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20 WORDS & PHRASES IN THIS VIDEO:
1. Polite Particles
Male speaker: ครับ /kráp/
Female speaker: ค่ะ /kâ/
2. Pronoun “I”
ผม / pŏm/
ฉัน /chán/
3. Hello
สวัสดี /sà-wàt-dii/
4. Thank you
ขอบคุณ /kàwp kun/
5. You’re welcome
ยินดี/yin dii/
6. Sorry or Excuse me
ขอโทษ / kăw-tôot/
7. It’s ok or No problem
ไม่เป็นไร /mâi bpen rai/
8. How are you?
สบายดีไหม /sà-baai dii mái/
9. I am fine.
สบายดี /sà-baai dii/
10. I am ok.
ก็ดี /gâw dii/
11. I am not feeling well.
ไม่สบาย /mâi sà-baai/
12. What about you?
คุณหล่ะ /kun là/
13. How is it going?
เป็นยังไงบ้าง /bpen yang ngai bâang/
14. What’s that? , What did you say?
อะไรนะ /à-rai ná/
15. I don’t know.
ผมไม่รู้ / pŏm mâi rúu/
ฉันไม่รู้ /chán mâi rúu/
16. I don’t understand.
ไม่เข้าใจ /mâi kâo-jai/
17. I can speak Thai a little bit.
ผมพูดภาษาไทยได้นิดหน่อย / pŏm pûut paa-săa tai dâai nít nòi/
ฉันพูดภาษาไทยได้นิดหน่อย /chán pûut paa-săa tai dâai nít nòi/
18. Can you speak slowly please?
พูดช้าๆหน่อย /pûut cháa-cháa nòi/
19. What do you say this in English?
พูดภาษาอังกฤษยังไง /pûut paa-săa ang-grìt yang-ngai/
20. See you later.
เจอกัน /jer gan/

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1:35 polite particle krap/ka 2:39 I 3:01 hello 3:18 thank you 3:34 you're welcome, my pleasure 3:50 sorry/excuse me 4:11 it's OK, no problem 4:28 how are you? 4:41 I'm fine 5:00 I'm ok 5:11 I'm not feeling well 5:22 what about you 5:41 how is it going? 6:03 what did you say? what's that? 6:34 I don't know 6:53 I don't understand 7:18 I can speak Thai a little bit 7:58 can you speak slower please? 8:36 what do you say this in English? 9:23 see you later

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