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Welcome to "Hello, Thai language" !
In this page, let's see the basic of basics of Thai language for those who make a trip to Thailand for the first time or who want to say hi in Thai language at least.

Here we go ! :D
(Check related pages if you want to know more.)

• Polite Word
• Nice to meet you, Hello, Bye-bye
• Shopping
• Food, Hungry
• Physical condition

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The polite word
There are words that reflect the gender of the speaker. Men end a sentence with " krab "; women with " ka " in a polite way to speak. (as the same of Japanese language)
meaning	Thai Language (Green:stress / Blue:male / Pink:female)
polite way to say (male)	Krab ครับ
polite way to say (female)	Ka ค่ะ

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Nice to meet you, Hello, Bye-bye
It's okay to use "Sawasdee" for "Hello" even when you want to say "Nice to meet you".
meaning	Thai Language (Green:stress / Blue:male / Pink:female)
Hi/Hello.	Sawasdee Krab/Ka สวัสดี ครับ/ค่ะ
" Sawasdee Krab " is for males, and " Sawasdee Ka " is for females.  You can use this for "Hi", "Good morning", "Good afternoon", "Good evening", for all occasions . This phrase is the all mighty greeting phrase.
meaning	Thai Language (Green:stress / Blue:male / Pink:female)
Bye.	Sawasdee Krab/Ka สวัสดี ครับ/ค่ะ
When you want to say, "Bye", you can say the same phrase, "Sawasdee krab/ka".

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Shopping
Phrases that you will want to use
meaning	Thai Language (Green:stress / Blue:male / Pink:female)
Very Expensive.	Phaeng Pai แพง ไป
Too Expensive.	Phaeng Mark Pai แพง มาก ไป

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Food / Hungry
Check phrases about food. Let's remember the phrases below and you'll see a lot of occasions to use them. :)
meaning	Thai Language (Green:stress / Blue:male / Pink:female)
I'm thirsty.	Hiu naam หิวน้ำ
hungry !	Hiu หิว
I'm starving !	Hiu mark Krab/Ka หิวมากครับ/ค่ะ
I'm full.	Im อิ่ม
I'm very full.	Im mark อิ่มมาก
Delicious	Aroi อร่อย
Spicy / Hot !	Ped เผ็ด

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Physical condition
Must be used so often about physical condition related phrases.
meaning	Thai Language (Green:stress / Blue:male / Pink:female)
I'm tired.	Nuai เหนื่อย
Hot !	rorn ร้อน
I'm not fine.	mai sabai ไม่สบาย

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