ได้  dai   means "can"  "possible"


Structure :   Subject + Verb + dai./mai dai/ dai mai?/




                   Subject + Verb + ได้ /ไม่ได้/ได้ไหม?/




2. ได้ means  to get, receive


Structure :  Subject + ได้ (dai) + Object.




3. ได้  use in negative Past tense. 


ไม่ได้ (mai dai) = did not.


Structure : Subject + ไม่ได้ (mai dai) + Verb + Object. 

Thai Lesson? : How much and How many?

There are many students confused about making Questions by using  How much? and How many?


So this post, I would like to present about how to use them.

1. How many?

in Thai say  กี่ gii 

Use with Classifier 

How many.....Noun...?      =     ..Noun....   กี่ (gii) + Classifier.  

For example  

How many car do you have?

Khun mii rot gii khan?

คุณ มี รถ กี่ คัน

คัน (khan) is classifier of car.

2. How much?

in Thai say  Thaorai?   เท่าไหร่

Thaorai also use for asking How + adj?

such as... How long?  How far?  How tall?

For example   How tall are you?

Khun suung thaorai?

คุณสูงเท่าไหร่ 

สูง (suung) tall

Thai Comparison

.......A..... is more delicious than .....B.....
...A........ อร่อยกว่า ....B.....
....A....... aroi gwaa ....B......


...C..... is bigger than ...D....
...C..... ใหญ่กว่า ....D.....
...C......yai gwaa...D.......


just put "gwaa" กว่า follow the adj to change 


dee --good,    dee gwaa --- better (than)
suay -- beautiful  suay gwaa - more beautiful (than)




A is the most delicious.
A อร่อย ที่สุด
A aroi thiisut.


B is the biggest.
B yai thiisut.




just put  "thiisut" ที่สุด follow adj.. changing 


suay - beautiful.. 
suay thiisut - the most beautiful.

Time 2

Hi There.. How are you Guys..?

Welcome to my Thai lesson..

this post I would like to continue Thai for Beginner about "Number of Time"

 time - weelaa (เวลา)

...don't have time = mai mii weelaa ไม่มีเวลา
....waste time = sia weelaa เสียเวลา

...take time/spend time  = chai weelaa ใช้เวลา 


number of time, classifier of time = khrang ครั้ง


1 time = 1 khrang
2 times = 2 khrang
3 times = 3 khrang
etc


sometime - baang krang บางครั้ง
this time - krang nii ครั้งนี้
next time - khrang naa ครั้งหน้า
last time - khran thii laew ครั้งที่แล้ว

Thai Prefix 1

I would like to introduce you the prefix "JAI" ใจ 
this means "heart \ mind" used as a prefix or suffix in words that concern the mind and emotions.

For example


 Jai dee ใจดี  ( dee means good) = nice,kind
 Jai rorn ใจร้อน (rorn means hot) = hot-tempered
 Jing jai  จริงใจ (jing means real,true) = sincere 
 sia jai เสียใจ ( sia means broken) = sad,sorry,unhappy  
 dee jai ดีใจ ( dee means good ) = glad, happy

etc

Thai Grammar 4

Thai Grammar - RELATIVE  PRONOUNS
 (Upper Beginner) 
In Thai language. We use the word ที่ "thii" for re place relative pronounce 
(  who  -  whom  -  whose  -  that  -  which  -  where  ) 


For example :    The woman who wanted to see me was a doctor. 
         ผู้หญิงที่อยากพบฉันเป็นหมอ 
         phuuying thii yaak phop chan bpen mor.


                              
          The boy who I saw last night is your son.
         เด็กผู้ชายที่ฉันเจอเมือคืนเป็นลูกคุณ
         Dek phuu chaay thii chan jer maukhuun bpen luuk khun.


                              
         The company where she work is very far.
        บริษัทที่เขาทำงานอยู่ไกลมาก
        Borrisat thii khao thamngaan yuu glai maak 


You see...


                         The thing that...........          สิ่งที่ .....................   sing thii ...........................
                         The person who........          คนที่.....................    khon thii .......................
                          The city where .............        เมืองที่ ................      muang thii ......................

                                                                            

I want......!

There are 3 words mean " to want" in Thai 
1. อยาก ( yaak - low tone ) 


When we would like to say " Subject want (would like) to ...."do something" follow by verb only !
for example " I want to see you right now"
Chan / Phom  yaak phop khun diawnii!
ฉัน/ผม  อยากพบ คุณ เดี๋ยวนี้


2. เอา (ao)


We use "ao" commonly for "Order food or something you want to buy" 
something like "... want (would like) to have or .... want to get something" follow by noun only!
for example 
 I want (to have) a cup of coffee.
Ao gaafae 1 gaew
เอา กาแฟ 1 แก้ว  


3. ต้องการ (dtong-gaan) 


the formal and polite one to say I want/would like to ..... do something or have something
Can replace both "yaak" and "ao"  in a formal situation! 

Thai Questions 1

Simple Thai questions and the way to answer 

I would like to explain about "Yes/no questions" first !!

Statements are transformed into questions that require a simple yes/no answer by adding the question particles, mai?, chai mai?, ru plao?, ru  yang? or ja …… ru  yang? 

Aa-haan  Thai  arɔy                           --->               Aa-haan  Thai  arɔy  mai?

Thai food is delicious.                                    Is Thai food delicious?

Khun Robert pen nakthurakit.          ----->            Khun Robert  pen nakthurakit chai mai?

 Robert is a business man.                             Robert is a business man, isn’t he?   

    ...mai? .....ไหม ?

           

~ mai? is an information – seeking question particle used in neutral questions which do not anticipate either a positive or negative response.

Baan  yuu  klai  roongrian.                     Baan yuu klai  roongrian mai?

A house is fat from school.                 Is a house far from school?

Kruu Wee pen khon jaidii.                      Kruu Wee pen khon jaidii mai?

Kruu Wee is a kind person.                 Is  Kruu Wee a kind person?

          Answers to ~ mai? questions are formed as follows :

Yes:    Adj./ Verb

No:     Mai + adj./verb

Phuuying  khon  nii suay  mai?                           Is this lady beautiful?

Suay  kh.                                                       Yes, she is.

Mai  suay  kh.                                                 No, she isn’t.

 If the question includes more than one verb, the first verb is normally used in responses.

Khun  yaak  pai  gap phom  mai?

Do you want to go with me?

Yaak  kh. / Mai  yaak  kh.

Yes.            No.

....chai  mai? ....ใช่ไหม

            ~ chai mai? question seeks confirmation of the assumption made in the question.

Khao  pen  khon Yiipun.              Khao  pen  khon  Yiipun  chai  mai?

She/He is Japanese.                She/He is Japanese, isn’t she/he?

Answers to  ~ chai mai? questions are formed as follows :

Yes:   Chai.

No:     Mai chai.

...ru  plao? ...หรือเปล่า 

            ~ ru  plao? questions, although not as brusque as the English translation (‘…… or not?’) suggests, demand a straight ‘yes’ or ‘no’ answer.

           Khun  ja  duum  beer  ru  plao?                    Are you going to drink beer (or not)?

 Kruu Wee suay ru plao?                            Does  Kruu Wee beautiful (or not)?

Answers to ~ ru plao questions are formed as follows :

Yes:   Verb

No:   Mai + verb / plao

          Khun  ja  pai  ru  plao?                            Are you going (or not)?

          Pai kh.                                                    Yes, I am.

          Mai  pai / plao  kh.                                    No, I’m not.

... (lεεw) ru  yang?  ... แล้ว หรือ ยัง?

            (lεεw) ru yang? questions ask whether something has happened yet; the word lεεw (meaning ‘already’) is often omitted in spoken Thai.

         

Gin  khaaw  (lεεw) ru yang?            Have you eaten yet?

Khun  tεεng-ngaan  (lεεw) ru yang?  Are you married?

Answers to (lεεw) ru yang? questions are formed as follows :

Yes : Verb + lεεw

No : Yang / Yang  mai  dai + verb / Yang  mai + verb

Kin  khaaw  (lεεw) ruyang?             Have you eaten yet?

Kin  lεεw  kh.                               Yes, I have.

Yang  mai  (dai)  kin  kh.                No, I haven’t.