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Dining & Food - Thai Phrases Transliterated

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thai travel phrases Stress is placed on syllables differently in Thai than in English. In a multi syllabic word, it is often the second syllable that gets the stress (but not always). So when in doubt, stress all syllables equally.

Tones (h),(l),(r),(f) review

"Polite words" are used at the ends of sentences. A man will use "(h)krahp!", while a woman will use "ka!". Note the high tone versus the neutral tone.

Reminders for   Tones   Consonant Sounds   Vowel Sounds   Notes

A   ...    before or after a phrase indicates a personal pronoun or a gender specific "polite word" should also be used.
PhraseTransliteration
Where is a restaurant?paht!-ta-kahn [or] (h)rahn ah-(r)han (l)yoo (f)tee-(r)ny! ...
I'm hungry. ... (r)hue ...
Menury-gahn ah-(r)hahn [or] men-u
I'm thirsty. ... (r)hue (h)nahm ...
Glass of water.(h)nahm (f)gaa-oh
Bottle of drinking water.(h)nahm (l)deum (l)koo-ut
Ice [water, hard](h)nahm-(r)kaang!
Platejahn
Spoon(h)chawn
Fork(f)sawm
Knife(f)meed
Lemonade/Limeade(h)nahm ma!-now
Steamed rice(f)kow
Fried/Deep fried(f)tawt
Stir fried(l)paht
Fried rice [stir fried](f)kao (l)paht
Fried egg [egg star](l)ky! dow!
Roasted/Bar-b-qued(f)yahng
Roasted chicken/pork/beef(l)gy!/(r)moo/(l)neu-uh (f)yahng
Noodle thin white/egg noole, yellow(h)goo-ay (r)dtee-oh/ba!-(l)mee
Currygaang
May I have the bill?check! bin ...
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Notes:
1- "(f)my! bpen! ry!" is used in many contexts including forgiveness.
2- Saying that you speak Thai a little can allow the listener to assume you actually speak quite a lot of Thai. It is often better to say in Thai, "I don't speak Thai"
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