The
most common greeting you will hear in Thailand is "sawatdee".
This is quite often used for both hello and goodbye. With most
of the phrases on this page you need to end with the polite
words: khrab for men and kaa for women. There
are also a few phrases where I say "phom" which is
"I" for men. Women would
normally say 'di-chun" in formal situations and "chun"
among friends.
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Hello/Goodbye
sawat-dee
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Goodbye
la-gon
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See
you again
lao jer gun
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good
luck
chok dee
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*Quite
often in Thai you don't need to say "I". But, you
can if you like. For men say "phom sabai dee". for
women say "di-chun sabai dee".
*Here,
phom is "I" used by men. If you are a woman
you should say di-chun. For more information please visit
the Women Speak Thai page.