Getting to Know Each Other Lesson 1

Vocabulary

ผม Pom I(male speaker)

ฉัน Chan I(female speaker)

คุณ Kun You

ชือ่ Chue Name

อะไร a-rai What

สวัสดี sa-wat-dee Hi/Hello

ครับ คะ Kup (male speaker)/ Ka (female speaker) Polite Particles at the

end of statements and questions

สบายดีไหม Sa-buy-dee –mai How are you?

สบายดี sa-buy-dee to be fine, I’m fine

ไหม mai Yes/No question particle

…ล่ะ …la What about…?/How about…? question particle

ยินดีทไี่ ด้รจู้ กั yin-dee-tee-dai-ru-jak Nice to meet you.

มา maa come

จาก jaak from

ทีไ่ หน ti-nai where

ทางาน tam-ngan to work

ที่ ti at

ไปล่ะนะ pai-la-na I’m going.

เจอกัน jer-gun See you later.

เช่นกัน chen-kan Same here.

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Sentences

What’s your name?

You name what

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My name is ……

I name

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Where are you from?

You come from where

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I come from…..

I come from

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Where do you work?

You work where

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I work at……

I work at

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Structure

Question words come at the end of the sentence. For example, “what’s your name?” will be “you
name what” in Thai. In a statement, the word order is similar to English language structure:
Subject + Verb + Object.

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First Conversation

A: Hi.

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B: Hi. How are you?

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A: I’m fine. My name is…….What is your name?

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B: My name is …… I come from…….Where do you come from?

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A: I come from ……. A: Where do you work?

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B: I work at……..What about you?

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A: I work at …….See you later. Nice to meet you.

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B: Same here.

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