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Thai Vocabulary: Spoken Thai Shortcuts

Recognise common shortened forms that appear in natural spoken Thai

อะไร
à-rai
low tone — syllable 1 of 2mid tone — syllable 2 of 2low-mid
Pronoun
what?, something, anything
ไร
rai
mid tonemid
noun
mite | acre
ทำอะไร
tham-à-rai
mid tone — syllable 1 of 3low tone — syllable 2 of 3mid tone — syllable 3 of 3mid-low-mid
what are you doing?
ทำไร
tham-rai
mid tone — syllable 1 of 2mid tone — syllable 2 of 2mid-mid
what are you doing? — spoken shortcut
หรือเปล่า
rʉ̌ʉ-bplào
rising tone — syllable 1 of 2low tone — syllable 2 of 2rising-low
or not?
หรือเปล่าเนี่ย
rʉ̌ʉ-bplào-nîa
rising tone — syllable 1 of 3low tone — syllable 2 of 3falling tone — syllable 3 of 3rising-low-falling
really? / or what?
ไหม
mǎi
rising tonerising
particle
question particle
Remember it by
my

A person points at themselves and asks, “Mine?” while looking expectantly at another person.

มั้ย
mái
high tonehigh
spoken form of ไหม
อะไรนะ
à-rai-ná
low tone — syllable 1 of 3mid tone — syllable 2 of 3high tone — syllable 3 of 3low-mid-high
what was that?
ยังไง
yang-ngai
mid tone — syllable 1 of 2mid tone — syllable 2 of 2mid-mid
how

Vocabulary (10 words)

อะไร à-rai
what?, something, anything
ไร rai
mite | acre
ทำอะไร tham-à-rai
what are you doing?
ทำไร tham-rai
what are you doing? — spoken shortcut
หรือเปล่า rʉ̌ʉ-bplào
or not?
หรือเปล่าเนี่ย rʉ̌ʉ-bplào-nîa
really? / or what?
ไหม mǎi
question particle
มั้ย mái
spoken form of ไหม
อะไรนะ à-rai-ná
what was that?
ยังไง yang-ngai
how