Learn how to use the verb "to do"
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| เธชเธงเธฑเธชเธเธตเธเนเธฐ เธเธดเธเธฑเธเธเธดเธเธเธดเธขเธฒเธเนเธฐ (sร -wร t-dii khรข. dรฌ-chวn Kittaya khรข) |
| Hi everybody! Iโm Kittaya. |
| Welcome to ThaiPod101.comโs โLearn Thai in 3 minutes.โ The fastest, easiest, and most fun way to learn Thai. |
| In the last lesson, we learned how to use the verb เนเธ(bpai) which means "to go" in Thai. |
| In this lesson, we will continue talking about very common Thai verbs. |
| The second verb in our series is tham, which means "to do." But as in English, youโll see that the meaning of this verb is quite broad and it can be found in many different situations. |
| So imagine someone asks you เธเธณเธญเธฐเนเธฃเธญเธขเธนเน(tham ร -rai yรนu)? That means "What are you doing?" in an informal way. |
| So if you are doing your homework, for example, you will say in Thai |
| [slowly] เธเธณเธญเธฐเนเธฃเธญเธขเธนเน(tham gaan-bรขan yรนu). |
| Did you notice the word เธญเธขเธนเน(yรนu) at the end of the sentence? We use this to talk about an activity we are in the middle of doing. When you want to say โI am doing,โ as in โI am doing homeworkโ, just add เธญเธขเธนเน(yรนu) at the end of the sentence. |
| As I said: เธเธณเธเธฒเธฃเธเนเธฒเธเธญเธขเธนเน(tham gaan-bรขan yรนu). |
| means โdoing homework.โ What if someone asks you when you are cooking, |
| เธเธณเธญเธฐเนเธฃเธญเธขเธนเน(tham ร -rai yรนu)? How would you answer? |
| เธเธณเธญเธฒเธซเธฒเธฃเธญเธขเธนเน(tham aa-hวan yรนu) |
| [slowly] เธเธณเธญเธฒเธซเธฒเธฃเธญเธขเธนเน(tham aa-hวan yรนu) |
| Literally, this means โdoing mealโ |
| As I mentioned at the beginning, |
| เธเธณเธญเธฐเนเธฃเธญเธขเธนเน(tham ร -rai yรนu)? means "What are you doing?" in an informal way. So, what is the formal way to say this? Itโs actually not very different from the informal one, you just need to add a noun, which is เธเธดเธเธฑเธ(dรฌ-chวn), เธเธก(phวm) or the name of the person plus (เธเธณเธฅเธฑเธ)gam-lang and then follow the same informal sentence tham โฆ.เธญเธขเธนเน(โฆ.. yรนu) |
| เธเธธเธเธกเธฒเธเธดเธเธเธณเธฅเธฑเธเธเธณเธญเธฒเธซเธฒเธฃเธญเธขเธนเน(khun maa-nรญt gam-lang tham aa-hวan yรนu) |
| โMr.Manit is cooking.โ |
| Letโs look at one more example: if someone asks you โWhere is your mother?โ and you want to answer, โshe is working,โ what would you say? By the way, โworkingโ is เธเธณเธเธฒเธ(tham ngaan). |
| เธเธธเธเนเธกเนเธเธณเธฅเธฑเธเธเธณเธเธฒเธเธญเธขเธนเน(khun mรขae gam-lang tham ngaan yรนu). |
| [slowly] เธเธธเธเนเธกเนเธเธณเธฅเธฑเธเธเธณเธเธฒเธเธญเธขเธนเน(khun mรขae gam-lang tham ngaan yรนu). |
| Now itโs time for Kittayaโs Insights. |
| When asking someone in Thai, เธเธธเธเธเธฐเธเธณเธญเธฐเนเธฃ(khun jร tham ร -rai)? โWhat are you going to do?โ we sometimes add the specific time in front or at the end of the sentence. For example เธเธธเธเธเธฐเธเธณเธญเธฐเนเธฃเธเธฃเธธเนเธเธเธตเน(khun jร tham ร -rai phrรปng-nรญi)? means โWhat are you going to do tomorrow?โ or you can say โTomorrow, what are you going to do?โ by saying เธเธฃเธธเนเธเธเธตเนเธเธธเธเธเธฐเธเธณเธญเธฐเนเธฃ(phrรปng-nรญi, khun jร tham ร -rai)? |
| In this lesson, we learned how to use the verb เธเธณ(tham) in many different contexts and Iโm sure it will help you a lot! |
| Next time weโll learn another very useful and romantic verb, เธเธญเธ(chรขawp). |
| Do you know what this Thai French verb means? Iโm sure you have an idea! |
| Iโll be waiting for you in the next Learn Thai in 3 minutes. เธชเธงเธฑเธชเธเธตเธเนเธฐ(sร -wร t-dii khรข) |
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