Here are a few words and phrases of Thai that may be useful for a traveller. In brackets there is a guide to how to say the words. Where there is a single letter, it is pronounced as in English.

Hello or goodbye
If spoken by a female: sawardee kha (say sar-wah-dee car)
If spoken by a male: sawardee khrap (say sar-wah-dee crup)

Thank you
khop khun (say kop koon)

Yes
chai (say chigh)

No
mai or plao (say migh or plough)

How much?
Thao rai? (say tow (rhymes with cow) righ)

Where is the.....?
.....yuu thii nai? (say you tee nigh)

Where is the bathroom?
Hawng naam thii nai? (say horng nahm tee nigh)

bus
rot meh (say rot may)

hotel
rohng ram (say roeng ram)

1 neung (nerng)
2 sawng (sorng)
3 saam (sahm)
4 sii (see)
5 haa (hah)
6 hok
7 jet
8 paet (pat)
9 kao (cow)
10 sip

20 yii sip (say yee sip)
30 saam sip
40 sii sip
50 haa sip

Sunday: Wan athit (wan atit)
Monday: Wan chan
Tuesday: Wan angkaan (ang-kahn)
Wednesday: Wan phut (putt)
Thursday: Wan paruhat (paroohat)
Friday: Wan suk
Saturday: Wan sao (sow, rhymes with cow)

Acknowledge this source in your bibliography like this:
Thailand (2001). [Online], Available: www.kidcyber.com.au

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updated April 2001