Learn how to introduce yourself
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| สวัสดีค่ะ ดิฉันชื่อรวินท์พรค่ะ (sà-wàt-dii khà dì-chǎn chûue Rawinporn khâ) Hello. My name is Rawinporn. |
| I’ve just introduced myself in Thai. |
| In this lesson, you’re going to learn how to introduce yourself in Thai. It’s super easy and it takes ONLY three minutes! |
| First of all, we have… |
| สวัสดี (sà-wàt-dii) “hello” สวัสดี (sà-wàt-dii)[1] |
| Then, if you are male, add khráp. And if you are female, just add khà at the end of the sentence to increase the politeness level. |
| ผมชื่อ...ครับ (phǒm chûue …(your name)…. khráp) |
| ดิฉันชื่อ...ค่ะ (dì-chǎn chûue …(your name)…. khâ) |
| “My name is ….” |
| Let’s break down this sentence… |
| ผม(phǒm) and ดิฉัน(dì-chǎn) means “I”. |
| ผม(phǒm) can be used only by male while |
| ดิฉัน(dì-chǎn) can be used only by female |
| If you are male, you should say… |
| ผมชื่อ...ครับ(phǒm chûue …(your name)…. khráp) |
| If you are female… |
| ดิฉันชื่อ...ค่ะ(dì-chǎn chûue …(your name)…. khà) |
| ชื่อ(chûue) is a verb means “to name”. |
| For example, for me… สวัสดีค่ะ ดิฉันชื่อรวินท์พรค่ะ (sà-wàt-dii khà. dì-chǎn chûue {rá-win-phaawn} khà) |
| If you are male, for example, this guy ศุภชัย (sù-phá-chai) |
| สวัสดีครับ ผมชื่อศุภชัยครับ(sà-wàt-dii khráp. phǒm chûue {sù-phá-chai} khráp) |
| Time to practice! Please repeat after me… |
| Ladies first… |
| สวัสดีค่ะ (sà-wàt-dii khà) |
| ดิฉันชื่อ...ค่ะ (dì-chǎn chûue … khà) |
| Good job. Now it’s the guys turn… |
| สวัสดีครับ(sà-wàt-dii khráp) |
| ผมชื่อ...ครับ (phǒm chûue … khráp) |
| Good job! |
| Now, it’s time for Rawinporn’s hint… ta da…! |
| You can shorten this sentence to… |
| ผม/ดิฉันชื่อ...ครับ/ค่ะ (phǒm/dì-chǎn chûue …(name)… khráp/khà) |
| You can omit the subject phǒm/dì-chǎn in this sentence. And the level of the sentence is still formal enough for business situations. |
| For example, สวัสดีค่ะ รวินท์พรค่ะ (sà-wàt-dii khà. {rá-win-phaawn} khà) |
| Remember… when meeting Thais for the first time, always use formal language. |
| See… how easy to introduce yourself in Thai! In next lesson, we’ll learn more about greeting and how to “WAI”. See you next time |
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