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THAI
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INTRO DUCTORY SERIES
LANGUAGE GUIDE _______________J
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TM 30-331
THAI (SIAMESE)
A GUIDE TO THE SPOKEH LANGUAGE
WAR DEPARTMENT
WASHINGTON, D. C., FEBRUARY 17, 1944
WAR DEPARTMENT Washington 25, D. C., 17 February 1944.
TM 30-331, Thai Language Guide, to be used with the Introductory Series Language Records, is published for military personnel only, and is not to be republished in whole or in part without the consent of the War Department. [A.G. 300.7 (3 Mar 43)]
By order of the Secretary of War:
G. C. MARSHALL, Chief of Staff.
official :
J. A. ULIO,
Major General, The Adjutant General.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
PAGE
How to Use the Records and Guide.................... 5
Hints on Pronunciation.............................. 7
Special Points...................................... 9
Useful Words and Phrases............................11
Greetings and General Phrases....................12
Location.........................................13
Directions.......................................14
Numbers......................................... 15
What’s That?.....................................20
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Asking for Things................................20
Money............................................22
Time.............................................23
Other Useful Phrases.............................27
Additional Expressions..............................28
Fill-in Sentences...................................32
Important Signs.....................................45
Alphabetical Word List..............................49
AS SOON AS I TURN MY BACK THOSE GUYS GET A GAME
THAI
LANGUAGE GUIDE
J_hai (or Siamese), the official language of Thailand (or Siam), is spoken by more than 6 million people. This Language Guide will enable you to ask directions, buy things or order a meal. Knowing a little Thai will also help you get along with the people, for they will naturally be pleased to see a stranger showing enough interest in them to try to speak their language.
How to Use the Records and Guide
The records that go with this Guide give you a number of the most important words and phrases in Thai. Read the section called Hints on Pronunciation and then listen to the records until you know the Useful Words and Phrases by heart. Repeat each word out loud right ajter you hear it and say it exactly the way the Thai speaker does. Imitate the pronunciation as closely as you can, just
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as you might mimic someone who has an unusual accent. Try to get every detail of the pronunciation, even the rhythm and intonation. Follow the words in your Guide but use them only as a reminder; if you hear something different from what you see written, go by what you hear. Remember that you can’t get the sound of a language from the printed word alone—you have to use your ears even more than your eyes. If you don’t have the records and can’t get a Thai speaker to read the words, you will have to rely on the Hints on Pronunciation alone.
By the time you have practiced the Useful Words and Phrases several times, you will know what sound each letter stands for in the Guide. You will then be able to pronounce the Additional Expressions even though you have not actually heard them, and you will be able to form sentences of your own by using the section called Fill-in Sentences.
YOU HAVE TO USE YOUR
EARS EVEN MORE THAN
YOUR EYES f
Hints on Pronunciation
All the words and phrases are written in a spelling which you read like English. Each letter or combination of letters is used for the sound it normally represents in English and it always stands for the same sound. Thus, "oo” is always to be read as in too, boot, tooth, roost, never as in anything else. Say these words and then pronounce the vowel sound by itself. That is the sound you must use every time you see "oo” in the Pronunciation column. If you should use some other sound—for example, the one in blood or the one in door—you might be misunderstood.
You will notice as you listen to the records that speaking Thai is a little like singing. You should memorize each expression as though it were a short tune. In this Language Guide the various tones are shown as follows:
Tone Shown by
1. Middle, spoken in Capital letters the normal tone of voice
2. Lozv, spoken in a Small letters low pitch
Example
“KAH” meaning “stuck”
“kah” meaning ginger-like root
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5PEAKIN6 THAI/5A LITTLE LIKE 5/HG/NG.
3. Emphatic,spoken in a high pitch with the voice falling rapidly (like the command “Halt”)
4. Rising, starting deep and rising in pitch (like asking a question)
5. High, spoken very high
Capitals at the beginning, followed by small letters
“Kah” meaning “kill”
Small letters at the beginning, followed by capitals
“kaH” meaning “leg”
Capitals followed “KAH!” meaning by an exclamation “business” point
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In Thai some syllables are pronounced very short and others are pronounced long. Syllables that are short are written as follows:
1. With an "a?’ in italics. Example: "srf-vaht-DEE” meaning "Hello.”
2. With a dotted "N” or "M.” Example: "PAHN” meaning "thousand.”
3. With the letters "P,” "T,” or "K” at the end. Example: "jet” meaning "seven.”
4. With an apostrophe. Example: "VAHN p^-RIH’-haht” meaning "Thursday.”
All other syllables are long.
Curved lines (^) are used to show sounds that are pronounced together without any break; for example, "kah^ee” meaning "egg.”
Special Points
AH as in ah or father. Example: "sahM” mean-
ing "three.”
A as in fat, man, bad. Example: "bad” mean-
ing "eight.”
E or EH as in let, met, bell. Example: "VEH-LAH” meaning "time.”
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I or IH
U or UH a
B, D, G
NG
stands for a sound something like the "i” in hill, him, bid. Example: "nirig” meaning "one.”
as in cut, but, sun. Example: "NIH^UH!” meaning "meat.”
in italics stands for a sound something like the "a” in machine, platoon, around. It is always very short and unaccented. Example: "s^-vaht-DEE” meaning "hello.” with dots under them, stand for a special kind of "b,” "d,” and "g” which sound a little like "p,” "t,” and "k.” Examples: "blah^o” meaning "no,” "DAWiig-GAHN” meaning "want.”
stands for the "ng” sound in ring, sang, hung. In Thai, unlike English, this sound also occurs at the beginning of a word. Example: "NGUN” meaning "money.”
USEFUL WORDS AND PHRASES
The following is the exact wording of the Thai language records issued with this Guide:
These records give you a few useful phrases in Thai or Siamese. The phrases and other words you will need are found also in the pamphlet which should be used with these records. To learn to imitate the sounds of Thai you should listen to the records at least six or seven times. The English will be given first, followed by the Thai. Then repeat the Thai out loud and say it good and loud. Remember! Repeat every Thai phrase right after you hear it.
Words, greetings and general phrases which are useful and should be memorized are given first.
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GREETINGS AND GENERAL PHRASES
Thai speakers have a general word of greeting which
means "Hello,” "Good day,” etc. It is "sd-vaht-DEE.” "Good-by,” "See you later,”
English Thai Pronunciation
How are you? Sir, Madam, or Miss sa-BAH_EE-dEE KOON KRAHP!
Please Inroad
Excuse me kAW TOAd
Thank you Yes kawb JAH_EE KRAHP!
No blah_o
Understand me ? KAH^o JAH_.EE mah_EE
I don’t understand chahN MAH_.ee KAH_o JAH_EE
Please speak slowly broad POOd CHAH! CHAH!
You have noticed by now that Thai has a peculiar singsong quality. This is very important in the language, and you should try to memorize the phrases exactly as you
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hear them. However, if you speak the syllables louder that are written in capital letters, and speak the words and syllables written in small letters in a low tone of voice, you will be understood.
LOCATION
When you need directions to get somewhere, you first name the place and then add the words "where is.”
Where is........?
a restaurant
Where is a restaurant?
a hotel
Where is a hotel?
....yoo Tee nah^EE
ROANG AH-hahN
ROANG AH-hahN yoo Tec nah^EE
HO-TEL
HO-TEL yoo Tee nah^EE
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English
railroad station
Where is a railroad station ?
a toilet
Where is a toilet?
Thai Pronunciation
sfl-tAH-NEE ROAT! FAH_.EE
sa-tAH-NEE ROAT! FAH_.EE yoo Tee nah_EE
IIAWhg SOO_ahm
HAWhg SOO_ahrii yoo Tee nah_.EE
DIRECTIONS
The answer to your question "Where is such and such ?” may be "Turn right” or "Turn left” or "Straight ahead,” so you need to know these phrases.
Turn right
Turn left
Straight ahead
It is sometimes useful
LEE_O! kwAH
LEE_O! SAH_EE!
DROANG BAH_EE to say "Please point.”
Please point broad CHEE!
If you are driving and ask the distance to another town, it will be given to you in kilometers, not miles.
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WHAT'S THE DIRECTION IN THAI?
TURN STRAIGHT TURN
RIGHT AHEAD LEFT
English Thai Pronunciation
Kilometer gee’-LO-MET I
One kilometer equals % of a mile.
NUMBERS
You need to know the numbers:
One nihg
Two saw NG
Three sahM
Four see
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English
Thai Pronunciation
Five Hah
Six hoak
Seven jet
Eight Nine bad QAH_.o
Ten seep
Eleven seep-et
For "twelve,” "thirteen,” etc., you say "seep,” which means "ten,” and then add the word for "two,” "three," etc.
Twelve Thirteen seep-sawNG seep-sahM
For "twenty” you say "Yee,” which means "twice,” and then add "seep,” the word for "ten.”
Twenty Yee-seep
"Twenty-one” is "Yee-seep” plus the ending "-et,” which you will remember was added to "seep” to make "eleven.”
Twenty-one Yee-seep-et
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? ning
saw NG
sahM
see
Hah
"Twenty-two,” "twenty-three,” etc., is "Yee-seep” plus the word for "two,” "three.”
Twenty-two Yee-seep-sawNG
Twenty-three Yee-seep-sahM
For "thirty” you say the word for "three,” "sahM,” and then add the word for "ten,” "seep.” The expression therefore really means "three times ten.”
Thirty sahM-seep
"Thirty-one” is "sahM-seep” plus the ending "-et,” which was added to "eleven” and "twenty-one.”
Thirty-one sahM-seep-et
For "forty” you say the word for "four,” "see,” and then the word for "ten,” "seep.”
Forty see-seep
For "fifty,” "sixty,” etc., you say the word for "five,” "six,” etc., and then add "seep.”
Fifty Hah-seep
Sixty hoak-seep
Seventy jet-seep
Eighty bad-seep
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English
Thai Pronunciation
Ninety GAH^o-seep
A hundred nihg ROY 1
"A hundred and one” is the word for "hundred” plus the ending "-et” of "eleven,” "twenty-one,” "thirty-one,” etc.
A hundred and one ROY !-ct
For "a hundred and two,” "a hundred and three,” you say "hundred,” "ROY!” and then add the word for "two,” "three,” etc.
A hundred and two ROY! sawNG
A hundred and three ROY! sahM
For "two hundred” you use the word for "two” and then add the word for "hundred,” just as we do in English.
Two hundred sawNG ROY!
For "two hundred and fifty-five” you say "two hundred,” "sawNG ROY!” and then add the word for "fifty,” "Hah-seep,” and then the word for "five,” "Hah.”
Two hundred and fifty-five sawNG ROY! Hah-seep Hah A thousand PAHN
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WHAT'S THAT?
When you want to know the name of something, you can say "What’s that?’’ and point to the thing you mean.
What’s that? NAHn a-RAH_EE
ASKING FOR THINGS
When you want something, use the phrase "I want” and add the name of the thing wanted.
I chahN
want DAWhg-QAHN
cigarettes boo-ree
I want cigarettes chahN DAWng-GAHN boo-ree
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English Thai Pronunciation
to eat GEEN
1 want to eat chahN DAWng-GAHN GEEbi
Here are the words for require: some of the things you may
bread ka-noaM-BAHNG
fruit poaN-la-MAH_EE!
water NAHM!
egg kah_.ee
soup SOOB!
fish BLAH
steak sa-PEG!
meat NIH_UH!
beef NIH_UH! VOO_AH
pork NIH_UH! mOO
potatoes MAHN fa-rahng
rice KAH^o
beans too_ah
vegetables pahk
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English
salad
mango
durian (a common fruit) custard apple , ice cream
salt
sugar milk
tea
coffee
i
a glass of beer
a match
Thai Pronunciation sa-laht ma-MOO_ahng too’-REE_AHN NAW_EE! nah “ice cream” GLIH_UH NAHM!DAHN NOAM CHAH
GAH-FA
BEE_AH GA_o MAH_.EE! keed
MONEY
To find out how much things cost, you simply say "How much?”
How much? TAH_o RAH_EE
The answer will be given to you in "satang,” "saling,” and "baht.” Twenty-five "satangs” make a "saling;” four "salings” make a "baht.”
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A "baht” is worth a little under 50 cents.
satang saling baht
sa-DAHNG sa-liNG bahd
TIME
To find out what time it is, you say really "The time, how much?”
What time is it? VEH-LAH TAH^o
RAH^EE
"Ten past one” is really "hour, ten.”
Ten past one MOANG seep
"Quarter past five” is "five hour ten five,” but you may drop the word for "hour,” "MOANG,” as we generally do in the expression "five fifteen.”
Quarter past five Hah MOANG seep-Hah
"Twenty past seven” is "seven hour twenty.”
Twenty past seven jet MOANG Yee-seep
"Half past six” is "six hour thirty.”
Half past six hoak MOANG sahM-seep
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"Twenty of eight” is "seven hour forty.”
Twenty of eight jet MOANG see-seep
"Quarter of nine” is "eight hour and forty-five.” For "forty-five” you say "four-ten-five”—that is, "four times ten plus five.”
Quarter of nine had MOANG see-seep-Hah
"Ten to three” is "two hours and fifty.” For "fifty” you say "five-ten”—that is, "five times ten.”
Ten to three sawNG MOANG Hah-seep
If you want to know when a movie starts, you say, "Movie, time how much ?”
movie
time
how much
What time does the . movie start?
nahNG chah_.EE
VEH-LAH
TAH^o RAH_.EE
nahNG chah_EE VEH-
LAH TAH_o RAH_.EE
For "What time does the train leave?” you say, "Train start out time how much?”
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WHAT'S THE TIME IN THAI?
English Thai Pronunciation
the train ROAT! FAH_EE
start out awg
What time does the train leave ? ROAT! FAH_EE awg VEH-LAH TAH_o ’ RAH_.EE
Yesterday Today Tomorrow VAHN NEE! VAHN NEE! PROOng NEE!
The days of the week are:
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday VAHN AH-TEET! VAHN JAHN VAHN AHNG-KAHN VAHN POOT! VAHN pa-RIH’-haht VAHN sook VAHN sah_O
The word "VAHN,” which means "day,” may be omitted.
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OTHER USEFUL PHRASES
The following phrases will be useful:
What is your name ?
How do you say "table” (or anything else) in Thai ?
Good-by
KOON CHih a-RAH_EE
“table” NAH_EE PAH-sAH TAH_.EE Vah yahng RAH_EE
su-vaht-DEE
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ADDITIONAL EXPRESSIONS
Come in! KAH_o MAH KAHng NAH_EE
Have a seat! CHUN NAHng
Glad to know you YEEN DEE POAP! KOON
I don’t know chahN MAH_.ee SAHfi
I think so chahN Gaw’-nik Wah yahng NAHN!
I don’t think so chahN MAH_.ee nik Wah yahng NAHN!
Maybe I am an American ahd BEN DAH_.ee chahN BEN KOAN a-MEH-REE’-GAHN
I am a friend chahN BEN PIH_un TAHn
I am hungry I am thirsty I am well chahN hee_OO KAH_o chahN hee_OO NAHM! chahN sa-BAH_EE-DEE
I am tired chahN nih_uh_ee
I am sick chahN jep
He is sick kah_O jep
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English
I am wounded
He is wounded
I have lost my way
Stop!
Come here!
Right away!
Come quickly!
Go quickly!
Help!
Help me
Bring help
I will pay you
Where are the soldiers?
Thai Pronunciation
chahN bahd jep kah_O bahd jep chahN loaNG TAHNG
yoot
MAH Nee
TAHN TEE
MAH REH_OO
REH_OO
BAH_EEREH_OO REH_OO
CHOO_ay DOO_ay
CHOO_ay chahN DOO_ay
REE_ah? KOAN MAH
CHOO_ay
chahN ja HAH_.ee NGUN ta-hahN yoo Tee nah_EE
CHOCLay DOO^ay

English
Where are the American soldiers ?
Which way is the town ?
Where is it?
How far is the town?
Is it near by?
It is here
It is there
Which way is north ?
Which is the road to....
Draw me a map
Take me there
Take me to a doctor
Thai Pronunciation
ta-hahN a-MEH-REE’-GAHN yoo Tee nah_EE
MIH_UNG yoo TAHNG nah_EE
yoo Tee nah_EE
MIH_UNG yoo
QLAH_EE TAH_o
RAH_EE
yoo ta_O NEE! rIH
yoo Tee Nee
yoo Tee NAHri
TEET! nih_UH yoo TAHNG nah_EE
ta-noaN Sen nah_EE BAH_EE........
kee_AHN pAN-Tee HAH_ee chahN TEE
PAH chahN BAH_EE Tee NAHh TEE
PAH chahN BAH_EE hAH PAd TEE
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English
Thai Pronunciation
Take me to the hospital
Danger!
Take cover!
Poison gas!
Watch out!
Wait a minute!
Good luck!
PAH chahN BAH_EE ROANG pa-YAH-BAHN
AHN-da-RAH_.EE
KAH_o Tee-GAHM-BAHNG
AH_EE-PEET!
RAH’-VAHNG
KOY bra-dee_O
CHOAg DEE or sa-vaht-DEE MEE
CHAH_EE
FILL-IN SENTENCES
In this section you will find a number of sentences, each containing a blank space which can be filled in with any one of the words in the list that follows. For example, to say "Where is the market?" look for the sentence "Where is the........?” and, in the list following the sen-
tences, the word for "market.” You then combine the words as follows:
Where is the......?
market
Where is the market?
.....yoo Tee nah_.EE da-lahd
da-lahd yoo Tee nah_.EE
Notice that the order of words in Thai is sometimes different from the order in English. For example, instead of saying "Where is the market?" what you say in Thai is "Market where is?"
I want
We want.......
Give me.......
chahN DAWng-
GAHN ....
RAH_O DAWhg-GAHN ......
AH_O......MAH
HAH_.ee chahN
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English Thai Pronunciation
Bring me NAHM MAH
Where can I get ? HAH_.ee chahN ja hAH DAH_ee
I have Tee nah_EE chahN MEE
We have RAH_O MEE
I don’t have chahN MAH_.ee
We don’t have MEE RAH_O MAH_.ee
Have you ? MEE KOON MEE rIH
Example:
I want chahN DAWng-
food GAHN AH-hahN
1 want food chahN DAWng-GAHN
AH-hahN
bananas
boiled water
butter
GLOO_ay NAHM! DOAm NUH_EE
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English eggplant papaya peppers pineapple string beans sweet potatoes
a cup a fork a glass a knife a plate a spoon
a bed blankets a mattress a mosquito net a pillow a room sheets
Thai Pronunciation
rna-kih_UH
ma-la-GAW
PREEK! TAH_EE sahp-ba-ROAT!
too_ah fahk YAH_O
MAHN Ted
TOO_ay
SAWm
TOO_ay GA_o
MEEd
JAHN
CHAWN!
DEE_AHNG NAWN
Pah hoam
FOOg
MOONG’
mawN
HAWrig
Pah BOO Tee NAWN
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English Thai Pronunciation
cigars a pipe tobacco SEE’-Gah GLAWng YAH soob YAH soob
ink mik
paper gra-dahd
a pen a pencil bahg GAH DEEN sAW
a comb vEE
hot water NAHM! RAWN!
a razor MEEd GOAN
razor blades pan MEEd GOAN
a shaving brush shaving soap BRANG sa-boo sa-boo GOAN noo_aht
soap a toothbrush sa-boo BRANG sEE FAHN
toothpaste a towel YAH sEE FAHN Pah CHET! DOODAH
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WHICH IS WHICH?
A COMB
SOAP A TOWEL
1. sa-boo
2. BRANG sEE
3. Pah CHET!
FAHN
DOO AH pan MEEd
4. vEE
5. MEEd GOAN
6. BRANG sa-boo $OAN
A RAZOR
RAZOR BLADES A TOOTHBRUSH
(Answers on page 35.)
English Thai Pronunciation
a handkerchief Pah CHET! Nah
a raincoat SIH_uh GAHN foaN
a shirt SIH_uh CHUD!
shoelaces CHIH_ug RAWNG-TAH_O!
shoe polish YAH kaht RAWNG-TAH_O!
shoes RAWNG-TAH_O!
undershirt SIH_uh CHAHN’ NAH_EE
undershorts GAHNG-QENG CHAHN’ NAH_EE
buttons / ga-DOOM
a needle kEM YEP! Pah
pins safety pins thread been kEM glaht DAH_.ee
adhesive tape Pah YAHNG
aspirin “aspirin” 37
English
a bandage cotton
a disinfectant iodine
a laxative
quinine
gasoline
I want to ......
Example:
I want to.......
eat
I want to eat
buy
drink
Thai Pronunciation
Pah PAHN plA sahM-LEE
YAH Kah CHIH_UH! AH_EE-O-DAH_EE
YAH tah_ee kwee’-NEEN
“gasoline”
chahN DAWrig-QAHN ......
chahN DAWhg-GAHN ......
GEEN
chahN DAWng-GAHN GEEST
SIH!
dim
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English
pay
wash up
take a bath
rest
lie down
sleep
have my hair cut
he shaved
have my clothes washed
Thai Pronunciation
see_AH Kah LAHNG! DOO_AH ahb NAHM!
PAHK!
NAWN PAHK!
NAWN daht poaM GOAN noo_aht
HAH_.ee SAHK! SIH_.uh Pah NEE!
Where is a....? or
Where is the ..?
How far is the ..?
Example:
Where is a......r
barber
Where is a barber?
.....yoo Tee nah_EE
.....yoo GLAH_EE
TAH_o RAH_EE
.....yoo Tee nah_EE
CHAHng daht poaM
CHAHng daht poaM yoo Tee nah_.EE
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English Thai Pronunciation
dentist CHAHng TAHM FAHN
doctor PAd
mechanic CHAHng GOAN
policeman DAHM-roo_aht
porter KOAN koaN kawNG
servant KOAN CHAH_EE!
shoemaker CHAHng TAHM RAWNG-TAH_O!
tailor CHAHng daht SIH_uh
workman KOAN NGAHN
bridge bus sa-PAHN ROAT! DO_EE-sahN
camp church KAH_.ee boad
city or town clothing store MIH_UNG RAHN! kah_EE SIH_uh Pah
drug store or pharmacy filling station RAHN! kah_EE YAH sa-tAH-NEE DUM NAHM! MAHN
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English Thai Pronunciation
garage ROANG ROAT!
grocery highway RAHN! kah_EE pahk ta-noaN loo_,AHNG
hospital ROANG pa-YAH-BAHN
house RIH_UN
laundry Tee SAHK! SIH_uh Pah
main street ta-noaN yah_.ee
market da-lahd
nearest town MIH_UNG GLAH_ee Tee soot
police station sa-tAH-NEE DAHM roo_aht
post office ROANG BRAH_EE-sa-NEE
railroad TAHNG ROAT! FAH_EE
river Ma NAHM!
road ta-noaN
spring (water) telegraph office telephone well NAHM! POO’ sa-tAH-NEE TO-ra-Leg TO-ra-sahp NAHM! baw
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WHICH IS WHICH?
2. Pah PAWN plA
3. sa-PAHN
4. ROAT! DO EE-»ahN
5. TAHNG ROAT!
FAH EE
6. TO-ra-sahp
BRIDGE
BUS
English Thai Pronunciation
Is it ? MAHN rIH
It is MAHN
It is not MAHN MAH_ .ee
It is too MAHN GUN
BAH_.EE
It is very MAHN MAHg
This is Nee
That is NAHn
Example:
It is MAHN
cold nah_O
It is cold MAHN nah_,O
warm or hot RAWN!
clean sa-ahd
dirty soak break
good DEE
bad LEH_O
large yah_.ee
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English
small
cheap expensive enough
much or many
Thai Pronunciation
LEK!
toog
PANG
PAW
MAHg
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IMPORTANT SIGNS
T bat English
STOP
GO SLOW
DU Anti DANGER
YIUlfitD ONE WAY
'tii’U'fl'usnnH'u; NO THOROUGHFARE
KEEP TO THE RIGHT
Yiunhaiam: ROAD UNDER CONSTRUCTION
yiiAr*: DANGEROUS CURVE
n^tfooijjwnhwih STOP AT 300 METERS
jiijjtHij LOOK OUT FOR THE
LOCOMOTIVE
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Thai English
ixftfl'Kj'I.rlrh HIGH TENSION LINES
DANGEROUS CROSSING
jxfjwl tl GRADE CROSSING
rfixi'W) NO PARKING
tfmnh NO ADMITTANCE
imT WOMEN
MEN
NO SMOKING
if xwxjwatij NO SPITTING
vmnh ENTRANCE
viuaan EXIT
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ALPHABETICAL WORD LIST
adhesive tape am
I am sick American
I am an American
the American soldiers
and
apple
custard apple
aspirin
bad
bananas
bandage barber
bath
I want to take
. a bath
Pah YAHNG
chahN jep
chahN BEN KOAN a-MEH-REE’-GAHN
tn-hahN a-MEH-REE’-GAHN
la’
NAW_.EE! nah
“aspirin”
LEH_O
GLOO_ay
Pah PAHN plA
CHAHng daht poaM
chahN DAWng-GAHN ahb NAHM!
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English
beans
bed
beef
beer
a glass of beer blades
razor blades
blankets
boiled water
bread
bridge
bring
Bring help
Bring me........
brush
toothbrush
shaving brush
Thai Pronunciation
too_ah
DEE_AHN.G N-AWN NIH_UH! VOO_AH BEE_AH BEE_AH GA_o
pan MEEd GOAN Pah hoam
NAHM! DOAiii ka-noaM BAHNG sa-PAHN
REE_ahg KOAN MAH ' CHOOjay
NAHM ..... MAH
HAH_.ee chahN
BRANG
BRANG sEE FAHN
BRANG sa-boo
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English Thai Pronunciation
bus ROAT! DO_EE sahN
butter NUH_EE
buttons ga-DOOM
buy
I want to buy chahN DAWrig-GAHN SIH! C
camp KAH-ee
can Where can I get? ja hAH DAH_ee Tee nah_.EE
cheap toog
church boad
cigarettes boo-ree
cigars SEE’-Qah
city or town MIH_UNG
dean sa-ahd
clothing store RAHN! kah_EE SIH_uh Pah
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English Thai Pronunciation
coffee GAH-FA
cold nah_O
comb vEE
come
Come here! MAH Nee
Come in! KAH_o MAH KAHng NAH_EE
Come quickly! MAH REH_OO REH_OO
cotton sahM-LEE
cover
Take cover! KAH_o Tee QAHM-BAHNG
cup TOO_ay
custard apple NAW_EE! nah D
Danger! AHN-da-RAH_EE
dentist CHAHng TAHM FAHN
dirty soak broak
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WHICH IS WHICH?
BREAD CUP BEER
1. DEE AHNG NAWN
3. boo-ree
5. GAH-FA
2. BEE AH
4. ka-noaM BAHNG
4. TOO_ay
CIGARETTES
English disinfectant doctor
Take me to a doctor
draw
Draw me a map
drink
I want to drink drug store or pharmacy durian (a common fruit)
Thai Pronunciation
YAH Kah CHIH_UH!
PAd
PAH chahN £AH_EE hAH PAd TEE
kee_AHN pAN-Tee HAH_.ee chahN TEE
chahN DAWrig-GAHN dim RAHN! kah_EE YAH too’-REE_AHN
eat
I want to eat
egg eggplant eight
chahN DAWrig-QAHN QEEN
kah_.ee
ma-kih_UH
bad
English Thai Pronunciation
eighty bad-seep
eleven seep-et
enough PAW
Excuse me kAW TOAd
expensive PANG
F
far
How far is the ..? yoo GLAH_EE TAH_o RAII_EE
fifty Hah-seep
filling station sa-tAH-NEE DUM NAHM!MAHN
fish BLAH
five Hah
food AH-hahN
fork SAWm
forty see-seep
four see
Friday VAHN sook
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F.nglish friend
I am a friend
fruit
garage gas
Poison gas! gasoline get
Where can I get .......?
give
Give me.........
Glad to know you
glass
a glass of beer Go quickly!
Thai Pronunciation
PIH_un TAHn chahN BEN PIH_un
TAHn poaN-la-MAH_EE!
ROANG ROAT!
AH_EE-PEET! “gasoline”
ja hAH .... DAH_.ee
Tee nah_EE AH_OO ..... MAH
HAH_.ee chahN
YEEN DEE POAP!
KOON
TOO-ay QA_o
BEE_AH GA_o
BAH_EE REH_OO
REH_OO
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English
Thai Pronunciation
good
Good-by or Hello
Good luck!
grocery
hair
I want to have my hair cut
half
half past six handkerchief
have
Have you..........?
I don’t have......
I have.........
We don’t have ....
DEE
sa-vaht-DEE
CHOAg DEE or sa-vaht-DEE MEE
CHAH_EE
RAHN! kah_EE pahk
chahN DAWhg-GAHN daht poaM
hoak MOANG sahM-seep
Pah CHET! Nah
KOON MEE......rIH
chahN MAH_.ee
MEE .....
chahN MEE ....
RAH_O MAH_.ee
MEE .....’
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English Thai Pronunciation
We have RAH_O MEE
he kah_O
He is sick kah_O jep
Hello sa-vaht-DEE
Help! CHOO_ay DOO_ay
Bring help REE_ah? KOAN MAH CHOO_ay
Help me CHOO_ay chahN DOO_,ay
here Tee Nee
Come here! MAH Nee
It is here yoo Tee Nee
highway ta-noaN loo_AHNG
hospital ROANG pa-YAH-BAHN
Take me to the hospital PAH chahN BAH_EE ROANG pa-YAH-BAHN
hot hot water RAWN! NAHM! RAWN!
hotel HO-TEL
Where is a hotel? HO-TEL yoo Tee nah_EE
house RIH_UN
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English
Thai Pronunciation
how
How are you?
How do you say "table” in Thai?
How far is .....?
How far is the town?
How much?
hundred
a hundred and one
a hundred and two
a hundred and three hungry
I am hungry
I
I am an American
s«-BAH_EE-dEE
“table” NAH_EE PAH-sAH TAH_EE Vah yahng RAH_EE
yoo GLAH_EE TAH_o RAH_EE
MIH_UNG yoo GLAH_EE TAH_o RAH_EE
TAH_oRAH_EE
ning ROY!
ROY!-et
ROY! sawNG
ROY! sahM
chahN hee_OO KAH_o
chahN
chahN BEN KOAN o-MEH-REE’-QAHN
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English
I am sick
I don’t have ....
I have ......
I w%nt.......or
I want to ......
ice cream
ink
iodine
is
Thai Pronunciation
chahN jep
chahN MAH_ee
MEE ......
chahN MEE .....
chahN DAWhg-
GAHN .....
“ice cream”
mik
AH_EE-O-DAH_EE
He is sick Is it ? kah_O jep MAHN rIH
It is cold MAHN nah_0 1
It is here yoo Tee Nee
It is not MAHN MAH_ .ce
It is too MAHN GUN
BAH_EE
It is very MAHN MAH;
That is NAHh
This is Nee
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English it
kilometer knife
know
I don’t know
Glad to know you
large laundry
laxative
leave
What tim$, does the train leave?
left
Turn left
Thai Pronunciation
MAHN
K
gee’-LO-MET!
MEEd
chahN MAH_ee SAHb
YEEN DEE POAP!
KOON
L
yah_.ee
Tee SAHK! SIH_uh Pah
YAH tah_.ee
ROAT! FAH_EE awg
VEH-LAH TAH_o
RAH_EE
SAH_EE!
LEE_O! SAH_EE!
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WHICH IS WHICH?
INK
1. kah_«*
2. Pah CHET! Nah
3. RIH_UN
4. poaN-la-MAH_EE!
5. MEEd
4. mik
(Answers in Word List.)
EGG KNIFE
Thai Pronunciation
English
lie
I want to lie down
lost
I have lost my way luck
Good luck!
madam
main street
mango
many
map
Draw me a map
market
match
chahN DAWng-GAHN NAWN PAHK!
chahN loaNG TAHNG
CHOAg DEE
or sa-vaht-DEE MEE
CHAH_.EE
M
KOON KRAHP!
ta-noaN yah_ee
ma-MOO_ahng
MAHg
kee_AHN pAN-Tee
HAH_.ee chahN TEE
da-lahd
MAH_EE! keed
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English
mattress
maybe
meat
mechanic
milk
minute
Wait a minute!
Miss
Monday
mosquito net movie
What time does the ’movie start?
much
name
What is your name?
near
Is it near by?
N
Thai Pronunciation
FOOg
ahd BEN DAH_ee NIH_UH!
CHAHng GOAN
NOAM
KOY bra-dee_O KOON KRAHP!
VAHN JAHN MOONG’
nahNG chah_EE VEH-LAH TAH_o RAH_EE
MAHg
KOON CHih n-RAH_.EE
yoo ta_O NEE! rIH
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English
nearest town
needle
nine
ninety
no
north
Which way is north?
not
Thai Pronunciation
MIH_UNG GLAH_.ee
Tee soot
kEM YEP! Pah
GAH_o
GAH_o-seep
Vlah_o
TEET! nih_UH
TEET! nih_UH yoo TAHNG nah_.EE
MAH_.ee
one
O
ning
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English Thai Pronunciation P
papaya ma-la-GAW
paper gra-dahd
pay I want to pay chahN DAWng-GAHN see_AH Kah
I will pay you chahN ja HAH_.ee NGUN
pen pencil bahg GAH DEE& sAW
peppers pharmacy or drug store pillow pineapple pins safety pins pipe plate please point Please point PREEK! TAH_EE RAHN! kah_EE YAH mawN sahp-ba-ROAT! been kEM glaht GLAWng YAH soob JAHN broad broad CHEE!
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English
Poison gas! policeman police station
polish
shoe polish
pork porter post office
potatoes
sweet potatoes
Thai Pronunciation
AH_EE-PEET!
DAHM-roo_aht sa-tAH-NEE DAHM roo_,aht
YAH kaht RAWNG-TAH_O!
NIH_UH! mOO
KOAN koaN kawNG
ROANG BRAH_EE sa-NEE
MAHN fa-rahrig
MAHN Ted
MAHN fa-rahng
English
Thai Pronunciation
Q
quarter
quarter of nine
quarter past five
quickly
Come quickly!
Go quickly!
quinine
railroad
railroad station
Where is a railroad station ?
raincoat
razor
razor blades
bad MOANG see-seep-Hah Hah MOANG seep-Hah REH_OOREH_OO MAH REH_OO
REH_OO
BAH_EE REH_OO REH_OO
kwee’-NEEN
TAHNG ROAT! FAH_EE
sa-tAH-NEE ROAT! FAH_EE
sa-tAH-NEE ROAT! FAH_EE yoo Tee nah_EE
SIH_uh GAHN foaN
MEEd GOAN
pan MEEd GOAN
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WHICH IS WHICH?
MATCH MEAT
1. ^ra-dahd
2. DEE fl sAW
3. kEM YEP! Pah
4. JAHN
5. MAH.EE! kee{
6. bahg $AH
7. NIH.UH!
(Answers in Word List.)
English Thai Pronunciation /
rest s
I want to rest chahN Dawng-QAHN
PAHK!
restaurant ROANG AH-hahN
Where is a restaurant? ROANG AH-hahN yoo Tee
nah_EE si
Hee . KAH_o si
right kwAH
Turn right LEE_O! kwAH
Right away! TAHN TEE s
river s
Ma NAHM1
road ta-noaN s.
y / " si
room HAWrig si
S
safety pins kEM glaht si
salad sa-laht
salt QLIH_UH si
Saturday VAHN sah_O stl
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English Thai Pronunciation
seat
Have a seat! CHUN NAHng
servant KOAN CHAH_EE!
seven jet
seventy jet-seep
shave
I want to be shaved chahN DAWng-GAHN QOAN noo_aht
shaving brush BRANG sa-boo
shaving soap sa-boo GOAN noo_aht
sheets Pah BOO Tee NAWN
shirt SIH_uh CHUD!
shoelaces > CHIH_ug RAWNG- TAH_O!
shoemaker CHAHng TAHM RAWNG-TAH_O!
shoe polish YAH kaht RAWNG-TAH_O!
shoes RAWNG-TAH_O!
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English
Thai Pronunciation
sick
I am sick
Sir
six
sixty
sleep
I want to sleep
slowly
Please speak slowly
small
soap
shaving soap
soldiers
Where are the American soldiers ?
Where are the soldiers?
soup
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jep
chahN jep
KOON KRAHP!
hoak
hoak-seep
chahN DAWhg-GAHN .NAWN
broad POOd CHAH!
CHAH!
LEK!
sa-boo
sa-boo GOAN noo_aht
ta-hahN
ta-hahN a-MEH-REE’-
GAHN yoo Tee nah_EE
ta-hahN yoo Tee nah_EE SOOB!
Thai Pronunciation
English
speak
Please speak slowly
spoon
spring (water)
start
What time does the movie start?
station
filling station
broad POOd CHAH!
CHAH!
CHAWN!
NAHM! POO’
nahNG chah_EE VEH-
LAH TAH_o RAH_EE
sa-tAH-NEE DUM
NAHM!MAHN
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English Thai Pronunciation
police station sa-tAH-NEE DAHM roo_aht
railroad station so-tAH-NEE ROAT! FAH_EE
steak sa-DEG!
Stop! Straight ahead string beans yoot DROANG BAH_EE too_ah fahk YAH_O
sugar Sunday NAHM!DAHN VAHN AH-TEET!
sweet potatoes MAHN Ted T
tailor take CHAHng daht SIH_uh
Take cover! KAH_o Tee-GAHM-BAHNG
Take me there PAH chahN BAH_EE Tee NAHn TEE
Take me to a doctor PAH chahN BAH_EE hAH PAd TEE
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English Thai Pronunciation
Take me to the hospital PAH chahN BAH_EE ROANG pa-YAH BAHN
tea CHAH
telegraph office telephone sa-tAH-NEE TO-ra-Leg TO-ra-sahp
ten seep
Thank you that kawb JAH_EE NAHh
That is NAHh
What’s that? NAHh a-RAH_EE
there Tee NAHh
It is there yoo Tee NAHh
Take me there PAH chahN BAH_EE Tee NAHh TEE
think
I don’t think so chahN MAH_.ee nik Wah yahng NAHN!
I think so chahN Gaw’-nik Wah yahng NAHN!
thirsty I am thirsty chahN hee_OO NAHM!
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English Thai Pronunciation
thirteen seep-sahM
thirty sahM-seep
thirty-one sahM-seep-et
this Nee
This is Nee
thousand PAHN
thread three DAH_.ee sahM
Thursday VAHN pa-RIH’-haht
time
What time is it? VEH-LAH TAH_o RAH_EE
tired nih_uh_.ee
I am tired chahN nih_uh_ee
tobacco YAH soob
today VAHN NEE!
toilet HAWhg SOO_ahrn
Where is a toilet? HAWiig SOO_ahrh yoo Tee nah_EE
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WHICH IS WHICH?
SHOES
1. kEM cjlaht
2. GLIH_UH
3. CH AWN!
4. CHAH
5. DAH_ee
6. YAH soo^
7. RAWNG-TAH O!
English Thai Pronunciation
tomorrow PROOng NEE!
too GUN BAH_EE
It is too MAHN GUN BAH_EE
toothbrush BRANG sEE FAHN
toothpaste YAH sEE FAHN
towel Pah CHET! DOO_AH
town or city MIH_UNG
nearest town MIH_UNG QLAH_ee Tee soot
train ROAT! FAH_EE
What time does the train leave? ROAT! FAH_EE awg VEH-LAH TAH_o RAH_EE
Tuesday turn VAHN AHNG-KAHN
Turn left LEE_O! SAH_EE!
Turn right twelve LEE_O! kwAH seep-sawNG
twenty Yee-seep
twenty-one Yee-seep-et
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English Thai Pronunciation
• twenty-three Yee-seep-sahM
twenty-two Yee-seep-sawNG
two sawNG
two hundred sawNG ROY!
two hundred fifty-five sawNG ROY! Hah seep-Hah U
undershirt SIH_uh CHAHN’ NAH_EE
undershorts GAHNG-GENG CHAHN’ NAH_EE
understand
I don’t understand chahN MAH_.ee KAH_o JAH_EE
Understand me? KAH_o JAH_EE mah_.EE V
vegetables pahk
very MAHg
It is very MAHN MAHg
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English Thai Pronunciation
W
wait
Wait a minute! KOY bra-dee_,O
want
I want.....or chahN DAWhg-
I want to.... QAHN .......
We want ..... RAH_O DAWng-
QAHN .......
warm RAWN!
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chahN MAK.ee
KAHo JAHVEE
English
Thai Pronunciation
wash
I want to wash up
I want to have my clothes washed
Watch out!
water
hot water
we
We don’t have...
We have .......
Wednesday well (jor water) well
I am well
what
What’s that?
What time is it?
chahN pAWng-QAHN LAHNG!DOO_AH
chahN PAWng-QAHN HAH_ee SAHK! SIH_uh Pah NEE!
RAH’-VAHNG
NAHM!
NAHM! RAWN!
RAH_O
RAH_O MAH_.ee MEE.......
RAH_O MEE ....
VAHN POOT!
NAHM! baw
chahN sa-BAH_EE DEE
NAHn a-RAH_EE
VEH-LAH TAH_o RAH_EE
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English
What time does the movie start?
What time does the train leave?
where
Where can I get.....
Where is......?
Where is it?
which
Which is the road to.......?
Which way is north?
Which way is the town ?
workman
wounded
He is wounded
I am wounded
Thai Pronunciation
nahNG chah_EE VEH-LAH TAH_o RAH_EE
ROAT! FAH_EE awg VEH-LAH TAH_o RAH_EE
ja hAH .... DAH_.ee
Tee nah_EE
..... yoo Tee nah_EE
yoo Tee nah_EE
ta-noaN Sen nah_EE BAH_EE ........
TEET! nih_UH yoo TAHNG nah_EE
MIH_UNG yoo TAHNG nah_EE
KOAN NGAHN
bahd
kah_O bahd jep
chahN bahd jep
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English
Thai Pronunciation
yes
yesterday you
KRAHP!
VAHN NEE t
KOON
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