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Introduction
Eric: Welcome to 3-Minute Thai Season 1, Lesson 19 - Going Without. In this lesson, you’ll learn how to make essential negative statements in Thai.
Body
Eric: Here's the way to say "I don't have a pen." in Thai.
Jay: [Normal] ฉันไม่มีปากกา(chǎn mâi mii pàak-gaa)
Eric: First is a pronoun meaning "I"
Jay: [Normal] ฉัน [Slow] ฉัน (chǎn)
Eric: Next is the word meaning “not”
Jay: [Normal] ไม่ [Slow] ไม่(mâi)
Eric: Next is the verb meaning “to have“
Jay: [Normal] มี [Slow] มี(mii)
Eric: Last is the word meaning “pen”
Jay: [Normal] ปากกา [Slow] ปากกา(pàak-gaa)
Eric: Listen again to the phrase meaning "I don't have a pen."
Jay: [Slow] ฉันไม่มีปากกา [Normal] ฉันไม่มีปากกา
Eric: Ok, now let's take a look at the way to say "I don't have time."
Jay: [Normal] ฉันไม่มีเวลา(chǎn mâi mii wee-laa)
Eric: First is a pronoun meaning "I"
Jay: [Normal] ฉัน [Slow] ฉัน (chǎn)
Eric: Next is the word meaning “not”
Jay: [Normal] ไม่ [Slow] ไม่(mâi)
Eric: Next is the verb meaning “to have“
Jay: [Normal] มี [Slow] มี(mii)
Eric: Last is the word meaning “time”
Jay: [Normal] เวลา [Slow] เวลา(wee-laa)
Eric: Listen again to the phrase meaning "I don't have time."
Jay: [Slow] ฉันไม่มีเวลา [Normal] ฉันไม่มีเวลา
Eric: Next up is a way to say "I don't know."
Jay: [Normal] ฉันไม่รู้(chǎn mâi rúu)
Eric: First is a pronoun meaning "I"
Jay: [Normal] ฉัน [Slow] ฉัน(chǎn)
Eric: Next is the word meaning “not”
Jay: [Normal] ไม่ [Slow] ไม่(mâi)
Eric: Last is the verb meaning “to know“
Jay: [Normal] รู้ [Slow] รู้(rúu)
Eric: Listen again to the phrase meaning "I don't know."
Jay: [Slow] ฉันไม่รู้ [Normal] ฉันไม่รู้
Eric: Finally, here is a way to say "I don't understand."
Jay: [Normal] ฉันไม่เข้าใจ(chǎn mâi khâo-jai)
Eric: First is a pronoun meaning "I"
Jay: [Normal] ฉัน [Slow] ฉัน(chǎn)
Eric: Next is the word meaning “not”
Jay: [Normal] ไม่ [Slow] ไม่(mâi)
Eric: Last is the verb meaning "to understand"
Jay: [Normal] เข้าใจ [Slow] เข้าใจ(khâo-jai)
Eric: Listen again to the phrase meaning "I don't understand."
Jay: [Slow] ฉันไม่เข้าใจ [Normal] ฉันไม่เข้าใจ
Cultural Insight
Eric: Now it's time for a quick cultural insight.
Jay: Let’s imagine your colleague has invited you to watch a movie with him or her. If you want to answer in the negative but without being too direct, you can use “Sorry, I can’t go” which is khǎaw-thôot khà, dì-chǎn bpai mâi dâai khà instead of mâi bpai khà meaning “I won’t go.”

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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