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Introduction
Eric: Welcome to 3-Minute Thai Season 1, Lesson 17 - Why? In this lesson, you’ll learn how to ask and answer the question why in Thai.
Body
Eric: Here's the way to ask "Why are you late?" in Thai.
Jay: [Normal] ทำไมคุณมาสาย(tham-mai khun maa sǎai)
Eric: First is a question word meaning “why"
Jay: [Normal] ทำไม [Slow] ทำไม (tham-mai)
Eric: Next is the pronoun meaning “you"
Jay: [Normal] คุณ [Slow] คุณ(khun)
Eric: Next is the verb meaning "to come"
Jay: [Normal] มา [Slow] มา(maa)
Eric: Last is the word meaning “late”
Jay: [Normal] สาย [Slow] สาย(sǎai)
Eric: Listen again to the question meaning "Why are you late?"
Jay: [Slow] ทำไมคุณมาสาย [Normal] ทำไมคุณมาสาย
Eric: Here's a response meaning "I missed the train."
Jay: [Normal] ฉันพลาดรถไฟ(chǎn phlâat rót-fai)
Eric: First is a pronoun meaning "I"
Jay: [Normal] ฉัน [Slow] ฉัน (chǎn)
Eric: Next is the verb meaning “to miss“
Jay: [Normal] พลาด [Slow] พลาด(phlâat)
Eric: Last is the noun meaning “train"
Jay: [Normal] รถไฟ [Slow] รถไฟ(rót-fai)
Eric: Listen again to the response meaning "I missed the train."
Jay: [Slow] ฉันพลาดรถไฟ [Normal] ฉันพลาดรถไฟ
Eric: Here's the way to ask "Why do you leave so early?"
Jay: [Normal] ทำไมคุณกลับเร็วจัง(tham-mai khun glàp reo jang)
Eric: First is a question word meaning "Why"
Jay: [Normal] ทำไม [Slow] ทำไม(tham-mai)
Eric: Next is the pronoun meaning "You"
Jay: [Normal] คุณ [Slow] คุณ(khun)
Eric: Next is the verb meaning “to leave“
Jay: [Normal] กลับ [Slow] กลับ(glàp)
Eric: Next is the word meaning “fast”
Jay: [Normal] เร็ว [Slow] เร็ว(reo)
Eric: Last is the colloquial particle meaning “very much” or “really.”
Jay: [Normal] จัง [Slow] จัง(jang)
Eric: Listen again to the question meaning "Why do you leave so early?"
Jay: [Slow] ทำไมคุณกลับเร็วจัง [Normal] ทำไมคุณกลับเร็วจัง
Eric: Here's a response meaning, "To not miss the train."
Jay: [Normal] จะได้ไม่พลาดรถไฟ(jà dâai mâi phlâat rót-fai)
Eric: First is a word meaning “will"
Jay: [Normal] จะ [Slow] จะ(jà)
Eric: Next is the verb meaning "to be able to"
Jay: [Normal] ได้ [Slow] ได้(dâai)
Eric: Next is the word meaning “not”
Jay: [Normal] ไม่ [Slow] ไม่(mâi)
Eric: Next is the verb meaning “to miss“
Jay: [Normal] พลาด [Slow] พลาด(phlâat)
Eric: Last is the noun meaning “train”
Jay: [Normal] รถไฟ [Slow] รถไฟ( rót-fai)
Eric: Listen again to the response meaning "To not miss the train."
Jay: [Slow] จะได้ไม่พลาดรถไฟ [Normal] จะได้ไม่พลาดรถไฟ
Cultural Insight
Eric: Now it's time for a quick cultural insight.
Jay: When you suggest an idea as in “Why don’t you..” you can use the question word Tham-mai meaning “why” too. In Thai, this is.. Tham-mai (khun) mâi..? For example, if a friend seems to be bored, you can say "Why don’t you go shopping with me?" which is “tham-mai mâi bpai súue khǎawng gáp chǎn lâ?

Outro

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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