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Introduction
Eric: Welcome to 3-Minute Thai Season 1, Lesson 20 - Talking about Your Likes. In this lesson, you’ll learn how to ask and answer a question affirmatively in Thai.
Body
Eric: Here's the way to ask "Do you like chocolate?" in Thai.
Jay: [Normal] คุณชอบช็อคโกแลตไหม(khun châawp châwk goo láet máai)
Eric: First is a pronoun meaning "You"
Jay: [Normal] คุณ [Slow] คุณ (khun)
Eric: Next is the verb meaning "to like"
Jay: [Normal] ชอบ [Slow] ชอบ(châawp)
Eric: Next is the word meaning “chocolate"
Jay: [Normal] ช๊อกโกแลต [Slow] ช๊อกโกแลต(châwk goo láet)
Eric: Last is the particle indicating a yes or no question.
Jay: [Normal] ไหม [Slow] ไหม(máai)
Eric: Listen again to the question meaning "Do you like chocolate?"
Jay: [Slow] คุณชอบช็อคโกแลตไหม [Normal] คุณชอบช็อคโกแลตไหม
Eric: Now, imagine you're speaking to a stranger. Here's the way to ask, "Do you like sweets?"
Jay: [Normal] คุณชอบลูกอมไหม(khun châawp lûuk om máai)
Eric: First is a pronoun meaning "You"
Jay: [Normal] คุณ [Slow] คุณ (khun)
Eric: Next is the verb meaning "to like"
Jay: [Normal] ชอบ [Slow] ชอบ(châawp)
Eric: Next is the word meaning “candy"
Jay: [Normal] ลูกอม [Slow] ลูกอม(lûuk om)
Eric: Last is the particle indicating a yes or no question.
Jay: [Normal] ไหม [Slow] ไหม(máai)
Eric: Listen again to the question meaning "Do you like sweets?"
Jay: [Slow] คุณชอบลูกอมไหม [Normal] คุณชอบลูกอมไหม
Eric: Here's a response meaning "Yes I like it." as a female speaker
Jay: [Normal] ค่ะ ฉันชอบค่ะ(khâ chǎn châawp khâ)
Eric: First is a word meaning "Yes” as a female speaker.
Jay: [Normal] ค่ะ [Slow] ค่ะ(khâ)
Eric: Next is the pronoun meaning "I"
Jay: [Normal] ฉัน [Slow] ฉัน(chǎn)
Eric: Next is the verb meaning “to like“
Jay: [Normal] ชอบ [Slow] ชอบ(châawp)
Eric: Last is the sentence ending particle used to make requests polite if you are a female speaker.
Jay: [Normal] ค่ะ [Slow] ค่ะ(khâ)
Eric: Listen again to the response meaning "Yes I like it." as a female speaker
Jay: [Slow] ค่ะ ฉันชอบค่ะ [Normal] ค่ะ ฉันชอบค่ะ
Eric: Here's a response meaning, "No, I don't." as a female speaker
Jay: [Normal] ไม่ชอบค่ะ(mâi châawp khâ)
Eric: First is a word meaning “not”f
Jay: [Normal] ไม่ [Slow] ไม่(mâi)
Eric: Next is the verb meaning “to like“
Jay: [Normal] ชอบ [Slow] ชอบ(châawp)
Eric: Last is the sentence ending particle used to make requests polite if you are a female speaker.
Jay: [Normal] ค่ะ [Slow] ค่ะ(khâ)
Eric: Listen again to the response meaning "No, I don't."
Jay: [Slow] ไม่ชอบค่ะ [Normal] ไม่ชอบค่ะ
Cultural Insight
Eric: Now it's time for a quick cultural insight.
Jay: As you can see, you can switch the verb “châawp” meaning “to like” into the negative form. Just add the word mâi meaning “not” before the verb so that you get mâi châawp meaning “don’t like.”

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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