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The Thai word for "country" is "bra-tet". When you want to say the name of the country, you better say "bra-tet" first.

Anyway, you won't be wrong if you just say the name of the country without the word "bra-tet" at the front.

Country
bra-tet

For example: America, in Thai you should say "bra-tet a-may-ri-gar".



Where do you come from? (koon maa jaak nai)


I come from ... (pom maa jaak ...)



America
a may ri gaa
Australia
aot dtae lia
Belgium*
bell yiam
Brunei*
broo nai
Canada*
cae na da
China
jeen
Denmark*
den mak
France
fa rang set
Finland*
fin lan
Germany
yer ra man
Hong Kong
hong gong
Hungary*
hang ga ree
India
inn dear
Indonesia
inn do nee sear
Italy
it dta lee
Japan
yee boon
Korea
gal lee
Malaysia
maa lay sear
Netherlands
nay ter lan
New Zealand*
new sea lan
Norway*
nor way
Philippines
fi lib bin
Singapore
sing ga bo
Sweden
sa wee den
Switzerland*
sa-wit ser lan
Taiwan
dtai wan
United Kingdom
ang git
Yugoslavia*
yoo go sa-la via


* = The new word added