Chapter 5 - Language Points & Explanations

Question 1

Why did you come to Thailand

Answer 1

ทำไม มา มืองไทย
Use ทำไม to ask for reasons and use เผราะ(ว่า) to explain them. The word ทำไมunlike most question words in Thai, is normally put in the beginning of the sentence

Question 2

Because my company sent me here.

Answer 2

เผราะ(ว่า) บริษท ส่ง ผม มา
Use ทำไม to ask for reasons and use เผราะ(ว่า) to explain them. The word ทำไม unlike most question words in Thai, is normally put in the beginning of the sentence

Question 3

So I decided to come

Answer 3

ผม ก็เลย ตัดสินใจ มา
Show the relationship between cause and effects, or the motive and the course of action taken.. i.e. Because A, B happens

Question 4

When is your birthday

Answer 4

เกิด วันที่ เท่าไหร่
Wan means days but if you want to talk about date, such as the first or second the third (as opposed to sunday, monday, tuesday) say wantii

Question 5

I just completed 1 year last month

Answer 5

เผิงจะ ครบ รอบ ผี เมื่อ เดือน ทีเเล้ว

เผิงจะ means “just” in the sense that “something just happened” and its post subject word like goo
As for the word เมื่อ like dtoon it is also used to refer to a point of time, but the difference is that เมื่อ only refers to the past.

Question 6

You Speak thai so well

Answer 6

ผุด ไทย เก่ง จัง(เลย)
Has only one function to express yourself. It is often translated as “How” or “What a!!!” to show that your positively surprised.

Question 7

You know about buddhist calendar to!!!

Answer 7

รุ้จัก ปี ผ.ส. ด้วย

Question 8

I myself also wanted to try and living abroad.

Answer 8

ผมเอง ก็ อยาก ลอง ใช้ ชีวิต อยุ่ ต่าง ประเทส
One the meanings of ก็ is “also, too” and you always use ก็ in this sense after the subject(the person or thing that is doing the action) or the topic of the sentence.