mike & i had our first thai class yesterday... after learning (& practicing for 2 hours) a few dozen consonants and 16 of their 32 vowels, we have high hopes of one day learning to say something besides the very necessary, "hello", "thank you", and "not too spicy"...
as with their culture, the thais have a very polite language.. at the end of every sentence, you add a word with no english equivalent (though close to "please") depending on whether you are a girl ("kha") or a boy ("khrap")...
สวัสดีค่ะ sa wat dee kha........................hello (spoken by a girl)
ขอบคุณครับ khaawp khoon khrap.......thank you (spoken by a boy)
ไม่เผ็ด mai phet kha.............................not spicy (spoken by caryn frequently)
2 comments:
Not sure how you are supposed to pronounce "Khrap", but it sounds like a very interesting language. We will pray for you----. How do you say "Where do you catch the big fish?". "What do you use for bait?". "Do elephants pass on the right or the left?".
More questions to follow later.
thanks for all your comments... we love you!
m&c
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