Firstly everyone who is living in Thailand must know how to  wai to different people properly.

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Wai - Thai greeting consists of slight bow and prayer like hands held to varying positions of your face.

 

The more respect you want to show, the higher you hold your hands.

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For everyday normal use, your thumbs should be level with your chin.

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For parents, teachers and older generations your thumbs should be level with your nose. 

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For monks and Buddha your thumbs should be level with your eyebrows. 

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General conversation 

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Sawat dee krap - hello (Male)

Sawat dee ka - hello (Female)

Chai - yes

Mai chai - no

Pee - older

Nong - younger 

Krap (Male) - yes or acknowledgment you are listening

Ka (Female) - yes or acknowledgment you are listening  

Ja - yes (informal)

Pom - I (Male) also can use for 'me'

Dechan - I (Female) also can use for 'me'

Bhai - Go 

Bhai Nai - go where

Yu Tee Nai - where you at or where are you

Tee - at

Tur - you (INFORMAL and female)

Kao - you (informal and male)

Khun - you (formal and unisex) 

Poot - speak 

Dai - can

Mai dai - cannot 

Dee - good 

Mai dee - no good

Jai yen yen - literally means calm your heart, calm down, chill

Ting tong - crazy, idiot, silly. You can use jokingly 

Torlaer - strong meaning, means two faces and untrustworthy 

Ba - not so strong, also means crazy, stupid

Kao jai - understand

Fang - listen 

Muah - lie 

Iglael - again

Tee lang - after

Gon na - before

Kao - in 

Oke - out  (Oke Bai - Get out)

Tang oke - exit

Chok dee - good luck

Wan yut - holiday 

Wan gurd - birthday 

Wan pra - Buddha day    

 

Household items  

 

Pad lom - fan. This one I find funny because pad is blow and lom is wind so blow wind 55555

Toe ra sup - phone/ mobile 

Toe ra sup mue tue - mobile (Mue is hand and tue is holding)

Ban - house

Toera tat - TV

Suan - garden

Arb nam - shower or taking a shower

Hong nam - bathroom
 

 

 

Relationship

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Ruk - love 

Ruktur - love you 

Ruk Khun - love you 

Pom ruk khun - I love you

Jai - heart 

Muah - lie 

Kitteung - miss you

Pom kitteung khun Nang fa - I miss you my angel 

Pom Kitteung Khun Teerak - I miss you my darling 

Teerak - darling or my love  

Pakwan - cute/ sweet talk

Joob - kiss but usually said cutely as joob joob

Teang gnarn - marry 

Teang gnarn ghup chan - marry me  

Ghin hua - ghin is eat & hua is head so eat head. When your girl gives you shit for being out late drinking.
 

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Family

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Pour - father 

Mere - mother

Pee - older

Nong - younger

Nong sau or pee sau - younger sister or older sister 

Nong chai or pee chai - younger brother or older brother 

Look nong or look pee - younger cousin or older cousin 

Loong - uncle

Bha - aunt

Krob Kruare - family
Taeng Ngarn - marry

Sin sod - dowry paid to daughters family

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Food and eating 

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Ghin - eat 

Kâao - rice

Moo - pork 

Gai - chicken

Pla - fish

Noura - beef

Goong - prawn 

Nam - water 

Nam yen - cold water 

Nam rawn - hot water 

Kâao pat - fried rice

Kâao pat gai - chicken fried rice

Kâao mun gau - chicken and rice

Imm - full

Heawl - hungry

Tom yum goong - seafood hot soup  

Nam blao - drinking water

Nam keang - ice

Nam tok - dark soup

Nam sai - clear soup

Nam khon - creamy soup like in tom yum goong  

Chon geaw or chok dee - cheers (chok dee is also good luck)

Takieb - chopstick

Tooaye - bowl (say it quickly for best pronunciation)

Jarn - plate

Som - fork

Meed - knife

Chorn - spoon

Moo krata - Thai BBQ (winning)

Soukee - Thai hotpot 

Nang thong thueng nang ta yon (Nang thong = belly skin, thueng = tight, Nang ta = eyelid, yon = loose / lower. Basically you ate so much your sleepy. 

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Weather

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Nao - cold 

Rawn - hot

Fon - rain (popular girls name)

Fon tok - rain

Nam too um - flood

Krunm - overcast 

Maek - cloud

Fa laep - lightning 

Fa rong - thunder 

Fa pa - lightning strike

Pra artit - sun

Pra jan - moon

Lom - wind 

Pan din wai - earthquake  

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Animals 

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Sat - Animal 

Laeng - Monkey

Young - Mosquito 

Peetur - Cockroach 

Kwai - Buffalo

Moo - Pig 

Chang - Elephant  

Lizard - Chingchok 

Suea - Tiger 

Singto - Lion 

Nok - Bird 

Dakarp - Centipede

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Travel and transport 

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Rot fai - train

Rot mai - bus 

Rot - car 

Rot Motocye - Motorbike

 

Business  

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Borisat - company 

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Health

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Sabai - well or healthy

Mai sabai - unwell or unhealthy

Jep - hurt 

Jep kaa - leg pain  

Jep Tong - Stomach ache 

Rong phaya ban - hospital

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Numbers

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One 1 - neung 

Two 2 - song 

Three 3 - sam

Four 4 - see

Five 5 - ha - why you will see 5555 as a substitute for haha/lol

Six 6 - hok

Seven 7 - jet

Eight 8 - bet

Nine 9 - gao 

Ten 10 - sip 

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Twenty - yee sip

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Eleven or twenty one etc - sip et or yee sip et

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100 - neung roi

1000 neung pang 

10000 - neung meung 

100000 - neung sen 

1000000 - neung laan