What are you doing tomorrow?

It would suck if you already found a hot person and got their number, but you don't know how to make plans!!?? Well, you need to know the timelines in Thai. This whole lesson is going to have you plan out things, so you can hangout with people.

word	meaning	pronunciation
วันนี้	today
พรุ่งนี้	tomorrow
เมื่อวาน	yesterday
เมื่อวานซืน	2 days ago
มะรืน	day after tomorrow
วัน	day
สัปดาห์	week(formal)
อาทิตย์	week(casual)
เดือน	month
ปี	year
สัปดาห์ที่แล้ว	last week(formal)
อาทิตย์ที่แล้ว	last week(casual)
เดือนที่แล้ว	last month
ปีที่แล้ว	last year
สัปดาห์หน้า	next week(formal)
อาทิตย์หน้า	next week(casual)
เดือนหน้า	next month
ปีหน้า	next year
วันที่	date (d/m/y)
วันก่อน	the other day
เดือนก่อน	the other month
ปีก่อน	the other year
เมื่อก่อน	back in the days
ก่อน	before
หลัง	after

When making a sentence with timelines, there are generally 2 ways to put the time.

1. Put it at the beginning of the sentence; this is used when you want to emphasize the time. Most of the time when you are making plans and want people to focus on the time. To Thai people, gossips and stories, the timeline comes first, because you're just going about your day and things just happen to interrupt your day.

2. Put it at the end of the sentence; this is used when the action is more important, like answering a question.

Example sentences

sentence	translation	pronunciation
วันนี้ทำอะไรดี	What should we do today?
*** ทำ means to do, อะไร means what, and ดี means good, so ทำอะไรดี means what's good to do, in other words: what should we do?
พรุ่งนี้ไปเที่ยวไหนดี	Where should we go tomorrow?
*** เที่ยว means to travel or go somewhere for fun, ไหน means where, so เที่ยวไหนดี means where is good to travel, in other words: where should we go?
วันก่อนเจอแฟนเก่ามา	I saw my ex the other day.
*** แฟน means boyfriend or girlfriend and เก่า means old, so together it's your ex. มา as a verb means to come, but when used at the end of a sentence, you are making it past tense. You don't need to put it there, but it does make the sentence more a matter of fact and flow better.
วันมะรืนไปกินหมูกระทะมั้ย	Do you want to go eat Moo-Kra-ta the day after tomorrow?
*** You can see that I put วัน in front of มะรืน. You don't have to do that, but it's one way Thai people use มะรืน. Another way is มะรืนนี้.
วันที่แปดมกราปีหน้าไปสมุยกันมั้ย	Next year, on January 8th, do you want to go to Samui together?
*** To talk about dates, you will most likely put วันที่ right before the date you want to mention. You don't have to, but a lot of people talk with this format. Also, ไป...กันมั้ย is a form of invitation to go somewhere with that person, like "Do you want to go to ... with me/us?"
มาถึงเมืองไทยเดือนที่แล้ว	I arrived in Thailand last month.
*** Now we see มา as the verb, which means to come. ถึง means to/arrive at the destination, so together มาถึง means to arrive at... เมืองไทย is what Thai people call Thailand casually. เมือง means town. ประเทศไทย is the formal version of it. ประเทศ means country.
อาทิตย์หน้าไปเที่ยวทะเลมั้ย	Next week, do you want to go to the beach?
*** I know I just taught you that วันอาทิตย์ means Sunday, but in this case อาทิตย์หน้า doesn't necessarily mean next Sunday. Thai people use Sunday to mark the week so อาทิตย์หน้า means next week. People do say จันทร์หน้า for next Monday or อังคารหน้า for next Tuesday, and so on without วัน in front, but since อาทิตย์ means both week and Sunday, people will most likely say วันอาทิตย์หน้า for next Sunday to avoid confusion.
ก่อนวันปีใหม่ต้องไปหาหมอนะ	You have to go to the doctor before New Year's Day.
*** ต้อง means have to, หมอ means doctor, ไปหา means to go see, นะ at the end in this case is a reminder that gives it a sense that "Hey, you need to do this.", but in a softer tone.
เมื่อก่อนที่ร้านนี้ไม่มีเค้กขายนะ	Back in the days, this store didn't have cake.
*** Now นะ in this case is not a reminder. It's used in a sense of "just so you know". Often times, when used with negation (ไม่), it gives the undertone of "I don't think so" with some level of uncertainty. It depends on how they say it. If said confidently, the นะ is "fyi". If said with little confidence, like in the example, the sentence is "I don't think they had cake at this store back in the days, maybe?"
เมื่อวานซืนไปเรียนทำอาหารมา	I took a cooking class 2 days ago.
*** ไป means to go, เรียน means to learn, ทำ means to do/to make, อาหาร means food, and มา at the end of the sentence makes it a past statement. FUN IDIOM: เด็กเมื่อวานซืน means a child 2 days ago. It means that a person is figuratively a child not so long ago, so they don't know much. It is mostly used for someone young and naive. It was first used on a 32-year-old man, so they don't have to be super young to use this on.