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Lesson 12
Lesson 12: Is it Spicy Or Not?
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Thai food is a burst of flavors: sweet, sour, spicy, and salty. This lesson will teach you how to not only describe your own food, but also how to ask your friend how theirs is.
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Grammar Notes:
One of the differences between Thai and English is that in Thai the adjective comes after the noun. For example:
If the orange is not sweet, then all you need to do is to add the Thai word for "not" into the sentence:
Perhaps at this point of eating your "orange not sweet", you are wondering if your friend's orange is sweet or not. To ask this question, simply put the word for "or not?" at the end of the sentence. You can think of it this way:
Note however, that the "mai" before the adjective and the "mai" at the end of the sentence are pronounced with different tones. Try to hear the difference in the tones when you do the exercises. For example:
sôm mâi wǎhn → falling tone
sôm wǎhn mái → rising tone
Word List:
| English | Phonetic | Thai | | or not? | mái | ไหม | | not | mâi | ไม่ | | vegetables | pàk | ผัก | | drink (verb) | dèum | ดื่ม | | fried rice | kôw pàt | ข้าวผัด | | eat | gin | กิน | | food | ah-hǎhn | อาหาร | | fruit | pǒn-lá-mái | ผลไม้ | | dry noodle | gǒo.ay đěe.o hâang | ก๋วยเตี๋ยวแห้ง | | noodle soup | gǒo.ay đěe.o nám | ก๋วยเตี๋ยวน้ำ |
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Sample Sentences:
These sentences are based on the patterns described in the
Grammar section. Click here to see slightly different versions. |
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gǒo.ay đěe.o nám wǎhn mái kráp
ก๋วยเตี๋ยวน้ำ หวาน ไหม ครับ
is the noodle soup sweet or not? (male speaker) kôw pàt mâi kem kráp
ข้าวผัด ไม่ เค็ม ครับ
the fried rice is not salty (male speaker)
kôw pàt kem kráp
ข้าวผัด เค็ม ครับ
the fried rice is salty (male speaker)
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