Chapter 04 of 34

Family & People

Play your first phrase

พ่อphôr
Father

Talk about family members, pronouns, and the people around you.

25 terms 6 lessons audio on 25 of 25 Foundations
Family & People

Every line, in the order the app teaches it

25 across 6 lessons

Immediate Family

5 lines
พ่อphôr
Father
แม่mâe
Mother
พี่ชายphêe chai
Older brother
น้องสาวnórng sǎo
Younger sister
ลูกlôok
Child

Extended Family

5 lines
ปู่bpòo
Paternal grandfather
ย่าyâa
Paternal grandmother
ตาdtaa
Maternal grandfather
ยายyai
Maternal grandmother
ลุงlung
Uncle (older)

People Around You

5 lines
เพื่อนphûean
Friend
สามีsǎa mee
Husband
ภรรยาphá ron yaa
Wife
แฟนfaen
Boyfriend / Girlfriend
เพื่อนบ้านphûean bâan
Neighbour

Pronouns

5 lines
ฉันchǎn
I (female, casual)
เราrao
We / us
เขาkhǎo
He / she / they
พวกเขาphûak khǎo
They (plural)
พวกคุณphûak khun
You all

Describing People

5 lines
สูงsǒong
Tall
เตี้ยdtîa
Short (in height)
ใจดีjai dee
Kind-hearted
ขยันkhà yan
Hardworking
น่ารักnâa rák
Cute

Family Review

8 lines
พ่อphôr
Father
แม่mâe
Mother
พี่ชายphêe chai
Older brother
น้องสาวnórng sǎo
Younger sister
ปู่bpòo
Grandfather
ย่าyâa
Grandmother
ตาdtaa
Grandfather (maternal)
ยายyai
Grandmother (maternal)

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.

Worth knowing

Not spicy means less spicy

ไม่เผ็ด (mâi phèt) will still usually arrive with chilli in it. If you genuinely can't take heat, ไม่เผ็ดเลย - not spicy at all - is the phrase you want, and it's worth saying twice.

ขอ is how you ask for things

ขอ (khǒr) plus a noun is the polite all-purpose request: ขอน้ำครับ, may I have water. It works in restaurants, shops and taxis, and it is far more useful early on than learning a verb for each situation.

Bua, a Sabai Thai companion
ค่อยๆ พูดก็ได้ khoi khoi phuut ko daiSlowly is fine

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