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Learn Thai ten words at a time

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Ten short games: the 102 most useful Thai words and expressions you could live on for years, from greetings and ordering food to numbers, small talk and getting around. Play a lesson in the box beside its words, and the next one starts itself.

Wat Arun on the bank of the Chao Phraya in Bangkok
Challenge
Thai challenge
12 questions from the 102 phrases, new every time
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Greetings and politeness

Hello, please, thank you, sorry: the ten openers everything else builds on.

สวัสดีsa-wat-DEE
Hello
อรุณสวัสดิ์a-run-sa-WAT
Good morning
สวัสดีตอนเย็นsa-wat-DEE ton YEN
Good evening
ลาก่อนlah-GON
Goodbye
เจอกันนะjer gan NA
See you
กรุณาka-ru-NAH
Please
ขอบคุณkhop-KHUN
Thank you
ไม่เป็นไรmai-pen-RAI
You're welcome
ขอโทษkhor-TOHT
Sorry
ขออนุญาตkhor a-nu-YAHT
Excuse me
ยินดีที่ได้รู้จักyin-DEE tee dai roo-JAK
Nice to meet you
The skyline and waterfront of Bangkok, Thailand
Greetings and politeness
11 words · 20 seconds each · 9 of 11 to pass
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Wichien W, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons

Order anything by pointing

I would like, this one, how much, the bill: survive any counter or menu.

ขอ...KHOR
I would like...
อันนี้un-NEE
This one
เท่าไหร่ค่ะtao-RAI kha
How much is it?
เก็บเงิน ค่ะkep-NGEN kha
The bill, please
จ่ายบัตรjai BAT
By card
เงินสดngern SOT
In cash
น้ำNAHM
Water
กาแฟga-FAE
Coffee
ชาchaa
Tea
เบียร์BIA
Beer
ไม่ใส่...mai SAI
Without...
Mango sticky rice served in Bangkok, Thailand
Order anything by pointing
11 words · 20 seconds each · 9 of 11 to pass
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Dennis Wong from Hong Kong, Hong Kong, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Yes, no and the essentials

The small words that carry half of every conversation, and the ones that rescue it.

ใช่CHAI
Yes
ไม่ใช่mai-CHAI
No
ตกลงtok-LONG
Okay
ไม่เข้าใจmai-KAO-jai
I don't understand
คุณพูดภาษาอังกฤษได้ไหมkhun-pood-pa-SAH-ANG-grit-DAI-mai
Do you speak English?
พูดอีกครั้งได้ไหมpoot eek KRANG dai MAI
Can you repeat that?
พูดช้าๆ หน่อยpoot CHA cha NOI
Slowly, please
นี่อะไรnee a-RAI
What is this?
ต้องการ...tong-KAN
I need...
ช่วยหน่อยได้ไหมchuay NOI dai MAI
Can you help me?
A Poi Sang Long celebration in Thailand
Yes, no and the essentials
10 words · 20 seconds each · 8 of 10 to pass
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Mr.Niwat Tantayanusorn,Ph.D., CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Counting to ten

One to ten, for prices, platforms, rooms and how many beers.

หนึ่งNUNG
One
สองSONG
Two
สามSAHM
Three
สี่SEE
Four
ห้าHAH
Five
หกHOK
Six
เจ็ดJET
Seven
แปดPAET
Eight
เก้าGAO
Nine
สิบSIP
Ten
Pad thai with prawns at a street stall in Chiang Mai, Thailand
Counting to ten
10 words · 20 seconds each · 8 of 10 to pass
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Takeaway, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Shops and hotels

Open, closed, a bag, the wifi password: the checkout and the front desk.

มี...ไหมmee...mai
Do you have...?
อยู่ที่ไหนyu-tee-NAI
Where is...?
เปิดPERT
Open
ปิดPIT
Closed
รับถุงไหมrap TOONG mai
A bag?
แพงไปpaeng PAI
Too expensive
จองไว้แล้วjong wai LAEO
I have a reservation
รวมอาหารเช้าไหมruam a-hahn CHAO mai
Is breakfast included?
รหัสไวไฟคืออะไรra-HAT wai-FAI kheu a-RAI
What's the wifi password?
...ได้ไหมdai MAI
Can I...?
Wat Arun beside the river in Bangkok, Thailand
Shops and hotels
10 words · 20 seconds each · 8 of 10 to pass
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Preecha.MJ, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Cafe and restaurant

A table, the menu, what you cannot eat, and a compliment to the kitchen.

โต๊ะสำหรับสองคนtoh-sum-rup-SONG-khon
A table for two
เมนูค่ะmeh-NOO kha
The menu, please
แนะนำอะไรดีnae-NAM a-rai DEE
What do you recommend?
ไม่กิน...mai GIN
I don't eat...
แพ้...PAE
I'm allergic to...
เนื้อNEUA
Meat
ไก่GAI
Chicken
ปลาPLAH
Fish
อร่อยa-ROI
It's delicious
ชนแก้วchon-GAEW
Cheers
A Skytrain travelling through Bangkok, Thailand
Cafe and restaurant
10 words · 20 seconds each · 8 of 10 to pass
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My Train Pix, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Meeting people

How are you, what is your name, where are you from, I like it: the first five minutes.

สบายดีไหมsa-bai-dee MAI
How are you?
สบายดีsa-BAI-dee
I'm fine, thanks
แล้วคุณล่ะlaew-khun-LA
And you?
คุณชื่ออะไรkhun CHEU a-RAI
What's your name?
ฉันชื่อ...chan CHEU
My name is...
คุณมาจากไหนkhun mah jahk NAI
Where are you from?
มาจาก...mah JAHK
I'm from...
ชอบCHOP
I like it
สวยมากsuay MAHK
It's beautiful
ยินดีต้อนรับyin-dee TON-rap
Welcome
The auditorium of Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok, Thailand
Meeting people
10 words · 20 seconds each · 8 of 10 to pass
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Supanut Arunoprayote, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Getting around

Left, right, the station, one ticket, where is the toilet.

ห้องน้ำอยู่ที่ไหนhong-NAHM-yu-tee-NAI
Where is the toilet?
ไป...ยังไงpai ... yang NGAI
How do I get to...?
เลี้ยวซ้ายlieo SAI
To the left
เลี้ยวขวาlieo KHWA
To the right
ตรงไปtrong-PAI
Straight ahead
ที่นี่tee-NEE
Here
สถานีรถไฟsa-tha-NEE-rot-FAI
Train station
รถเมล์rot MAE
Bus
สนามบินsa-nahm BIN
Airport
ตั๋วหนึ่งใบค่ะtua-NUNG-bai-kha
One ticket, please
Dancers performing the Ramayana in Thailand
Getting around
10 words · 20 seconds each · 8 of 10 to pass
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Evan Silver, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Time and days

Now, later, tomorrow, what time it opens and one moment please.

ตอนนี้tohn-NEE
Now
ทีหลังtee LANG
Later
วันนี้wan-NEE
Today
พรุ่งนี้phrung-NEE
Tomorrow
คืนนี้kheun NEE
Tonight
เมื่อไหร่meua-RAI
When?
เปิดกี่โมงpert gee MONG
What time does it open?
รอสักครู่ror sak KROO
One moment, please
นาทีna-TEE
Minutes
ชั่วโมงchua-MONG
Hours
Wild elephants on a road in Khao Yai National Park, Thailand
Time and days
10 words · 20 seconds each · 8 of 10 to pass
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Khunkay, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Help and emergencies

The words you hope to never need.

ช่วย!CHUAY!
Help!
เรียกหมอree-AHK-mor
Call a doctor
ตำรวจtum-RU-at
Police
ร้านขายยาrahn-khai-YAH
Pharmacy
โรงพยาบาลrohng-pha-YAH-bahn
Hospital
ฉันหลงทางchan long TANG
I'm lost
ไม่สบายmai-sa-BAI
I don't feel well
ถูกขโมยthouk-kha-MOI
It was stolen
เหตุฉุกเฉินhet chuk-CHERN
It's an emergency
อย่ายุ่งกับฉันyah YOONG gap CHAN
Leave me alone
The rocky coast of Ko Tarutao, Thailand
Help and emergencies
10 words · 20 seconds each · 8 of 10 to pass
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Vyacheslav Argenberg, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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