7 Wan 7 Si (7 วัน 7 สี): meaning and key lines

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1. สัปดาห์ sàp-daaหนึ่ง nùengมี miiเจ็ด jètวัน wan

   A week has seven days.

   สัปดาห์sàp-daa = week, the word you'll see in writing; in conversation Thais more often say อาทิตย์aa-tít. A noun + หนึ่งnùeng (one) means 'a, one': สัปดาห์หนึ่งsàp-daa nùeng = a week, in a week, and วันหนึ่งwan nùeng = one day. มีmii = to have, there are. (The video's subtitles write หนึ่งสัปดาห์นั้นnùeng sàp-daa nán, but she sings it this way.) She goes on to say it the other way round.

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2. วันอาทิตย์ wan-aa-títสี sǐiแดง daeng

   Sunday is red.

   วันอาทิตย์wan-aa-tít = Sunday, the day of the sun (อาทิตย์aa-tít). สีsǐi = colour, and a colour word follows it: สีแดงsǐi daeng = red, the colour red. Thai needs no 'is' here: วันอาทิตย์สีแดงwan-aa-tít sǐi daeng, 'Sunday, colour red'.

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3. วันจันทร์ wan-janสี sǐiเหลือง lǔeangช่างสดใส châang sòt-sǎi

   Monday is yellow, so bright.

   วันจันทร์wan-jan = Monday, the moon's day. เหลืองlǔeang = yellow, with a rising tone. ช่างchâang before a describing word means 'so, how…!', a little poetic: ช่างสดใสchâang sòt-sǎi = so bright and cheerful (สดใสsòt-sǎi = bright, fresh). Careful: on its own, ช่างchâang is a mechanic or a craftsman.

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4. ก็ gâwครบ krópเจ็ด jètวัน wanเจ็ด jètสี sǐi

   And that makes all seven days, seven colours.

   ครบkróp = complete, all there: ครบเจ็ดวันkróp jèt wan = the full seven days. You'll hear it all the time: ครบไหมkróp mǎi = is everyone (everything) here? ก็gâw at the start = and so, so then. It's also the song's title: เจ็ดวันเจ็ดสีjèt wan jèt sǐi.

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5. วันอาทิตย์ wan-aa-títสี sǐiอะไร à-raiคะ ká

   What colour is Sunday?

   Now the quiz: the singer asks and the children answer. สีอะไรsǐi à-rai = what colour?, with the question word at the end, where the answer goes: วันอาทิตย์สีอะไรwan-aa-tít sǐi à-rai → สีแดงsǐi daeng. Ask it about anything: รถสีอะไรrót sǐi à-rai = what colour is the car? She ends her question with คะká, high, the polite particle a woman puts after a question; after a statement she says ค่ะkâ, falling, as in the Thursday line.

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6. วันพฤหัสบดี wan-pá-rúe-hàt-sà-baw-diiค่ะ kâสี sǐiส้ม sôm

   Thursday. Orange!

   The teacher calls out the day, politely, with ค่ะkâ, and the children answer with its colour. วันพฤหัสบดีwan-pá-rúe-hàt-sà-baw-dii is Thursday's full name, the day of Jupiter; in everyday speech everyone says วันพฤหัสwan-pá-rúe-hàt. ส้มsôm = orange, the fruit and the colour.

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Words you'll learn

• สัปดาห์ sàp-daa

  week (formal, written)

• แดง daeng

  red

  Pa Daeng's name means 'Auntie Red': แดงdaeng is a common nickname.

• เหลือง lǔeang

  yellow

• ครบ króp

  complete, all there; to reach (a full number)

• สี sǐi

  colour

  Colour words usually follow สีsǐi: สีแดงsǐi daeng red, สีขาวsǐi kǎao white.

• ส้ม sôm

  orange (the fruit and the colour)

• วันอาทิตย์ wan-aa-tít

  Sunday

  Sun day, just like Sunday. On its own, อาทิตย์aa-tít also means 'week'.

• วันจันทร์ wan-jan

  Monday

  Moon day, just like Monday.

• วันพฤหัสบดี wan-pá-rúe-hàt-sà-baw-dii

  Thursday (full name)

  Everyday Thai: วันพฤหัสwan-pá-rúe-hàt.

• ช่างสดใส châang sòt-sǎi

  so bright and cheerful

• เจ็ด jèt

  seven

  7-Eleven is just เซเว่นsee-wên, from English.

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