Wednesday, July 05, 2006

Thai stuff - Word of the day and the Fifth letter of the alphabet

Is it peoples or things?

- Kor Khon
ฅน
Khon - Person


Kor Khon is a Low class consonant and has a mid tone for Kor and a mid tone for Khon.

When referring to things and people Thais will refer to them as one or the other. So if I were to say "3 students" I would say "nak rien sam khon" (student 3 person). It I were to say "3 bottles of beer" I would say "bia khuad sam khan" (beer bottle 3 things). Thais generally tend to speak in a broken Thai so whether I would speak the whole sentance is questionable. When ordering a beer I would more than likely say "Ao bia Leo khuad song krap" or "want beer Leo (great beer) bottle 2". Again I would love to have some corrections to my limited Thai or even some little tips and lessons .

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