Friday, August 21, 2015

Bangkok Part 1: Simple Thai for shopping!

Woohooo, some conversational Thai to help you through (I've learnt Thai before but it's limited, hope it helps because it worked well for me).

Numbers
1 - nerng
2 - sorng
3 - sam
4 - si
5 - ha
6 - hog
7 - jet
8 - ped
9 - gao
10 -sip

hundred - roy
thousand - phan 
ten-thousand - meun

specials for x1
11 - sip-ed
21 - yi-sip-ed
31 - sam-sip-ed

120 - nerng-roy yi-sip
220 - sorng-roy yi-sip

How much?
You can ask, taorai-ka or kee-baht.

Point here point there
This one - ann-nee
That one - ann-nan

Don't want - mai-ao
Cannot - mai-dai
Good - dee

Usually I buy clothes in my favourite colours, black and blue. So, they are, see dam and see nam nerng.

Other colours to help you.
Red - see daeng
Sky blue - see faa
White - see khao

Sizes?
Bigger size - size yai
Smaller size - size lek

Clothes - Seua
Tailor clothes - Tad seua
Tailor long sleeve shirt - Tad seua shirt yow
T-shirt - T-shirt (they can understand please)
Male - Pu-chai
Female - Pu-ying
Piece (of clothing) - Tua (one piece of clothing - nerng tua)

Others
Toilet - hong nam
Where - tinai
Go - pai
Sorry/excuse me - kor tod ka
Handphone - torasab meu tue
Chinese (person from China) - Kon Jeen 
I buy so much, can give discount? (LOL) - lod dai mai ka (555)

And especially for Jia, 
Beansprout - tua-ngok

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