Super Useful Thai Expressions, Part 1
*Intermediate Level*
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1. ถูกเผงเลย - (thùuk phěng ləəi) - Spot on!; Exactly!; You hit the nail on the head!
Note:
- ถูกต้อง(เลย) (thùuk tɔ̂ng; thùuk tɔ̂ng ləəi) - has a similar meaning but is a bit less emphatic.
2. นั่นแหละ - (nân-lɛ̀) - Exactly; That's it/right; There you are then; That's...(or emphasizes preceding part of the sentence).
3. (ก็)นั่นนะสิ - (nân-nâ-sì; kɔ̂ɔ nân-nâ-sì) - Quite right; Yes...; Exactly!; That's just it!
4. จะไปแล้ว - (cà pai lɛ́ɛw) - (I) gotta get going; I'm gonna go now; I gotta run
5. ไปไหน - (pai nǎi) - Where are you going?
6. พูดเล่น - (phûut-lêen) - Just joking; I'm kidding
7. อย่าพูดเล่น - (yàa phûut-lêen) - Don't joke around
8. โอ้โฮ - (ôo-hǒo) - Wow!; Oh!; Gee!; Holy Cow!; Whoa!; (shows suprise in a kind of cute, commical way)
9. ตายแล้ว - (taai-lɛ́ɛw) - Goodness!; Shoot!; Shit!; Oh my!
10. ทุกอย่างจะดีขึ้นเอง - (thúk-yàang cà dii khʉ̂n eeng) - Everything will be okay/work out; It will all work out.
11. อีกแล้วหรือ - (ìik lɛ́ɛw rʉ̌ʉ) - Again?!; It happened again?!; You did it again?!
12. ไม่ใช่ครั้งแรก - (mâi-châi khráng-rɛ̂ɛk) - This/That/It's not the first time.
13. คุณว่าอะไรนะ - (khun wâa àrai ná) - What did you say?
Note:
- คุณพูดว่าอะไรนะ (khun phûut wâa àrai ná) - is a bit longer and less casual way to say this.
14. ใครว่า... - (khrai wâa…) - Who says...?; Who said...?
15. โธ่เอ๋ย/โธ่เอ๊ย - (thôo-əə̌i/thôo-əə́i) - Oh man!; Come on man!; Oh dear!; Shit!; Damn!; etc.
16. อะไรก็ได้ - (à-rai kɔ̂ɔ dâi) - Anything’s fine.; Whatever you want.; whatever;
anything
17. หุบปาก - (hùp-pàak) - Shut up!; Keep quiet!; Shush!; Zip it!
18. บอกแล้วไง(...) - (bɔ̀ɔk lɛ́ɛw ngai…) - I told you…; I told you so.
19. อย่ามาอยุ่ง(กับ) - (yàa maa yûng; yàa maa yûng kàp…) - Don’t mess with
(me)!; Leave me alone!; Bug off!; Stay out of it!
20. พูดง่ายแต่ทำยาก - (phûut ngâai tɛ̀ɛ tham yâak) - Easier said than done!; Easy
to say but difficult to do
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