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สวัสดีค่ะ(sà-wàt-dii khà) Welcome back to ThaiPod101.com’s Thai in three minutes. The fastest, easiest, and most fun way to learn Thai.
From the previous lesson we learned, ขอบคุณค่ะ(khàawp-khun khà)“Thank you”. ขอโทษค่ะ(khǎaw-thôot khà) “I’m sorry”. ไม่เป็นไรค่ะ(mâi-bpen-rai khà) “it’s ok”.
Just imagine you are in Thailand with family…
Suddenly, your daughter got a bad stomachache from seafood!
In this lesson, we’re going to learn one of the most important survival phrases: “Excuse me. Can you speak English?” in order to find some English-speakers and ask for help.
Looks what we have here…
ขอโทษ(khǎaw-thôot) “Excuse me” or “I’m sorry”. Use this phrase in order to attract someone’s attention.
If you are male, say…
ขอโทษครับ(khǎaw-thôot khráp)
If you are female, say…
ขอโทษค่ะ(khǎaw-thôot khà)
ขอโทษ(khǎaw-thôot) “Excuse me”
พูดภาษาอังกฤษได้ไหม(phûut phaa-sǎa ang-grìt dâai mái)
means “Can you speak English?”.
Again, if you are male, say…
พูดภาษาอังกฤษได้ไหมครับ(phûut phaa-sǎa ang-grìt dâai mái khráp)
If you are female, say…
พูดภาษาอังกฤษได้ไหมคะ(phûut phaa-sǎa ang-grìt dâai mái khá)
พูดภาษาอังกฤษได้ไหม(phûut phaa-sǎa ang-grìt dâai mái)
“Can you speak English?”
Let’s break down this sentence…
The subject “YOU” is omitted. Then,
พูด(phûut) is a verb which means “speak”
ภาษา(phaa-sǎa) means “language”
อังกฤษ(ang-grìt) means “English”
ได้(dâai) is a Verb which means “can” OR “could”
ไหม(mái) is a word that makes a sentence becoming a question.
พูดภาษาอังกฤษได้ไหมคะ(phûut phaa-sǎa ang-grìt dâai mái khá)
พูดภาษาอังกฤษได้ไหม(phûut phaa-sǎa ang-grìt dâai mái)
“Can you speak English?”
There you go!
Time for Rawinporn’s hint… ta da…
Do smile J when you ask for a favor.
Thais are very kind. Even though they can’t speak English, they will try to find someone else to help you!
Until now, I’m sure you got some idea about Thai language, culture and country. Find more about Thai at Thaipod101.com
See you next time. สวัสดีค่ะ(sà-wàt-dii khà)

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