Top 10 THAI words you NEED to know (for Thailand Travelers)

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Traveling to Thailand? These are the top 10 Thai words you need to know. If you take the time to learn these basic Thai words and basic Thai phrases, your time in Thailand will be more enjoyable. Once you learn and try using these you will realize that Thai people will instantly welcome you into a conversation and you will get a true sense of their warmth!
If you are looking to study Thai in depth, the school highlighted in this video is a great place to learn. Studying here even gets the chance to get an Education Visa, which is rare for Thai language schools.
Duke Language School: dukelanguage.com/
Google Map Link: g.page/dukelanguagebkk?share
Korean Restaurant: goo.gl/maps/KvMeAEQgzqxZCkfa8
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[@RetiredWorkingForYou]

want to learn more about what the life of a young Muay Thai Fighter is really like....here's a video for ya: kzbin.info/www/bejne/hJO0fHZrYpmnf80

[@mixalis6168]

Why Krap and not Kup ??

[@dannowestiedanflarty6990]

You're my favourite new channel, chilled energy, super respectful and all in my favourite city in the world 🙏 keep crew fah on she's a gooden

[@RetiredWorkingForYou]

@@dannowestiedanflarty6990 cheers Danno!

[@dannowestiedanflarty6990]

@@mixalis6168 krap or kap, as you wish.

[@bradley_Bradley]

I don’t know why but this Vid really really makes me miss Bangkok and the people

[@matree.5407]

I felt the same way, I really enjoyed this video.

[@up2u162]

Ha! 1st comment I read after mine. Couldn't agree more, bro!

[@inlovewiththailand]

Yes Bradly, I felt exactly the same way. Thank god for good wifi connections and smart phones.

[@torontojason]

Thumbs up to Kru Faa. Let’s make her a recurring special guest star! What a presence on camera.

[@steelerian44]

I agree

[@RetiredWorkingForYou]

a solid idea dude.

[@bertvanderkooij2886]

Definitely good idea. She is eyecandy.

[@jasonburns5786]

So cute

[@avangion80]

True. Had a good sense of humour. Maybe I'll get lessons from her when I'm able to move to BKK.

[@parasinthephilippines]

Great fun. I now know. How to order a beer, in 257 languages. My education is complete.

[@RetiredWorkingForYou]

hahahah. perfect. that'll get you by pretty much everywhere!

[@CWSAM-kq8do]

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[@RetiredWorkingForYou]

i've never seen it written out before!

[@NathaWara]

Mahinthara Yuthaya (มหินทรายุธยา )

[@suarsivapong9311]

ครูฟ้า ท่องผิด คำหนึ่ง 😁😁😁

[@NathaWara]

@@suarsivapong9311 2 คำค่ะ วิษณุกรรมประสิทธิ์ด้วย ^^

[@suarsivapong9311]

@@RetiredWorkingForYou Most of the Thai royal words are in Sanskrit.

[@cornfed8409]

If not for CoVid, this would have been my third year traveling to Thailand. First year, I traveled 2 times. Last year 3 times. While it will make the Thai appreciate you more if you speak their language, it’s not a problem if you can speak the English language. My generation is certainly different from the past. There are Thais who actually understand and speak English. Don’t let the language barrier prevent you from traveling anywhere in this world. Just respect the culture, and you’ll be fine. Everyone now holds a phone with language translator. The Thais are kind, patient, very welcoming, eager and helpful to anyone who needs help-even if you get lost on the streets. Beautiful girls, too. OK, be careful. Lol!!!

[@TM-qr6we]

I am Korean, and I love that you had Korean involved in your video. Great job Chris!

[@heythave]

Love kru Fah. She has such a good voice and she uses gestures to help students remember. She’s a very good teacher.

[@alanoconnor7967]

The real question to ask . Is that beautiful teacher single 😍😍😍.

[@daimin1]

Yeah i was wondering that as well 😍

[@owenlee9772]

She is adorable!!

[@rickyism1576]

boom boom? 3000 bot.

[@dougdavis8986]

@@rickyism1576 : try harder not to be a jackass and please stay at home. No country wants you to visit.

[@rickyism1576]

@@dougdavis8986 There's a pandemic guy... literally everyone is at home. And if your so easily offended I'd take your own advice.

[@disrael2101]

You're so chill chris no wonders why everyone likes to hang with and watch your videos

[@theadventuresofbrockinthai4325]

HEY THERE, UNFORTUNATELY I ALREADY KNEW ALL OF THOSE WORDS AND I LEARNED THEM WHEN I FIRST CAME TO THAILAND 11 YEARS AGO BUT EVEN MORE UNFORTUNATELY THAT'S ABOUT AS FAR AS I GOT. MOST OF MY THAI FRIENDS AND THE PEOPLE I DO BUSINESS WITH SPEAK ENGLISH OR AT LEAST SOME ENGLISH. SO IT HAS NEVER BEEN A PROBLEM GETTING AROUND. I HAVE DECIDED THAT I NEED TO LEARN A LITTLE MORE THAI, SINCE I HAVE DECIDED TO SPEND THE REST OF MY LIFE HERE AND DIE HERE. THEY WILL PUT ME IN AN OVEN AND COOK ME UNTIL THERE IS NOTHING BUT ASHES LEFT..

[@RetiredWorkingForYou]

what a funny post!!

[@destinationsunknowntheroadsles]

Get away from the foreigner hang outs even in parts of Bangkok and what little English there is disappears.

[@madh52]

Her smile and spontaneous happiness is magnetic! I watched the video with a smile on my face!

[@bigwaidave4865]

Can highly recommend Duke!! Learned more Thai in 1 week than I had known after numerous visits over the years 👍

[@SelwynSeychelles]

Love this video my friend. I have picked up a lot of those words over my two years here and you are very right. This has made my life here much much easier.

[@IamSpartacus1984]

I`ve started to learn Thai recently so more like this please!!!! Loving your channel.

[@onponnoy5403]

The taxi driver can be thai language teacher as well. 😍

[@Hitboss808]

I've never been more excited to learn something

[@TanishaYerrabilli9999]

Love from India Chris.. This video is an emotion.. I Just Missing Thailand.. i love thailand.. i love Bangkok

[@marcoolinho]

This teacher lady is amazing how she recited the full name of Bangkok. Awesome!

[@Mark-kr3xp]

You are really kicking ass now with these videos, if I ever get to 14 day quarantine this will keep me sane !!!

[@danwarllock]

Such a great teacher with a smile

[@matthewbrunke4082]

Awesome man! Entertaining and engaging.

[@BazW192]

Now I have to go through all the withdrawal symptoms of missing Thailand once again, great video, written the words down for practice...nice to meet Hayley for the 1st time, suay mak mak!

[@silverfox5554]

Hi Chris great video I did a week’s course learning to speak Thai and would highly recommend it, much better learning in Thailand 👍👍

[@davidmurphy9302]

Outstanding stuff mate really enjoy your videos I can actually learn from them I’m looking forward to getting To Thailand once we can travel again keep up the good work

[@ReeshardTravel]

Great video! I love any video that promotes learning Thai language to expats or even just people coming on vacation. Liked the music in the background on some of the scenes. Great job.

[@RetiredWorkingForYou]

thanks Richard!

[@clintsheehan2535]

Awesome video, love your work, Kup 🙏

[@arturkupczak3498]

Man, all your videos make me smile! Love this channel haha ! More please!

[@up2u162]

Fah is gorgeous and embodies the true beauty of Thai people. Cannot wait to get back. Great video - thanks!

[@DPP-]

I am Thai, prefer to use “Khor Beer” instead of “Ao Beer”, khor beer is asking for and ao beer is taking for, it s quite a bit different feeling.

[@LearnThaiwithShelby]

It's one of the most common mistakes that non-Thais make. They don't learn how the language actually is spoken but translate from English.

[@Ulbre]

But when I am asked "Ao arai krub/ka" I am going to answer "Ao beer Chang krub". My personal experience is that the more common Thai (thus the majority) use "Ao" mainly. I'm not saying you are incorrect, I am sure you are certainly correct for your circle of peers & family. I use all three! Ao Khor Dtong garn!!

[@my2cents943]

Khor is the most polite of all. It equals 'asking for sth' while Ao means 'wanting sth'. Dtong garn is quite formal and = wanting or can be used in the sense of demanding too.

[@Ulbre]

and yet the majority of my 16 years living in Thailand and almost 37 years of visiting Thailand, have been in rural areas. I participate in activities with Thai's such as offroad riding(although less frequently nowadays) and chicken fighting. These are things, especially the latter, that the rural thai man will be involved with......my point is that I hardly ever hear "khor" in these situations. Now these people may be rural but they are still good Thai polite people and just because their speech isn't as formal as city folk doesn't mean they are less polite. Muay Thai is another area I imagine is similar, as it involves the rural and hard living folk who don't get the easy life on the platter........ although I'm not really into that sport so I am only guessing. As I said I use all three depending mainly who I m with. Dtong Garn I use with everyone when I want to express something I would really really like. "Yak chana huay mai krub?" "Dtong garn marg marg loei na krub" Just my take on things. Thailand is a huge country of almost 70 million people and the culture is very diverse, as is the language. there are so many sub dialects as well.

[@bohem7298]

@@LearnThaiwithShelby I'm Thai ,for me when we ask to buy something we should use 'Aow' instead of 'Khor' because 'Khor' feeling like means you ask something for free. if we say' 'Khor' something from Seller they might play a joke on you by saying "this is not for free ,it's for sell".

[@FrazerHatyai]

that taxi driver was a gem. met so many jolly taxi drivers like that In bkk

[@eduardalbeza6202]

great teacher and beatiful too.thank you again sir for the great video, learned some basic thai words... keepsafe always

[@Bangkokguitar]

Cute video. I enjoyed the humor of your mate as well. Very pleasant.

[@Ale_on_Tour]

probably the first time in my life that I am tempted to study thai

[@peterthermocline]

Such a warm ☺️ nice Taxi Driver, different from Robert De Niro's Taxi Driver🚖🚕🤬🤪

[@bangkokandmore]

*_Thanks for the lesson, Chris..._* ❤🇹🇭

[@RetiredWorkingForYou]

hey Martin!!!

[@chrisw1217]

Good lesson thanks Chris! Also, good to know about the education visa through Duke Language School

[@felipelombardiinaustralia6482]

Thank you so much for this video! You're legend mate! Hopefully this video is going to help me out for my next holidays in 2021, cheers brother

[@miltoncamilo8974]

I find your videos so interesting because you cover so many aspect of living in Thailand. In each of your videos there is a lesson to learn. Keep up!.

[@Brian_Homer]

Thanks Chris. That was really informative. Now I'm going to my favorite Thai restaurant in Hollywood, to give it a try. Sawadee krab. 🙏

[@JayEs31]

You’re killing it. Another good video.

[@artches1]

Absolutely loved this!!!

[@TheCR3Experience]

Great video man! Thanks!

[@coujunque]

Great video....much fun.

[@RetiredWorkingForYou]

thanks!

[@arrancleland9648]

Great video. Educational but interesting and fun too. Well done and thank you.

[@kanchabalochexploring]

Amazing 🤩 video I am loving it best part of video was the taxi driver 🚕 and today we learned Thai with fun thank you Chris and the Thai teacher

[@J7xi8kk]

I was enroled in a CMU course a few years ago and honestly nothing compares with learn and practice in the streets... Kru Fah looks really motivating though... 😊

[@Baleur]

Yeah i learned Mandarin by myself just living in China.

[@mkosiba79]

You have some great videos on this channel. My girlfriend and I want to move to Thailand when we retire in about 20 years. She’s Thai and I’m Polish and I’ve never been to Thailand yet. Your videos make me want to retire in 10 years 😁

[@ifidie9892]

Nice video, I​ am​ thai​ This video made me really miss Thailand. I have been living in Australia for 6 years and haven't been back in Thailand yet.​

[@turnerkevin3]

Another great video mate 😎😎

[@hillbillyinparadise]

Excellent video!

[@TheThaiLife]

I've been in Thailand 2.5 years and learned several new things from this video. You are doing such a great job, love this channel!

[@marcp108]

Good fun video - thank you

[@everlastinggobstopper6879]

Well i had been using a different language school and signed up for Duke Language this week. Great course outline and teachers. Highly recommend.

[@george58313]

I want to learn Thai even more now

[@sniffrat3646]

I know right?

[@DonThompson1964]

Great video. I enjoyed this and the condo videos. Subscribed!!!

[@CookingForGary]

That's fun trip for you guys.

[@robertbrianheath1629]

Very Handy for Nxt Visit!

[@stevendavis7986]

Loved this video thank you

[@brocktowner5093]

Great video and info!

[@MP-dv3kr]

Fantastic language lesson from our CEO... Kru Fah is amazing!

[@phaisaljaorasdr5854]

Cool vid! Kru Faa is a great teacher and very pleasant to watch. เฮลีย์ Thai is very good. Her Thai pronunciation is just like Thai. It's amazing that she is able to learn Thai pronunciation in 6 months from Kru Faa.

[@thaicrazy45]

Loved this Chris .I have lost my job because of Covid and am going to concentrate on improving my holiday Thai to a wider vocabularly.Need to learn about shopping words..Hoping to be allowed back in to Thailand early next year. Your videos make me smile.xx

[@JJJJ-gl2uf]

I too lost my job due to COVID, and recently relocated to Bangkok on a retirement visa. It was about the only way I could cope with the rising cost of living. . . . not a bad place to be and I'm glad I was able to make it here. I hope it all goes well for you too :-)

[@thaicrazy45]

@@JJJJ-gl2uf Wow good luck to you..yes the cost of living in the UK is now going through the roof..Oil and the terrible war in Ukraine..times are bad for a lot of people.Keep loving Thailand x

[@erwingreen5355]

Hi Chris, that was a good initiative, I learned something new. Kru Faa looks verry kind and beautiful. 😀

[@kidsfamily6581]

We are enjoying every moment 😂 of the video

[@chermarl5955]

It's a very fun Ep. 😄👍👍

[@johnmanchester8528]

Thank You 10 out off 10 !!!

[@michaelpendleton7429]

Thanks Chris, for the lesson.

[@PH-ov1hq]

Getting all these phrases down before our next trip would be a game changer, thanks!

[@linnhtutaung849]

Good video chris, learn some thai words. Thanks. Hope to get more videos likes this

[@DinoTeixeira]

Great, I was looking for a school to learn Thai once I officially retire

[@santajayclause1768]

Bring your wife to bangkok, then sneak to pattaya on official bussiness, wink wink, this canadian is so smart, hope his wife does not find out his games, haha

[@Ulbre]

This is another most excellent video, thank you. Kru taxi driver was certainly correct, Kru Fah is certainly suay ngarm........but also rates just as high in personality and "sanook"......and on top of that is extremely gifted in the fine art of thumbs up :)

[@caaacaaa494]

คริสคุณเก่งมาก นำเสนอได้ยอดเยี่ยมมาก

[@inlovewiththailand]

Wow this was a really fun lesson Chris. And I'm proud to say that I knew all of them, except for the ordering food one. But I'm lucky enough to have my wife as a private teacher. ;)

[@korakotvittaya612]

Really love this channel 🤩🤩🤩 ชอบช่องนี้ครับ...

[@texasruss]

Great video. The taxi driver really had some personality. He reminded me of my first taxi in Thailand. Crew Faa is adorable. You better keep her on speed dial for those days you need a good video idea. I hope to see you guys when I get to travel again.

[@djedo2007]

You’re one of my favourite vlogger’s... greetings from Vancouver.

[@RetiredWorkingForYou]

thanks edward!

[@shanfer123]

Such wonderful videos.

[@jampasurprenant1794]

You are clearly explained Everything about Thailand. Very interesting . I do understand bought language . Great video.

[@PoblaOscebar]

Please more... that's quite awesome. I should learn more languages.

[@mikereid1873]

Best one yet! That makes learning Thai more fun. More of these please you will also then pick up another audience ( those who search Thai language lessons on you tube) thank me later. 🙏

[@RetiredWorkingForYou]

cheers mike!

[@user-lw6nz7ms6n]

Learning Thai language is a little easier when you're in Thailand with the locals who speak it. Another good video Chris. Thanks for sharing this.

[@RetiredWorkingForYou]

thanks Bill!

[@MrPrince1970]

You did a great job!!!

[@navananburanavej9285]

I love your VDO the abest ! I am a Thai mom has a son who was born in the USA but speak no word of Thai. We live in St. Louis, MO. My son will travel to BKK with his daddy next year in April. I need him to learn from your VDO so he won't get fooled by Thai strangers around him. Thanks a million for your VDO. It definitely save his money and time while he stay in BKK for a month. Thanks a Million!!

[@onlysomanytimesaroundthesu2035]

Awesome man!

[@eamesho7723]

I would also like to add that Chris is doing an excellent job articulating all the words. However you may be confused if you hear a different version of the words taught here. More often than not the letter "r" is omitted from speech and sometimes its replaced with a "l" sound instead. Chris is saying "Krap" but you hardly hear it on the streets. Its more commonly just pronounced as Kap. Similar to "dtrong pai" (go straight) its usually spoken as "dong pai". An example of "R" replacement would be " nee keu arai krap" (which means what is this?) would sound more similar to "nee keu alai kap"

[@wingnut4217]

Dat was dope n on point, solid, Dude.

[@CryptoTraveller]

Definitely a great way to learn basic Thai like this!!

[@RetiredWorkingForYou]

Glad you think so!

[@LonglingEriksen]

Bring her back please! i wanna learn more. :) easy to learn when put to use at once. Taxi/restaurant usable with instant learning. Good lesson.

[@hennur5]

videos like that.. thats what makes you the best cris

[@CookingwithYarda]

I miss Thailand, hope my KZbin channel will finally pick up more views so I can go there again !

[@cinabonello2731]

Love this one

[@ThailandOrBust1111]

Very nice. I learned all of it. Very good teacher

[@theworldtraveller233]

this is the best video from you so far....really really loved it.....its informative as well as entertaining....Kaap khun krab

[@RetiredWorkingForYou]

oh wow....thanks!!

[@LeoR4U]

What a great teacher 👍 🤩

[@amerrylao6988]

Thank you for sharing🤗😃😍

[@welshwyn]

Great content and Fah is so nice. Miss the Thai people so much.

[@leddeperson]

So good thanks

[@user-qv3jq3nu9s]

I like this content.

[@octaviusvanzandt3695]

Great video. I think I'll take some language training next time I visit.