On the last episode, I taught you how to say color words, or see (rhymes with we).  There are more color names but those are the basic ones and we will learn the harder ones in the future.  Today, we will be learning how to put the word see in the sentences.

Here’s a little introduction on Thai grammar.  In English, the word order in a sentence usually goes from subject, verb, adjective, to object.  For example, Emma eats blue popsicle.  The subject is Emma; eats is verb; blue is adjective; and popsicle is object.  In Thai, the word order in a sentence usually goes from subject, verb, object, to adjective.  The word orders are similar, but we swap between adjective and object.  So in Thai, we would say Emma-kin-popsicle-see-fah or Emma eats popsicle blue.  Direct translation between languages usually sounds funny, so it’s important to know the basic grammar of the language you are trying to learn.  As a reminder, the word order goes from subject, verb, object, to adjective. Notice how I will use the word see in front of every color word.

Here is the first sentence.

Robert-mee-rode-see-dang

Mee (Sounds like me) =  has or have = VERB
Rode (Sounds like rode) = car = OBJECT
See (Sounds like see) = color
Dang (Sounds like dang) = red = ADJECTIVE

So a direct translation would be Robert has car red, which is an equivalent of Robert has red car.

You can practice changing the name of the subject and the color word to form new sentences.

For example:

Linda-mee-rode-see-chome-poo or Linda has pink car
Jim-mee-rode-see-kow or Jim has white car
Ann-mee-rode-see-dum  or Ann has black car.

Here is the second sentence example on how to use the color word

Jack-arn-nung-sue-see-keow

Arn (Rhymes with barn) =  read = VERB
Nung (Rhymes with rung) Sue (Sounds almost like sir)  = book = OBJECT
See (Sounds like see) = color
Chome (Rhymes with dome) Poo (Sounds like poo) = pink = ADJECTIVE

So a direct translation would be Jack reads book green, which is an equivalent of Jack reads green book.

Again, we can swap out the subject and the color word to form new sentences.

Linda-arn-nung-sue-see-chome-poo or Linda reads pink book.
Jim-arn-nung-sue-see-kow or Jim reads white book.
Ann-arn-nung-sue-see-dum or Ann reads black book.

We will learn how to replace more vocabulary into our sentence structure on the future episodes.

On the last episode I taught you how to say, "Koon-cheu-a-rai", which means, "What is your name?"  To reply to the question, male speaker would say: Pome-cheu....(name).  Female speaker would say: Chun-cheu.....(name). I also taught you how to swap out different pronouns in the question and the response.  I hope you have been practicing them all!

On this episode, I teach you how to say See (with a higher tone), which means color.  You are learning 14 different color words.  When you want to say a color name, you always say the word SEE in front of the color name.

See Chome Poo (Chome rhymes with home, poo rhymes with boo) = pink color

See Dang (Dang rhymes with bang) = red color

See Dum (Dum rhymes with gum) = black color

See Fah (Fah uses the a sound in car) = light blue color

See Keow (Keow rhymes with meow) = green color

See Kow (Kow pronounces like Carl but without L sound) = white color

See Leurng (Leurng uses the er sound in learn, ng sound in sing) = yellow color

See Muong (Say “moo” and “wong” together really fast) = purple color

See Ngern (Ngern uses the ng sound in sing, the word rhymes with learn) = silver color

See Num Tharn (Num like number, th sound in thumb, a sound in car) = brown color

See Num Ngern (Num like number, ng sound in sing, the word rhymes with learn) = dark blue color

See Some (Some rhymes with home) = orange color

See Tao = gray color

See Tong = gold color

We will learn how to incorporate these color words into sentences on another episode.

My friend Nate and his family came by the restaurant one day and gave me the idea to teach color words.  Unfortunately we are not doing that today and I promise you I will do that on the next episode instead. 

On the last episode I taught you how to reply to the question, "Ma-narn-reu-young?", which means, "Have you been here for a long time?"  You can reply, "Ma-narn-laeow", which means, "Yes, I have been here for a long time."  Or you can reply, "Ma-mai-narn", which means, "No, I haven't been here for a long time."  The other one I also taught you was, "Perng ma", which means, "Just got here." 

On this episode, I teach you how to say, "Koon-cheu-a-rai", which means, "What is your name?"  The word koon rhymes with toon.  The word cheu uses the "eu" sound in tsu(nami).  The letter a use the a sound in car.  The word rai uses the i sound in pie. 

The word "koon" means you.  The word "cheu" means name.  The word "a-rai" means what?.  When you put the meanings together, you will form a phrase, "you name what?"  Or another way of saying, "what is your name?"

You can use a different pronoun in place of "koon" to make the sentence more interesting.

"Ter" (rhymes with her), which means you, he, or she. 
"Kow" (uses the o sound in house), which means he, she, it, or they.
"Row" (uses the o sound in house), which means we.

The phrases become:
"Ter-cheu-a-rai"
"Kow-cheu-a-rai"
"Row-cheu-a-rai"

Now to reply to the question, you would use a first person pronoun.  Male speaker would use "Pome" as a pronoun and female speaker would use "Chun" as a pronoun.  The word "pome" rhymes with Rome.  The word "chun" rhymes with bun. 

The phrases would be as follow:
Pome-cheu....(name).
Chun-cheu.....(name).

Male speaker:
"Pom-cheu-George."
"Pom-cheu-Peter."

Female speaker:
"Chun-cheu-Linda."
"Chun-cheu-Mary."

You can use the same rule from the question phrase and use different pronouns.  The phrases become:

"Ter-cheu...(name)."
"Kow-cheu...(name or names)."
"Row-cheu...(name or names)."

If you get stuck on phrases, replay my previous episodes to hear the phrases again.  You could also send me emails with questions and comments. I would love to help you.  I hope you have been adding the words "Ka" and "Krub" to the end of your phrases!  They make the phrases sound better!