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June 12 2004

Fluent Thai in just 30 seconds

Fluent Thai in just 30 seconds

Impress the locals without even opening a boring phrase book. Today we learn how to speak fluent Thai in just 30 seconds.

Air: Air con
Apart-men: Apartment
Arap: Arab
Ayt-cream: Ice cream
Bar: Bar
Beer: Beer
Boom boom: boom boom
Cee-dee: CD
Coh-cain: Cocaine
Com-piu-ter: Computer
Condo: Condo
Condom: Condom
Da-wid Bek-hairm: David Beckham
Dow: Down (cash deposit)
Dee-wee-dee: DVD
E-mai: Email
Fut-born: Football
Furni-ture: Furniture
Gan-jah: Ganja
Gay: Gay
Gin Tonic: Gin & Tonic
Gof: Golf
Green Tea: Green Tea
Hello: Hello (when answering phone)
Internet: Internet
Lesbian show: Lesbian show

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Lif: Lift (elevator)
Lip-satik: Lipstick
Logo: Logo
Manches-ter U-nai-tet: Manchester United
Mar-ga-rin: Margarine
Wave: Microwave
Moto-cyc: Motorcycle
Offit: Office
Oi: Oil
Panda: Panda
Pep-see: Pepsi
Per-sen: Percent
Pik-ap: Pick-up (truck)
Plastic: Plastic
Promo-shern: Promotion (special offer)
Sa-deet: Sadist
Ser-ee-ert: Serious
Sexy: Sexy
Taxi: Taxi
Tek-noh-loh-yee: Technology
Tennit: Tennis
Tee-wee: TV
Wee-dee-oh: Video
Wai: Wine

This easy-to-remember Thai vocabulary is more than enough to get you both drunk and laid (catering to a variety of perversions at the promotional rate), while watching your favourite sports channel in air-conditioned comfort with an ice-cream in one hand and a spliff in the other - plus a taxi home.

What more could anyone need?

[Posted to Learn Thai by David]

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Readers' comments

Whippet says:

"Lesbian show: Lesbian show". Fantastic! Laugh? I laughed so hard some wee came out.

John U says:

David,

I've always heard them say ice cream as "aisa keem". They have to put an "a" after an "s".

Another useful one that always amused me was "boy shee at" for bullshit. It took me a while to figure that one out.

I like the one for "I'll beat the shit out of you" - "I boxing you". e.g. "You butterfly me, I boxing you"

Also, did you know that the bar girls have their very own sign language? (at least the ones in Nana do) When the bars are very loud they have signs for the various drinks, so that they can order from a distance. The one for soda used to tickle me. Imagine squeezing a soft tit, and that was the sign.

mr peter says:

same same-same

pro du surr-producer

karaoke-karaoke

I boxing you me like too, also 'thank you very big' for thank you very much. I go now look foot born-peter

Stoney says:

Lub you lonnng time

Prorogue says:

Bprien lock, bpen baan chan diaow nee! - I've changed the locks, it's my house now.

A Popbitcher by the looks of it, and no mistake.

Lynn says:

Hey, don't forget this one:

Huge Gran: Hugh Grant

(Me thinks Mr. Grant would love Thai people because of their accented tongues.)

Tracey_emmin says:

Good point, well made

TANAI KWAI says:

Jaysus, what's wrong with the girl on the right? Looks like David pasted something out of a proctology text where her lips should be.

(ass-oh)

John U says:

Pussee - Pussee

How could you leave that one out.

"You boom boom me no condom I pay doctor 12,000 baht to wash out pussee" :<)

Mike says:


hab: have
too mud: too much
all reddy: already

Never ending list ;-) But somehow we like it, don't we?

stu_$ says:

impossment =important
cork = coke
mo-bii = mobile phone
prom-prem = problem

stu_$

Tony says:

How can you forget 50/50

tonychang says:

"ub 2 yoo"

SiLeakHunt says:

My flend yoo= your friend

SiLeakHunt says:

Good for me no good for you = I'm about to nick your wallet and let you wait until you walk out of the bathroom with a raging hard on until you find out.

tonychang says:

re: my comment, I actually saw this tattooed on a bargirl but spelt correctly.Did she go to a tattooist and ask for a tattoo and when asked what do you want tattoed she replied"up to you" so thats she got. TiT!

mr. yai says:

making fun of tinglish is all very well, until you try to speak thai. personally i like the pidgin english that gets used. most sentences in english can lose three or four words and be perfectly comprehensible. my most welcome word from a thai girl,,,,,,,"can" mr. yai

Anonymous says:


...and why is that?

Bubble_Head says:

bacteria:bacteria

Mike says:

I can't believe you all forgot it !?

same same:same

Ha!

Mike

Mr Peteeeeer says:

That not cock that microphone, your cock tooooooo Lek, you ladyboy!

Anonymous says:

For the girl trying to milk you for every last baht.
She always needs money for:

skoon : school

Edwin says:

Guess no girl ever said this to you?

I Finit (I finit alleddy) - Orgasm
U make me Kham - as above

Edwin

Fred Astaire says:

No, I normally come first, prior to the 5th minute where she would say it.

Errant says:

True: false
Never: always
Once: repeatedly
Forever: as long as the money holds out

mikky says:

the plastic one aint right... it goes like this:

pla-sa-tik: plastic

Another I heard:
spankamagetthi: spaghetti

guy says:

dont forget, fan- koo. thank you

Mike says:

Add lo, and it's italian:

fan-koo-lo:[translation censored]

Can I hear some italians laughing now ;-)

Insight says:


Black Label whiskey and Coke : Black Cock

Always gets any vistors asking "wtf did you just ask for?"

s kin mee of says:

Hehe this is fun......

Errm how about eccu mee = excuse me
baabaabobo = mad
ting tong = crazy
obattyhead = acciden("obattyhead...OBATTYHEAD")
mai pen rai = It dont matter and never mind
mai mee arai = nothing

flying high says:

solly mistel can not doo too big fo my mout = sorry mister your thing is too big for my mouth

ger says:

ei fink u forg it me=i think you forget me

eire says:

me ding ding ding too mut, after me dung, me look you, you look she, me dancing dancing but no you look she

Danwood says:

Eelectric city = Electricity
in the chicken = in the kitchen
Naeh = yes, no or anything

Larryr says:

anyone know what 'le?'(rising tone)is?

I assume its like the Canadian Eh?or Hawaiian Ya?.

marti says:

pay bar me - i fancy a night off
go wit u - i fancy a night off
Where u com fom - i fancy a night off
1 dwink - i fancy a coloured water
Ub to u - for the right cash
wow ham yai - i need to go dance

Lucky says:

Open conditioner - Turn on the AC

Open TV - Turn on the TV.

Mikey Mike says:

And another all time fave,

Do you have my wife?

Can't they learn that when we say my wife, that the my is not needed when they say it back to us! lol

Pants Elk says:

She: Loomselwi
Me: What?
She: LOOMSELWI!
(light comes on in head, dials ROOM SERVICE ...)

Johnny says:

Sure-wa = Sure

sounds almost exactly the same but listen for the emphasis, repeat the "Sure-wa" with a question inflection and you'll get another more serious "Sure-wa" back.

Mother Terrisa says:

You missed:
Dark-ling = Darling!
Go-Hok = Go Home
Chackwow = Chelsea supporter

Everton says:

Dark-ling = Monkey's bottom (in Lao)
Go-Hok = Liar

But you were spot on about Chackwow :-)

Nahk-Ling says:

Monkey House = Prison

romo metaxxas says:

Bushhee=pussy

Ding=drink

Yoo care me? = Do you love me? Or can i strip you of every penny i can you poor western sap.

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