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Culture note · chapter 18 of 34
Wants & Needs: what a phrasebook leaves out
The context beside the words in chapter 18. Learn what the situation asks of you, as well as what to say.
อยาก (yaak) = want to (do), ต้องการ / ต้อง (tong) = need. อยากไป means 'want to go'. Pair อยาก with any verb to express desire.
The phrases this applies to
อยากดื่มyàak dèum
Want to drinkอยากนอนyàak norn
Want to sleepอยากพักyàak phák
Want to restอยากเรียนyàak rian
Want to studyไม่อยากmâi yàak
Don't want toอยากไปyàak bpai
Want to goอยากกินอันนี้yàak gin an née
Want to eat thisอยากกลับบ้านyàak glàp bâan
Want to go homeThese come from chapter 18 of the course, where the full word list and audio live.
ค่อยๆ พูดก็ได้
khoi khoi phuut ko daiSlowly is fine
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