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Introduction
Eric: Welcome to 3-Minute Thai Season 1, Lesson 14 - When Are You Leaving? In this lesson, you’ll learn how to ask when someone is leaving in Thai.
Body
Eric: Here's the informal way to ask "When are you leaving?" in Thai.
Jay: [Normal] เธอจะไปเมื่อไหร่ (thooe jà bpai mûuea-rài)
Eric: First is an informal pronoun meaning "You."
Jay: [Normal] เธอ [Slow] เธอ (thooe)
Eric: Next is the word meaning "will" or "to be going to"
Jay: [Normal] จะ [Slow] จะ(jà)
Eric: Next is the verb meaning "to go"
Jay: [Normal] ไป [Slow] ไป(bpai)
Eric: Last is the question word meaning "when"
Jay: [Normal] เมื่อไหร่ [Slow] เมื่อไหร่(mûuea-rài)
Eric: Listen again to the informal question meaning "When are you leaving?"
Jay: [Slow] เธอจะไปเมื่อไหร่ [Normal] เธอจะไปเมื่อไหร่
Eric: Now, imagine you're speaking to a stranger. Here's the formal way to ask, "When are you leaving?, for female speakers
Jay: [Normal] คุณจะไปเมื่อไหร่คะ(khun jà bpai mûuea-rài khá)
Eric: First is an informal pronoun meaning "you."
Jay: [Normal] คุณ [Slow] คุณ (khun)
Eric: Next is the word meaning "will" or "to be going to"
Jay: [Normal] จะ [Slow] จะ(jà)
Eric: Next is the verb meaning "to go"
Jay: [Normal] ไป [Slow] ไป(bpai)
Eric: Next is the question word meaning "When"
Jay: [Normal] เมื่อไหร่ [Slow] เมื่อไหร่(mûuea-rài)
Eric: Last is the sentence ending particle used to make questions and requests politely for female speakers.
Jay: [Normal] คะ [Slow] คะ(khá)
Eric: Listen again to the formal question meaning "When are you leaving?"
Jay: [Slow] คุณจะไปเมื่อไหร่คะ [Normal] คุณจะไปเมื่อไหร่คะ
Eric: Here's a response meaning "I’ll leave in two hours."
Jay: [Normal] ฉันจะไปในอีกสองชั่วโมง (chǎn jà bpai nai ìik sǎawng chûua-moong)
Eric: First is a pronoun meaning "I"
Jay: [Normal] ฉัน [Slow] ฉัน(chǎn)
Eric: Next is the word meaning "will" or "to be going to"
Jay: [Normal] จะ [Slow] จะ(jà)
Eric: Next is the verb meaning "to go"
Jay: [Normal] ไป [Slow] ไป(bpai)
Eric: Next is the word meaning "within" or "in"
Jay: [Normal] ในอีก [Slow] ในอีก(nai ìik)
Eric: Next is the number "two"
Jay: [Normal] สอง [Slow] สอง(sǎawng)
Eric: Last is the word meaning "hour"
Jay: [Normal] ชั่วโมง [Slow] ชั่วโมง(chûua-moong)
Eric: Listen again to the response, "I'll leave in two hours."
Jay: [Slow] ฉันจะไปในอีกสองชั่วโมง [Normal] ฉันจะไปในอีกสองชั่วโมง
Eric: Here's a response meaning, "I'll leave next week."
Jay: [Normal] ฉันจะไปสัปดาห์หน้า(chǎn jà bpai sàp-daa nâa)
Eric: First is a pronoun meaning "I"
Jay: [Normal] ฉัน [Slow] ฉัน(chǎn)
Eric: Next is the word meaning "will" or "to be going to"
Jay: [Normal] จะ [Slow] จะ(jà)
Eric: Next is the verb meaning "to go"
Jay: [Normal] ไป [Slow] ไป(bpai)
Eric: Next is the word meaning "week"
Jay: [Normal] สัปดาห์ [Slow] สัปดาห์(sàp-daa)
Eric: Last is the word meaning "next"
Jay: [Normal] หน้า [Slow] หน้า(nâa)
Eric: Listen again to the response, "I'll leave next week."
Jay: [Slow] ฉันจะไปสัปดาห์หน้า [Normal] ฉันจะไปสัปดาห์หน้า
Cultural Insight
Eric: Now it's time for a quick cultural insight.
Jay: In a casual situation, you can also simply ask "how long", which is นานแค่ไหน in Thai, when you want to ask how long someone will stay.

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