Learn how to ask about your possessions
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| สวัสดีค่ะ ดิฉันกิตติยาค่ะ (sà-wàt-dii khâ. dì-chǎn Kittaya khâ) |
| Hi everybody! I’m Kittaya. |
| Welcome to ThaiPod101.com’s “Learn Thai in 3 minutes.” The fastest, easiest, and most fun way to learn Thai. |
| In the last lesson, we learned how to talk about age using the verb อายุ(aa-yú), which means “age”. In this lesson, we will learn how to use มี(mii), which means, “to have.” |
| and how to use this word to talk about possessions. |
| For example, |
| คุณมีรถไหม(khun mii rót mái) ? means “Do you have a car?” |
| [slowly] คุณมีรถไหม(khun mii rót mái) ? |
| Let’s take a closer look at this question. |
| khun means you. มี(mii) is “to have” |
| รถrót is “a car” and ไหม(mái) is a particle indicating a yes/no question. |
| Altogether this is คุณมีรถไหม(khun mii rót mái) ? |
| So if you *do* have a car, how can you answer this question? |
| It’s really simple! You just answer with มี(mii). |
| For example, say you have a classmate who wants to borrow a pen from you. He or she might ask, คุณมีปากกาไหม(khun mii bpàak-gaa mái) ? |
| Which is “Do you have a pen?” "ปากกา(bpàak-gaa)" means pen |
| If you do have a pen, you can simply answer, มี(mii). |
| If you want to interrupt someone to ask if they have something you need, you can add, ขอโทษครับ(khǎaw-thôot khráp) if you are a man and, ขอโทษค่ะ(khǎaw-thôot khâ) if you are a woman. Does this sound familiar to you? That’s right! We’ve learned how to say “Excuse me” from lesson 4 already. |
| Next, ask for the item in question. To ask for a newspaper, women will ask... ขอโทษค่ะ(khǎaw-thôot khâ) |
| มีหนังสือพิมพ์ไหมคะ(mii nǎng-sǔue-phim mái khá) ? |
| and men will say... |
| ขอโทษครับ มีหนังสือพิมพ์ไหมครับ(khǎaw-thôot khráp mii nǎng-sǔue-phim mái khráp) |
| Excuse me, do you have a newspaper? |
| [slowly] ขอโทษค่ะ มีหนังสือพิมพ์ไหมคะ (khǎaw-thôot khà mii nǎng-sǔue-phim mái khá) ? |
| ขอโทษครับ มีหนังสือพิมพ์ไหมครับ (khǎaw-thôot khráp mii nǎng-sǔue-phim mái khráp) |
| Now it’s time for Kittaya’s Insights. |
| If you want to ask someone just to make sure that they really have what you are looking for, you can add a short question ใช่ไหม(châi mái)? which is a particle indicating a yes/no question at the end of the sentence. |
| For example, |
| if you want to ask your friend, |
| You have a phone, don’t you?, you can say คุณมีโทรศัพท์ใช่ไหม(khun mii thoo-rá-sàp, châi mái) ? [slowly] คุณมีโทรศัพท์ใช่ไหม(khun mii thoo-rá-sàp, châi mái) ? |
| In recent lessons, we have learned about the verbs เป็น(bpen), “to be”, and มี(mii), “to have”. |
| Next time, we’ll learn how to use both of these verbs in their negative forms in order to say “I’m not” and “I don’t have”. |
| Did you know that to turn a verb into the negative form in Thai, you just have to add one little word? |
| I'll be waiting to tell you what that word is in the next Learn Thai in 3 minutes. สวัสดีค่ะ(sà-wàt-dii khâ) |
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