Unit 3: I like it!

Order กาแฟเย็นgaa-fae yen at a street stall and you get Thai iced coffee, sweetened with condensed milk.

ชาไทยchaa tai is the famous bright orange Thai tea, usually served iced with milk.

In drink names it means drink or juice. It's also Nam's nickname.

Also the counting word for drinks: ชาสองแก้วchaa sǎwng gâew is two teas.

Hot as in temperature (weather, drinks); spicy hot is another word, เผ็ดpèt.

For drinks it means iced; for weather and places, pleasantly cool.

It goes after the word it describes: หวานมากwǎan mâak, very sweet.

Also the classic modest reply when someone asks if you speak Thai.

Answer ชอบไหมchâwp mǎi with ชอบchâwp or ไม่ชอบmâi châwp, not with yes or no.

A verb follows it: อยากกินyàak gin, want to eat.

The everyday word. Formal รับประทานráp-bprà-taan is for menus and speeches.

In everyday speech Thais often use กินgin for drinks too: กินกาแฟgin gaa-fae.

After an adjective it means too: แพงไปpaeng bpai, too expensive.

Softer than a flat ไม่mâi: Thais often say ไม่ค่อยชอบmâi kâwy châwp to be polite.

You've already heard its cousin in ยินดีที่ได้รู้จักyin-dii tîi dâi rúu-jàk: รู้จักrúu-jàk is to know a person.

One word for have and there is: มีน้ำแข็งไหมmii nám-kǎeng mǎi is Is there ice? or Do you have ice?

For women, places and things; a man is หล่อlàw, handsome.

Sanuk is a Thai value: if something isn't fun, why do it?

It sounds like a quiz host: Correct! In everyday chat ใช่châi is more common.

It goes at the very end: after มากmâak it adds emphasis, and after a negative it means at all.