| Hi, everybody! |
| Do you know how to say “Bye” in Thai? In this lesson, you'll learn three parting expressions in Thai. |
| Let’s start with the easiest one. |
| สวัสดี |
| [slowly] สวัสดี |
| This means "Goodbye" in Thai. |
| In Thai, the word for "hello" and "goodbye" is the same word. For women, you would say, sà-wàt-dii khâ, and for men, you would say, sà-wàt-dii khráp.Note that this is a formal expression. |
| If you want to be more formal as a female speaker, there is a different phrase you should use. |
| ไปก่อนนะคะ สวัสดีค่ะ |
| [slowly] ไปก่อนนะคะ สวัสดีค่ะ |
| This means "I'm going now. Goodbye" in Thai. Only female speakers can use it. |
| There is another phrase you can use in conjunction with sà-wàt-dii, in order to say "goodbye." Since it ends with khâ, only female speakers can use it. It is similar to saying "I'm going now, goodbye," in English. |
| If you want to be more formal as a male speaker, here's a phrase for you. |
| ไปก่อนนะครับ สวัสดีครับ |
| [slowly] ไปก่อนนะครับ สวัสดีครับ |
| This means "I'm going now. Goodbye" in Thai. Only male speakers can use it. |
| As a male speaker, you can add khráp at the end to make the phrase more polite. This phrase literally means "I'm leaving before you leave, so goodbye." |
| Let's wrap up this lesson by recapping what you've learned. Listen to the words and repeat after me. |
| "Goodbye." |
| สวัสดี |
| * beep |
| สวัสดี |
| "I'm going now. Goodbye." for female speakers. |
| ไปก่อนนะคะ สวัสดีค่ะ |
| * beep |
| ไปก่อนนะคะ สวัสดีค่ะ |
| "I'm going now. Goodbye." for male speakers. |
| ไปก่อนนะครับ สวัสดีครับ |
| * beep |
| ไปก่อนนะครับ สวัสดีครับ |
| Well done! [pause] Here's a fun fact! |
| In Thai, there is another phrase meaning "goodbye"; laa gàawn. However, most people don't use this word anymore because it represents sadness due to a departure where two people might not see each other again. This is why Thai people use the English phrase "bye-bye," because it represents a more cheerful and hopeful message. |
| You just learned how to say “Bye” in three different ways in Thai. |
| And don't forget, you can learn Thai twice as fast with your Free PDF lessons. Just click on the link in the description to download them! |
| See you soon! สวัสดีค่ะ |
Comments
Hide