| Hi everyone! I’m Alisha. | 
                                                                    
                                                                
                                                                            | Welcome to Conversational Phrases! | 
                                                                    
                                                                
                                                                            | We’ve found that the best way to learn a language is to speak it from day one! And the best way to start speaking is to learn phrases that you’ll use in real conversations. | 
                                                                    
                                                                
                                                                            | In this lesson, you’ll learn conversational phrases to answer the question, "What are you going to talk about?" After watching this video, you’ll be able to introduce a topic you want to talk about. | 
                                                                    
                                                                
                                                                            | Now, let’s take a look at some conversational phrases! | 
                                                                    
                                                                
                                                                            | Listen to the dialogue. | 
                                                                    
                                                                
                                                                            | คุณจะพูดเกี่ยวกับอะไร? (khun jà phûut gìiao gàp à-rai) | 
                                                                    
                                                                
                                                                            | ฉันจะพูดเกี่ยวกับงานอดิเรกของฉัน (chăn jà phûut gìiao gàp ngaan à-dì-rèek khǎawng chăn) | 
                                                                    
                                                                
                                                                            | Once more with the English translation. | 
                                                                    
                                                                
                                                                            | คุณจะพูดเกี่ยวกับอะไร? (khun jà phûut gìiao gàp à-rai) | 
                                                                    
                                                                
                                                                            | “What are you going to talk about?” | 
                                                                    
                                                                
                                                                            | ฉันจะพูดเกี่ยวกับงานอดิเรกของฉัน (chăn jà phûut gìiao gàp ngaan à-dì-rèek khǎawng chăn) | 
                                                                    
                                                                
                                                                            | “I'm going to talk about my hobbies.” | 
                                                                    
                                                                
                                                                            | First of all you'll need to learn how to say “What are you going to talk about?” | 
                                                                    
                                                                
                                                                            | That's: | 
                                                                    
                                                                
                                                                            | คุณจะพูดเกี่ยวกับอะไร? (khun jà phûut gìiao gàp à-rai) | 
                                                                    
                                                                
                                                                            | Listen to it again: | 
                                                                    
                                                                
                                                                            | คุณจะพูดเกี่ยวกับอะไร?, คุณจะพูดเกี่ยวกับอะไร? (khun jà phûut gìiao gàp à-rai, khun jà phûut gìiao gàp à-rai) | 
                                                                    
                                                                
                                                                            | This Thai sentence literally translates as “You are going to talk about what?” | 
                                                                    
                                                                
                                                                            | But it means “What are you going to talk about?”. | 
                                                                    
                                                                
                                                                            | Now, how do you answer this question? | 
                                                                    
                                                                
                                                                            | The pattern is: | 
                                                                    
                                                                
                                                                            | ฉันจะพูดเกี่ยวกับ [topic] (chăn jà phûut gìiao gàp [topic]) | 
                                                                    
                                                                
                                                                            | “I'm going to talk about [topic].” | 
                                                                    
                                                                
                                                                            | For example: | 
                                                                    
                                                                
                                                                            | “I'm going to talk about my hobbies.” | 
                                                                    
                                                                
                                                                            | ฉันจะพูดเกี่ยวกับงานอดิเรกของฉัน, ฉันจะพูดเกี่ยวกับงานอดิเรกของฉัน (chăn jà phûut gìiao gàp ngaan à-dì-rèek khǎawng chăn, chăn jà phûut gìiao gàp ngaan à-dì-rèek khǎawng chăn) | 
                                                                    
                                                        
                     
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