Nature and weather
fire; light; electricity noun
- fai mid
- Mid: level, in your normal speaking voice.
เปิดไฟbpòet fai turn on the light, ปิดไฟbpìt fai turn it off, ค่าไฟkâa fai the electricity bill.
a fire (burning a building); to catch fire noun
- fai mid
- mâi falling
- Falling: start high and drop clearly, like a firm “No!”
Taught in Unit 12 · Lesson 2: Rent, bills and repairs of the free course.
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The same word means fire, light and electricity, so most of the time you'll hear it about switching lights on and off. A fire that is burning something down is ไฟไหม้fai mâi, "fire burns", which is also what you shout. The fire brigade's number in Thailand is 199. Forest fires, ไฟป่าfai bpàa, fill the North with smoke from about February to April.
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