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Lesson 13: Ordering Dinner

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This lesson will give you some more words and phrases to use at a restaurant. You should be able to communicate with your server better after studying this lesson.

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Grammar Notes:

We'll start with what a server might ask you when you first sit down: What do you want to drink? In the Thai language, when you want to ask someone “What do you want to (verb)” , we use the phrase  à-rai   dee  which means "what's good?". Here are some example sentences:
what would you like to eat ?
kun tahn à-rai dee  kâ / kráp 
lit: you eat what good (polite ending)
F
M
what would you like to order ?
kun sàng à-rai dee  kâ / kráp 
lit: you order what good (polite ending)
F
M
what would you like to drink ?
kun dèum à-rai dee  kâ / kráp 
lit: you drink what good (polite ending)
F
M
 

Word List:

EnglishPhoneticThai
food ah-hǎhnอาหาร
beverage krêu.ang dèumเครื่องดื่ม
eat (polite, formal)tahnทาน
drink (verb)dèumดื่ม
recommend náa-namแนะนำ
bland soup gaang jèutแกงจืด
spicy Thai soup đôm yamต้มยำ
dry noodle gǒo.ay đěe.o hâangก๋วยเตี๋ยวแห้ง
fruit pǒn-lá-máiผลไม้
order (verb)sàngสั่ง
 

Sample Sentences:

These sentences are based on the patterns described in the
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dì-chǎn náa-nam kôw pàt kâ
ดิฉัน แนะนำ ข้าวผัด ค่ะ
I (f.) recommend fried rice (female speaker)

mee ah-hǎhn náa-nam mái kráp
มี อาหาร แนะนำ ไหม ครับ
do you have a food recommendation? (male speaker)

kun dèum à-rai dee ká
คุณ ดื่ม อะไร ดี คะ
what would you like to drink ? (female speaker)

mee đôm yam láa kôw pàt mǒo láa mang kút
มี ต้มยำ และ ข้าวผัด หมู และ มังคุด
(we) have spicy Thai soup and pork fried rice and mangosteen

 
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