Basic Dialog:
What's this called?
In this basic dialog, we introduce the Thai verb เรียกว่า, that means to be called . You'll use and hear this word a lot. Here the speakers use it to form more complete sentences than those from the previous lesson.
Listen to the conversation
Listen to the conversation again line by line. If you are able, repeat the words you hear and think about the English interpretation of each phrase.
A
nêe rîak-wâa à-rai ká
What's this called?
B
nûn rîak-wâa nǎng-sǔu-pim
That's called newspaper.
A
kǎw-tôte mâi kâo-jai
Sorry. I don't understand.
bàwk-wâa à-rai ná ká
What did you say?
gà-rú-naa pôot eèk-tee dâi-mǎi ká
Could you please say that again?
B
bàwk-wâa nûn rîak-wâa nǎng-sǔu-pim
I said that's called newspaper.
kâo-jai mǎi kráp
Do you understand?
A
kâo-jai láew kâ
Now I understand.
nêe nǎng-sǔu-pim
This is a newspaper.
kòp-kune mâak kâ
Thank you so much!
B
mâi-bpèn-rai kráp
It's no problem. You're welcome.