[Learn Thai] How to Express Ability (Saying "Can") in Thai

[@debanne2350]

Seriously one of the best videos I’ve seen and I’ve seen a lot

[@pickupthai]

Thank you so much for your feedback :)

[@JCO978]

Excellent teaching. Thank you Khru Yuki.

[@TheWeesy88]

Very clear explanation.... Good command in english makes your lesson very clear. Keep up the good work. Good luck.

[@robertw.]

คุณเป็นครูที่ดีมาก ขอบคุณมากครับ

[@redstar19]

you are one of the top teacher. good command of english. thank you.

[@cbk8138]

Thank u so much , Teacher🍎

[@jahriders_]

You are very best! I enjoyed the lesson and your teaching skills. Thank you!

[@little_engine_goes_to_Thailand]

Exelent video - thank you very much. I haven't seen anyvideos explaining Bpen เป็น when it can replace ( able to do) wonderful ..

[@learnerlearner1839]

teacher Yuki, your English improve amazingly wowwwwww

[@aburyan19]

Thank you, this was a very interesting and important lesson.

[@uttamanandarout7135]

Good lesson

[@leangchhoungtaing2264]

I love your teaching.... very clear

[@sergey-pro]

Very useful! Thank you

[@rajdeepmotilal]

What a great lesson! and what an insanely cute smile! :) You should definitely smile more in your videos.

[@UhYeahWhateverDude]

Whoa...I didn't even know I needed to know that! Great lesson!

[@uttamanandarout7135]

Thanks

[@eatmycoldlasagna.3758]

Thanks🌼😘

[@muthlong8823]

THANK YOU SO MUCH TO MSS PRATANA FOR HELPING ME , SAWATDEE,

[@cliveedwards9684]

Thankyou for the lesson, very useful - but I was hoping to learn how to use ‘samaat’ also.

[@pickupthai]

I explained it in the replies to some of the comments.

[@muthlong8823]

THANK YOU SO MUCH MSS PRATNA,

[@uriahheepdeeppurple1198]

สวัสดีมีความสุขครับ🙏💛💚💙 นี้เป็นสิ่งที่ดีมากนะครับ👍👍👍 ขอบคุณมากครับ.🙌🌺👏👌✌

[@minanore74]

Uriah Heep Deep Purple help meeee to learn tail

[@brianheard4565]

Good teaching! Thank you

[@MrMarkovics]

im in thailand often so i need to speak/understand.i will never pronounce properly but thats nobodys fault.Also same words with formal and informal can be different. i wish i could repay you for your lessons thank you

[@bodhitcg8100]

nice lesson, thank you for your teaching style.

[@cyber1991]

You're an excellent teacher. None of the other Thai teacher teach as comprehensive as you. How do you say 'cannot hear'? Is it 'mai daai yin' or 'yin mai daai'? Can you do another video on 'ao wai'? I found this word confusing.

[@pickupthai]

I'm glad that you like my style of teaching. "Ao wai" is an interesting topic to discuss. Thanks for the suggestion!

[@pickupthai]

The word "to hear" in Thai is "daiyin." Never separate it. To make it negative, just put "mai" before the verb. So, to say "cannot hear," we say "mai daiyin." Never say "mai daiyin daai" as "daiyin" is a verb of perception and we don't use the word "daai" with verbs of perception. Hope this helps :)

[@seethruthematrix6122]

nice!

[@Litvinvan]

Super! Very interesting lesson!!!ขอบคุณครับ🙏

[@johnheng1040]

Can you make videos on more advanced thai phrases? Such as the ones you hear on tv?

[@pickupthai]

Please go to our website and check out "PickupThai Podcast." We have lessons for all levels including ones for advanced learners.

[@jurisveratti4494]

Welcome back and thanks for the lesson.

[@diegestive4167]

Traffic rules in Thailand?i never knew...

[@varunasagar6706]

Greetings from India. Do a lesson on Thai idioms or proverbs.

[@thelandofsmiles3244]

along time no see very nice informative video thanks

[@starforest1202]

Thank you for your great lessons! Sometimes I hear people say "mai daai bpen" - ie both words together - what does this mean? And I would also love to see a video on why sometimes thai people repeat words like "maak maak" very much or "diik diik" children. Which words are ok to say twice and why? (I guess to emphasize it?) ขอบคุณนะคะ!

[@pickupthai]

"Mâi dâai bpen" simply means "to be not." For example, "chán mâi dâi bpen mâe káo" means "I'm not his mother." Hope this helps. By the way, duplicated adjectives/adverbs is a very interesting topic to talk about. Thanks for your suggestion.

[@belajarbahasathai1026]

เย้ ครูยูคิกลับมาแล้วววววววว

[@haymaroo3577]

Little bit confused about last two words.Could you explain here again?khop khun jar

[@pickupthai]

What exactly are you confused about?

[@Kairikey]

I may be late but let me add more. There are more nuances between ได้ and เป็น. For example, กินได้(can eat) vs. กินเป็น(know how to eat it well). There is also more difference between ได้ and ออก. For example, when you can read something but you don't know what it means, it is อ่านได้/อ่านเป็น. If you can both read and understand it, then it is อ่านออก. Another use of อ่านได้ is when you are asked to read something and you can do that for them, so you can reply with อ่านได้ which is quite a rare usage but not ungrammatical.

[@soubiyamaniyar9298]

Thnks

[@damayanthamunasinghe1421]

Thank you very much for the valuable vedio...😊🌸🌸... And also I would like to know the meaning of this phrase "เผื่อคุณด้วยนะ" (ฉันจะอาบน้ำเผื่อคุณด้วยนะ)... Does this mean "if you let me, I will take a shower"?..

[@pickupthai]

"เผื่อ" is used when someone, for example, a friend of yours, doesn't have the chance to do something that you get to do and asks you to do it for him. Say you're going on a trip to Paris and your friend is dying to go there but he has to work. He may say "เที่ยวเผื่อด้วย" which means "Enjoy it for me." Or if you're going to a nice restaurant that your brother has been wanting to go to but he has to stay home working, you can say to him jokingly "เดี๋ยวกินเผื่อ" meaning "I'll eat for you." In reality, no one can travel or eat, or take a shower, for someone else. This is just a way to express that you wish you could join the activity that someone will be engaged in although you can't.

[@damayanthamunasinghe1421]

Yuki Tachaya ... ขอบคุณมากกกครับ... 😊🌸 Thank you for your valuable explanation. I got it. 🙌😊

[@damayanthamunasinghe1421]

oh.. I am extremely sorry that yesterday I had accidentally put a thumbs down to your valuable explanation. I just now saw it and put a thumbs up. ขอโทษนะ... Have a nice day😊

[@pickupthai]

Oh don't worry. I'm glad you found my explanation helpful :) Thanks for following my videos. Don't forget to check out our website www.pickup-thai.com

[@damayanthamunasinghe1421]

Yuki Tachaya Ofcourse.. Thanks for the link too. 😊🌸

[@learnerlearner1839]

your English sounds like native.

[@pickupthai]

I haven't reached that level yet but thanks.

[@nubdaomon2173]

:-):-):-) great teaching

[@miekava7500]

Can you use bpen in a question?

[@pickupthai]

Yes. For example, "คุณขับรถเป็นไหม [khun kàp rót bpen mái]" "Can you drive?"

[@yoshitabi]

Thank you from Japan😁

[@gavin1971]

how to use Samaat?

[@pickupthai]

Someone else asked the same question in the comment. Please look for it. You'll find my answer.

[@lilyaksha]

It's the same difference between "can" (bpen) and "may" (daai) i.e. "May I go to the bathroom?" vs. "Can I go to the bathroom?" ("Do I know how to go to the bathroom")

[@TahmNong]

What about สามารถ ? :)

[@pickupthai]

It's mostly used in written/formal language although it can also be used in spoken/informal language. Most of the time, it's used together as a set with "ได้" ---> "สามารถ..(verb)..ได้" We tend to use this word to emphasize the meaning of "can." For example, if someone says "ฉันไม่สามารถบอกใครได้ว่าฉันคือใคร," rather than "ฉันบอกใครไม่ได้ว่าฉันคือใคร," they emphasize the fact that they are not able or even forbidden (to tell who they are) more than if they had expressed it the other way, even though both sentences mean the same thing which is "I can't tell anyone who I am."

[@TahmNong]

Thank you for the good explanation, I never knew how to properly explain the difference to my students when they ask, now I know~ :D

[@redstar19]

what is sing tii again???? thanks.

[@pickupthai]

"Sìng" means "thing" and "tîi" means "that" (relative pronoun). So "Sìng tîi" means "the thing(s) that..." or "what..." For example, "khun kuan ja tam sìng tîi tam hâi khun mii kwaam sùk" means "You should do what makes you happy. (do the things that make you happy)." Hope this helps :)

[@subhash1691]

สามารถ be like: Am I joke to you guys? 😂

[@pickupthai]

That's funny but there's actually a reason why we didn't include "สามารถ [sǎamâat]." All of the words mentioned in our video are used at the end of a sentence. The structure goes like this: "Subject + verb + (negative particle) + เป็น [bpen] / ได้ [dâai] / ไหว [wǎi] / ออก [àwk]." In the case of สามารถ [sǎamâat], it goes in front of a verb: "Subject + (negative particle) + สามารถ [sǎamâat]+ verb." And It can be and is often used together with ได้ [dâai] e.g. "ฉันไม่สามารถทำแบบนั้นได้." So it's slightly different from the other words I talked about. I mentioned how to use it in some other comments in case you want to know more.

[@humaarmy3637]

Please give the perfect English translation... Written in English words.. It's becoming difficult to understand as I don't know the script even..

[@samsonwilkinson8090]

Can hardly hear. Traffic rules in Thailand? No comment!