Welcome to our free Thai lessons right here in this blog. I hope you’ve enjoyed our lessons so far and we would like to continue with the lessons once a week. That’s not too much! You might not find it necessary to know Thai. But wait until to come and visit Thailand, maybe joining a Thai Boxing gym here.

But don’t freak out here! Of course you will be able to understand and follow up in training course because in many gyms nowadays there are also English speaking trainers or your own language like German, French, Dutch etc. But living outside the gym is a whole new experience. The only way you can communicate well with the locals is to speak Thai. That’s why we’re here.

Today’s phrase can be used in many situations. For example, It’s late and you and a group of friends want to go out for dinner and you want to ask your other friend if he want to go with you. How will you say it? Let’s take a look at the phrases used in this situation and then I’ll break them down for you. There might be some new words for you.

I’m hungry. Let’s go eat! = Hiw Laew. Pai Kin Kao Kan.
Yeah sure = Pai
Are you coming with, John? = Pai Duey Kan Mai John?
Yeah, just a sec! = Pai. Paep Nueng

Let’s take at look and the meaning of the new words.
Hiw = to be hungry
Kao = rice (we don’t say just “kin” that means “to eat” alone, we always add “Kao”)
Duey Kan or Kan = together
Pai = to go
Paep Nueng = for a short time, just a moment, just a second

I hope that wasn’t too hard. My trick of you is to say the phrases out loud to help memorizing them in heart. Don’t get to stress about it. At least choose the most important phrase to remember each week. And you will speak Thai in no time.