Summary

• Introducing Names:

  • How to say "My name is," "His/Her name is," and ask "What is your/his name?"

  • Explained that omitting the pronoun is common in Thai. I.e., "Name Grace" = "My name is Grace".

• Polite Particles:

  • Discussed how the polite particles ค่ะ (kâ) and ครับ (kráp) make a sentence polite also mean "yes" in Thai.

• Using "To Be" (is, am, are):

  • Forming sentences like "I am Thai," "He/She is Thai," and "You are Thai." with the word เป็น (bpen).

• Negating Statements:

  • Learned how to say "is not" or "am not," such as "I am not American." using ไม่ใช่ (mâi châi)

• Asking About Nationality:

  • Taught one way to ask "Where are you from?"

• Expressing Approval:

  • Taught the phrase for "very good."

Verbs

• ถาม (tăam) = to ask

• เป็น (bpen) = to be/is/am/are

• ไม่ใช่ (mâi châi) = is not, not to be

Questions and conjunctions

• อะไร (à-rai) = what

Words

• ฉัน (chăn) = I

• เขา (kăo) = he/she (colloquially it's always pronounced as เค้า (káo)

• ชื่อ (chêu) = name

• คุณ (kun) = you

• ผม (pŏm) = I

• ค่ะ (kâ) = polite particle, yes

• ครับ (kráp) = polite particle, yes

• คน (kon) = person, human

• ดี (dee) = good

• ดีมาก (dee mâak) = very good