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Lesson 9 of 10
Time and days in Thai
Now, later, tomorrow, what time it opens and one moment please. Play the ten Thai words against the clock, with a note on how locals really use each one after every answer. All ten are written out below.
All 10 Thai phrases in this lesson
- 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
Thai culture is famously relaxed about time. "Now" often means "later if convenient". "Diao dio" (soon soon) has a similar meaning.
Literally "a later time".
Also the word for day or sun. Tomorrow: "พรุ่งนี้" (phrung-NEE). Yesterday: "เมื่อวานนี้" (mua-wan-NEE).
Literally "the coming day". Used constantly by Thais, often as a deflection: "tomorrow" can mean "eventually" or "never".
Literally "opens at what hour?".
Literally "wait a moment".