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INTRODUCTION
Hello and welcome to Thai Survival Phrases brought to you by ThaiPod101.com. This course is designed to equip you with the language skills and knowledge to enable you to get the most out of your visit to Thailand. You will be surprised at how far a little Thai will go.
Now, before we jump in, remember to stop by ThaiPod101.com. There, you will find the accompanying PDF and additional info in the post. If you stop by, be sure to leave us a comment.

Lesson focus

In today's lesson, we'll cover some high-frequency adjectives to help you express yourself in various situations.
In Thai, "It's delicious" is à-ràwy jang.
à-ràwy jang
Let’s break it down by syllable: à-ràwy jang
Now, let’s hear it once again, à-ràwy jang.
The first word, à-ràwy, means "delicious" followed by jang which means "quite." Therefore, à-ràwy jang is equivalent to the English phrase "It's delicious." Since most people would say "It's delicious," it’s quite an informal setting. Therefore, we don't need to add khâ or khráp at the end of the phrase. However, if you want to be formal and polite, you can do so.
Now, let's go over some other adjectives that you can use with the pattern which was introduced. Let's try "hot." In Thai, "It's hot" is ráawn jang.
ráawn jang
Let’s break it down by syllable: ráawn jang.
Now, let’s hear it once again, ráawn jang.
I guess you noted a similarity between this phrase and the phrase we just learned. We have the adjective followed by jang and it’s become a phrase we use to express how we feel. This phrase, the word ráawn means "hot" so ráawn jang means "It's hot."
Let’s try another phrase. In Thai, "It's cold" is yen jang.
yen jang
Let’s break it down by syllable: yen jang.
Now, let’s hear it once again, yen jang.
The word "yen" means "cold," therefore yen jang means "It's cold." However, this phrase is used to describe some object that is cold or chilly weather. If you want to say "It's cold" as it's freezing, you may say nǎao jang,
nǎao jang
"It's near" in Thai is glâi jang.
glâi jang
Let’s break it down by syllable: glâi jang.
Now, let’s hear it once again, glâi jang.
The word glâi means "near" therefore glâi jang means "It's near."
How about "It's far"? In Thai, "It's far" is glai jang.
glai jang
Let’s break it down by syllable: glai jang.
Now, let’s hear it once again, glai jang.
This word, glai, which means "far" is very familiar with the word glâi which means "near." But the word glai, which means, "far" the tone is neutral while in the word glâi, which means "near," the tone is going up. I’m going to say it one more time, glai means “far” and glâi which means “near.”
"It's cute" in Thai is nâa-rák jang.
nâa-rák jang
Let’s break it down by syllable: nâa-rák jang.
Now, let’s hear it once again, nâa-rák jang.
The word nâa-rák means "cute," therefore, nâa-rák jang means "It's cute."
"It's beautiful" is sǔuai jang.
sǔuai jang
Let’s break it down by syllable: sǔuai jang.
Now, let’s hear it once again, sǔuai jang.
Now, I want you to listen carefully. This is a critical word that you have to get the tone right. I’m going to say the word sǔuai, which mean beautiful over and over, so you have to catch my tone.
sǔuai
sǔuai
sǔuai
The tone is going down and up.
sǔuai
This is the classic word that foreigners always mispronounce and turn the meaning upside down. Most foreigners say suuai, which means "bad luck" which could get you in trouble if you meant to say "beautiful."
Now, I’m going to compare between these two words.
Sǔuai, which means "beautiful," the tone is going down and up.
sǔuai
Another word, suuai, which means "bad luck," the tone is neutral.
suuai
suuai
suuai
Got it?
Now ,let's take a look at the negative. You can turn all positive phrases we just learned by adding the word mâi in the beginning of the phrase, then change jang to looei.
For example, if you want to say, "It's not delicious," you can say mâi à-ràwy looei.
mâi à-ràwy looei
Let’s break it down by syllable: mâi à-ràwy looei.
Now, let’s hear it once again, mâi à-ràwy looei.
The first word, mâi, means "no" or "negative," followed by à-ràwy which means "delicious." The last word looei means "passing by" but in this phrase it means nothing but to make the phrase smoother. Therefore, mâi à-ràwy looei means "It's not delicious." Easy, right?

Outro

Okay, to close out today's lesson, we'd like for you to practice what you just learned. I'll provide you with the English equivalent of the phrase and you are responsible of saying it aloud. You will have a few seconds before I give you the answer, so chôok-dii khâ, that means "good luck" in Thai.
Remember, khâ is for women and khráp is for men.
Ok, here we go!
Thai phrase for “It's delicious.” - à-ràwy jang
à-ràwy jang
à-ràwy jang
Thai phrase for “It’s hot.” - ráawn jang
ráawn jang
ráawn jang
Thai phrase for “It’s cold.” - yen jang
yen jang
yen jang
Thai phrase for “It’s near.” - glâi jang
glâi jang
glâi jang
Thai phrase for “It’s far.” - glai jang
glai jang
glai jang
Thai phrase for “It’s cute.” - nâa-rák jang
nâa-rák jang
nâa-rák jang
Thai phrase for “It’s beautiful.” - sǔuai jang
sǔuai jang
sǔuai jang
Thai phrase for “It’s not delicious.” - mâi à-ràwy looei
mâi à-ràwy looei
mâi à-ràwy looei
All right. That’s going to do it for today. Remember to stop by ThaiPod101.com and pick up the accompanying PDF. If you stop by, be sure to leave us a comment.

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