Learning Thai the Easy Way!

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.

Hello/Goodbye sawat-dee	Goodbye la-gon

See you again lao jer gun	good luck chok dee

A. How are you? (sabai dee mai)

B. I am fine. (sabai dee)*

B. And you? (lao khun lae)

A. I am fine. (sabai dee)*

*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".

A. What is your name? (khun chue arai)

B. My name is.... (phom chue....)*

A. Nice to know you (yin dee tee dai roo-juk)

B. Nice to know you too (chen gun)

*Here, phom is "I" used by men. If you are a woman you should say di-chun. For more information please visit the Women Speaking Thai page.