Author, Preface, and Contents from Tiger Press Thai
Thai Phrase Book With Tones - Tiger Press

Love and Romance

We Had Love at First Sight

from Chapter 15

Thai Language Course, Tiger Press Thai

In the examples that follow, 5 words have a rising tone.

What are those 5 words?

Try to remember them because they have a rising tone.


37. I suspect that he is very handsome.
ฉัน สงสัย ว่า เขา หล่อ มาก
Chăn sŏng-săi wâh kŏw làw mâhk.
Wfw: I suspect that he handsome very much.
* Sŏng-săi (สงสัย) means "to suspect."

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38. I’m sure that he is tall and thin.
ฉัน แน่ ใจ ว่า เขา ก็ สูง และ ผอม
Chăn nâe-jai wâh kŏw gâw sŏong láe păwm.
Wfw: I certain heart that he well, tall and thin.
* The connecting word, "Gâw" links the suspected handsomeness in the first sentence with the "tall and thin" elaboration in this sentence.

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39. No. He’s fatter than an elephant.
เปล่า เขา ก็ อ้วนกว่า ช้าง
Pblòw. Kŏw gâw ôoan gwàh cháhng.
Wfw: No. He, well then, fat more than elephant
* Here, gâw functions like the words "on the contrary..." or "in fact..."

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40. We had love at first sight.
เรา มี รัก แรก พบ
Row mee rák râek póp.
Wfw: We have love first meet.
* Râek (แรก) means first or initially.

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Can you repeat those 5 words that have a rising tone?


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