Thai Vocabulary: Lesson 3 — People and family
Learn the Thai words for lesson 3 — people and family — with script, romanization and English. Free flashcards you can study online.
เขา
khǎo
Noun; Pronoun
he, she, they [can be impolite depending on context], mountain, horn
Remember it by
cow
A man, and a woman point at each other with a cow in the background.
เรา
rao
Pronoun
we, us, I [informal, can be used by both genders]
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row
A group of Thai friends all rowing the same boat together.
คน
khon
Classifier; Noun
person, people, [classifier for people]
Remember it by
con
A crowd of ordinary people gathered together in a Thai market.
เด็ก
dèk
Classifier; Noun
child, [classifier for children]
Remember it by
deck
A Thai child happily standing on a large wooden deck.
เพื่อน
phûean
Noun
friend
Remember it by
Two close Thai friends happily helping each other at a street market.
แม่
mɛ̂ɛ
noun
mother, mom
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May
A warm Thai mother named May lovingly caring for her child.
ลูก
lûuk
classifier
classifier for fruits, classifier for round objects, fruits
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Luke
A little Thai boy named Luke happily playing beside his mother.
น้อง
nɔ́ɔng
Noun; Pronoun
younger sibling, younger person [term of address], you [to younger person]
Remember it by
A younger Thai sibling happily following their older sibling around the house.
ชื่อ
chûue
Noun; Verb
name, to be named
Remember it by
Choo
A choo choo train missing it's name tag
ของ
khɔ̌ɔng
Noun; Preposition
of, belonging to, thing, item
กับ
gàp
Conjunction; Preposition
with, to, and
และ
láe
Conjunction
and
Remember it by
Two completely different Thai objects being deliberately joined together as one pair.
เป็น
pen
Auxiliary verb; Verb
to be, is, am, are, able to, as
คือ
khue
Verb
to be [equating identity], is, am, are, namely
Remember it by
A Thai person unmistakably identifying one object as another in a simple visual identification scene.
ใคร
khrai
Pronoun
who?, someone, anyone
Remember it by
cry
A person crying while desperately looking around to find the unknown person they are searching for.
Vocabulary (15 words)
- เขา khǎo
- he, she, they [can be impolite depending on context], mountain, horn
- เรา rao
- we, us, I [informal, can be used by both genders]
- คน khon
- person, people, [classifier for people]
- เด็ก dèk
- child, [classifier for children]
- เพื่อน phûean
- friend
- แม่ mɛ̂ɛ
- mother, mom
- ลูก lûuk
- classifier for fruits, classifier for round objects, fruits
- น้อง nɔ́ɔng
- younger sibling, younger person [term of address], you [to younger person]
- ชื่อ chûue
- name, to be named
- ของ khɔ̌ɔng
- of, belonging to, thing, item
- กับ gàp
- with, to, and
- และ láe
- and
- เป็น pen
- to be, is, am, are, able to, as
- คือ khue
- to be [equating identity], is, am, are, namely
- ใคร khrai
- who?, someone, anyone