Learn how to ask, "What are you doing?"
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| Introduction |
| Eric: Welcome to 3-Minute Thai Season 1, Lesson 12 - Asking What Someone is Doing. In this lesson, you’ll learn how to ask and answer the question ‘What are you doing?’ in Thai. |
| Body |
| Eric: Here's the formal way to ask "What are you doing?" as a female speaker in Thai. |
| Jay: [Normal] คุณกำลังทำอะไรอยู่คะ(khun gam-lang tham à-rai yùu khá) |
| Eric: First is a polite pronoun meaning "you" |
| Jay: [Normal] คุณ [Slow] คุณ (khun) |
| Eric: Next is the phrase meaning “to be” or “is doing something” |
| Jay: [Normal] กำลัง...อยู่ [Slow] กำลัง...อยู่(gam-lang...yùu ) |
| Eric: Next is the verb meaning "to do" |
| Jay: [Normal] ทำ [Slow] ทำ(tham) |
| Eric: Next is the question word meaning "What" |
| Jay: [Normal] อะไร [Slow] อะไร(à-rai) |
| Eric: Last is the sentence ending particle to make questions and requests politely for female speakers. |
| Jay: [Normal] คะ [Slow] คะ(khá) |
| Eric: Listen again to the formal question meaning "What are you doing?" as a female speaker. |
| Jay: [Slow] คุณกำลังทำอะไรอยู่คะ [Normal] คุณกำลังทำอะไรอยู่คะ |
| Eric: Now, imagine you're speaking to a stranger. Here's the formal way to ask, "What are you doing?" as a male speaker. |
| Jay: [Normal] คุณกำลังทำอะไรอยู่ครับ(khun gam-lang tham à-rai yùu khráp) |
| Eric: First is a polite pronoun meaning "you" |
| Jay: [Normal] คุณ [Slow] คุณ (khun) |
| Eric: Next is the phrase meaning “to be” or “is doing something” |
| Jay: [Normal] กำลัง...อยู่ [Slow] กำลัง...อยู่(gam-lang...yùu ) |
| Eric: Next is the verb meaning "to do" |
| Jay: [Normal] ทำ [Slow] ทำ(tham) |
| Eric: Next is the question word meaning "What" |
| Jay: [Normal] อะไร [Slow] อะไร(à-rai) |
| Eric: Last is the sentence ending particle to make questions and requests polite if you are a male speaker. |
| Jay: [Normal] ครับ [Slow] ครับ(khráp) |
| Eric: Listen again to the formal question meaning "What are you doing?" as a male speaker. |
| Jay: [Slow] คุณกำลังทำอะไรอยู่ครับ [Normal] คุณกำลังทำอะไรอยู่ครับ |
| Eric: Here's a response meaning "I am studying." as a female speaker. |
| Jay: [Normal] ดิฉันกำลังเรียนอยู่ค่ะ(dì-chǎn gam-lang riian yùu khâ) |
| Eric: First is a word meaning “I” as a female speaker. |
| Jay: [Normal] ดิฉัน [Slow] ดิฉัน(dì-chǎn) |
| Eric: Next is the phrase meaning “to be” or “is doing something” |
| Jay: [Normal] กำลัง...อยู่ [Slow] กำลัง...อยู่(gam-lang...yùu ) |
| Eric: Next is the verb meaning "to study" |
| Jay: [Normal] เรียน [Slow] เรียน(riian) |
| Eric: Last is the sentence-ending particle used to make requests polite for a female speaker. |
| Jay: [Normal] ค่ะ [Slow] ค่ะ(khâ) |
| Eric: Listen again to the response, "I am studying." as a female speaker. |
| Jay: [Slow] ดิฉันกำลังเรียนอยู่ค่ะ [Normal] ดิฉันกำลังเรียนอยู่ค่ะ |
| Eric: Here's a response meaning, "I'm checking my email" as a male speaker. |
| Jay: [Normal] ผมกำลังเช็คอีเมลครับ(phǒm gam-lang chék ii-meeo khráp) |
| Eric: First is a pronoun meaning "I" for male speakers. |
| Jay: [Normal] ผม [Slow] ผม(phǒm) |
| Eric: Next is the word meaning "being" |
| Jay: [Normal] กำลัง [Slow] กำลัง(gam-lang) |
| Eric: Next is the verb meaning "to check" |
| Jay: [Normal] เช็ค [Slow] เช็ค(chék) |
| Eric: Next is the noun meaning "email" |
| Jay: [Normal] อีเมล [Slow] อีเมล(ii-meeo) |
| Eric: Last is the sentence ending particle to make requests polite for male speakers. |
| Jay: [Normal] ครับ [Slow] ครับ(khráp) |
| Eric: Listen again to the response meaning "I'm checking my email" as a male speaker. |
| Jay: [Slow] ผมกำลังเช็คอีเมลครับ [Normal] ผมกำลังเช็คอีเมลครับ |
| Cultural Insight |
| Eric: Now it's time for a quick cultural insight. |
| Jay: In some situations, you can use the expression [khun tham à-rai yùu?] meaning “What are you doing?” to ask “What is your job?" This is a really common question you can ask. Thai people also ask this question when we meet someone for the first time, so make sure to check if they are asking “What are you doing?” or “What is your job” when they say [khun tham à-rai yùu?] |
Outro |
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| Eric: And that’s all for this lesson. Don’t forget to check out the lesson notes, and we’ll see you in the next lesson! |
| Jay: สวัสดี ค่ะ |
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