Let's spend our adult money responsibly :) BUY EVERYTHING. I bought 26 bottles of fish sauce last trip. You can't get the good local stuff in America. My mom knows this fried fish person with their truck in front of the park we go to every morning. It was the best fish chips I've ever had in my entire life. My luggage was full of food and ingredients, but we ate it all in 2 weeks.
word
meaning
pronunciation
How to use
Example
อัน
piece, one(unit of measurement)
อัน+(demonstrative pronoun) = to demonstrate or point out things, (number)+อัน = to count items
อันนี้ = this one, สองอัน = 2 pieces
นี้
this+(classifier)
(classifier)+นี้
อันนี้ = this one
เงิน
money
มีเงินเท่าไหร่ = How much money do you have?
ตังค์
Money (casual)
มีตังค์สามบาท = I have 3 Baht of money
เงินสด
Cash
บาท
Thai Baht (currency)
(amount)+ บาท
เสื้อตัวนี้140บาท = This shirt is 40 Baht.
สวัสดี
Hello
สวัสดีค่ะ = Hello
มี
Have
มี + (object)
มีเสื้อ3ตัว= I have 3 shirts.
กี่
how much
กี่+(classifier)
เท่าไหร่
how much
อันนี้เท่าไหร่คะ = How much is this?
บัตรเครดิต
Credit card
ใช้บัตรเครดิตได้มั้ยคะ = Can I use credit card?
ใช้
use
ใช้บัตรเครดิตได้มั้ยคะ = Can I use credit card?
ได้
can
(verb)+ได้
ใช้ได้ = can use
ใช่
Yes (correct)
response to questions with that can be replied with correct or not correct or to confirm something.
อันนี้ใช่กางเกงเธอมั้ย = Are these your pants?
ไม่
Negation (no, don't, etc.)
ไม่ใช่ = no (not correct) ไม่ได้ = cannot
ไหม
? (Put this at the end of sentence to make it a question)
ใช่20บาทไหม= Is it 20 Baht?
มั้ย
? (same thing as ไหม but more casual)
เท่านั้น
only
(subject)+เท่านั้น
เงินสดเท่านั้น = cash only
Example sentences
sentence
translation
pronunciation
อันนี้กี่บาทคะ
How much is this?
ใช้บัตรเครดิตได้มั้ยคะ
Can I use credit card?
As you can see in a lot of examples, Thai people tend to skip the pronouns when talking about first or second person, only about third person if any. You can add in the pronouns, which we'll cover later, but it wouldn't sound natural to Thai people.
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