Learn 10 New Year's resolutions
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| Hello, everyone! Welcome back to Top Words. I'm Jay, and today we're going to do 10 New Year's Resolutions. Ok, let's go! |
| 1. เธเธฒเธเธญเธฒเธซเธฒเธฃเธเธตเนเธกเธตเธเธฃเธฐเนเธขเธเธเน (thaan aa-hฤan thiฬi mii bprร -yรฒot) "to eat healthy" |
| เธเธฒเธเธญเธฒเธซเธฒเธฃเธเธตเนเธกเธตเธเธฃเธฐเนเธขเธเธเน (thaan aa-hฤan thiฬi mii bprร -yรฒot) "Eat healthy foods." |
| In general, Thai food is healthy, I mean not every food is healthy but most of them, because there're a lot of vegetables and herbs used in Thai food. So, I mean, this is one way to keep you healthy, eat Thai food! |
| 2. เธฅเธเธเนเธณเธซเธเธฑเธ (loฬt naฬm naฬk) "to lose weight" |
| เธฅเธเธเนเธณเธซเธเธฑเธ (loฬt naฬm naฬk) "Lose weight." |
| I think it's everyone's goal, including myself. It's always my all-time resolution but it is hard to achieve, so. Actually, if you keep eating healthy food, then you will lose weight. |
| 3. เธฅเธเนเธซเธฅเนเธฒ (loฬt laฬo) "to drink less" |
| เธฅเธเนเธซเธฅเนเธฒ (loฬt laฬo) "Drink less alcohol." |
| Literally, it's not "drink less," it's more of "drink alcohol less". And if you drink less to keep yourself healthy, you should! |
| 4. เธญเธญเธเธเธณเธฅเธฑเธเธเธฒเธขเนเธเนเธเธเธฃเธฐเธเธณ (aฬawk gam-lang gaai bpen bprร -jam) "to exercise regularly" |
| เธญเธญเธเธเธณเธฅเธฑเธเธเธฒเธขเนเธเนเธเธเธฃเธฐเธเธณ (aฬawk gam-lang gaai bpen bprร -jam) "Exercise regularly." |
| I know that it's difficult to exercise regularly, I mean, if you study or you work, then it's very difficult to push yourself every day to exercise. However, in Thailand, now there's a trend to go for Thai boxing as a way to exercise. It's fun and I think it's cool, because you will get to learn a new skill, which is Thai boxing. So, yeah, you can try. |
| 5. เธญเธญเธกเนเธเธดเธ (aawm ngooen) "to save money" |
| Right now, I'm trying to save up some money too. I used to write this as one of my resolutions and it did not work out well, I think a more effective way to write a resolution about this, is to use a specific amount of money that you want to save. For example, "for this year, I'm going to save 50,000 Baht." |
| เธเธตเธเธตเนเธเธฑเนเธเธเธฐเธเธขเธฒเธขเธฒเธกเนเธเนเธเนเธเธดเธเนเธซเนเนเธเนเธซเนเธฒเธซเธกเธทเนเธเธเธฒเธ (bpii niฬi chรกn jร phรก-yaa-yaam gรจp ngooen hรขi dรขi hรขa muฬuen bร at) |
| So there's a specific goal that you can try to get to there. |
| 6. เธญเนเธฒเธเธซเธเธฑเธเธชเธทเธญเธกเธฒเธเธเธถเนเธ (ร an nฤng-suฬue mรขak khuฬen) "to read more" |
| เธญเนเธฒเธเธซเธเธฑเธเธชเธทเธญเธกเธฒเธเธเธถเนเธ (ร an nฤng-suฬue mรขak khuฬen) "Read more books." |
| My favorite Thai author is Win Lyovarin and the reason is his writing is very creative. I think his famous books are mostly short story. So, I mean, if you are trying to learn Thai and you don't want to read a lot, you can try starting by reading his book. Because the story is pretty short and it's very interesting. |
| 7. เนเธฃเธตเธขเธเธฃเธนเนเธชเธดเนเธเนเธซเธกเน (riian ruฬu siฬng maฬi) "to learn something new" |
| เนเธฃเธตเธขเธเธฃเธนเนเธชเธดเนเธเนเธซเธกเน (riian ruฬu siฬng maฬi) "Learn something new." |
| Like what I said before, you can try to learn Thai boxing, actually, Thai language is considered to be something new, right? I mean, if you just started learning this year. And, what else? Thai cooking? Yep, anything. |
| 8. เนเธฅเธดเธเธเธธเธซเธฃเธตเน (loฬoek buฬ-riฬi) "to quit smoking" |
| เนเธฅเธดเธเธเธธเธซเธฃเธตเน (loฬoek buฬ-riฬi) "Quit smoking." |
| It's a good one if you are still now smoking, just quit! เนเธฅเธดเธเธเธธเธซเธฃเธตเน (loฬoek buฬ-riฬi) |
| It's better for you and for people around you. |
| 9. เนเธเนเนเธงเธฅเธฒเธเธฑเธเธเธฃเธญเธเธเธฃเธฑเธงเธกเธฒเธเธเธถเนเธ (chรกi wee-laa gร p khraฬawp khruua mรขak khuฬen) "to spend more time with family" |
| เนเธเนเนเธงเธฅเธฒเธเธฑเธเธเธฃเธญเธเธเธฃเธฑเธงเธกเธฒเธเธเธถเนเธ (chรกi wee-laa gร p khraฬawp khruua mรขak khuฬen) "Spend more time with family." |
| This is actually my plan as well. In Thailand, local Thai families usually live in a big family, more than 5 people, including the parents, grandparents, the children. Like, everyone living together. However, nowadays, especially Bangkokians, things are getting busier and not many people live with their parents and they don't spend more time with their family because they are busy working or studying. So I think it's a good thing, to try to give your time to your family. |
| 10. เนเธฃเธตเธขเธเธ เธฒเธฉเธฒเนเธเธขเธเธฑเธเนเธเธขเธเธญเธเธซเธเธถเนเธเธจเธนเธเธขเนเธซเธเธถเนเธเธเธญเธเธเธญเธก (riian phaa-sฤa thai gร p thai phaฬawt nuฬeng suฬun nueฬng daฬawt khaawm) "to study Thai with ThaiPod101.com" |
| เนเธฃเธตเธขเธเธ เธฒเธฉเธฒเนเธเธขเธเธฑเธเนเธเธขเธเธญเธเธซเธเธถเนเธเธจเธนเธเธขเนเธซเธเธถเนเธเธเธญเธเธเธญเธก (riian phaa-sฤa thai gร p thai phaฬawt nuฬeng suฬun nueฬng daฬawt khaawm) "Study Thai with ThaiPod101.com." |
| At least this one you have already achieved! Because now you're learning with us. |
| Ok, everyone, now we're done with the New Year's Resolutions. Do you have your New Year's Resolutions? And have you done it yet? |
| Thank you! |
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