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Chapter 34 of 34
Regional Dialects & Slang
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บ่bà
no (Isaan)Recognize common Isaan, Northern, and Southern dialect words, plus modern Thai slang you'll hear everywhere.
26 terms
5 lessons
audio on 26 of 26
Upper intermediate
Every line, in the order the app teaches it
26 across 5 lessonsIsaan Dialect Basics
7 linesบ่bà
อีหลีee lěe
เว้าwáo
กะgà
Isaan for 'also / then' (standard ก็)เฮ็ดhét
Isaan for 'to do' (standard ทำ)ไปไสมาbpai sǎi maa
คักขนาดkhák khà nâat
Isaan for 'a lot / very much' (standard: มากเลย)Northern Dialect Basics
7 linesเจ้าjâo
อู้ôo
แอ่วàeo
กิ๋นgǐn
Northern for 'to eat' (standard กิน)ลำlam
Northern for 'delicious' (standard อร่อย)ไปแอ่วกันบ่bpai àeo gan bà
Northern for 'shall we go visit/hang out?'ยะหยังyá yǎng
Northern for 'doing what?' (standard: ทำอะไร)Southern Dialect Basics
4 linesแหลงhǎe long
Southern for 'to speak' (standard พูด)หรอยrǒi
Southern for 'delicious' (standard อร่อย)ไหรhǎi rá
Southern for 'what' (standard: อะไร)แหลงไหรว่ะhǎe long hǎi rá wâ
Southern for 'what are you talking about?'Modern Thai Slang
7 linesเท่thây
Cool (slang)ปังbpang
Amazing / on point (slang)ชิลchin
Chill / relaxed (slang, from English)อินin
Into it / emotionally invested (slang, from English "in")เมพmay phá
Awesome (slang, from เทพ "deity")วันนี้แต่งตัวปังมากwan née dtàeng dtua bpang mâak
Slang for "your outfit looks amazing today"แซบsâep
Delicious / attractive (originally Isaan, now mainstream slang)Regional Dialects Review
8 linesอู้ôo
Northern for 'to speak' (standard พูด)หรอยrǒi
เท่thây
Cool (slang)บ่bà
no (Isaan)แหลงhǎe long
to speak (Southern)ปังbpang
amazing (slang)บ่เป็นหยังbà bpen yǎng
bɔ̀ bpen yǎngเจ้าjâo
Work down the page and you are following the same path as the course, lesson by lesson. Press play on any line to hear it.
Culture note
What a phrasebook will not tell you about regional dialects & slang
The part that is not vocabulary: who speaks first, what is rude, and what a smile changes.
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Chapters run in the order you will need them, not in grammatical order. See all 34.
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