Kat teaches Thai Episode 5 (koon-cheu-a-rai, pome/chun-cheu)

Listen to Kat teaches Thai Episode 5

Sorry for being gone for so long guys!

My friend Nate and his family came by the restaurant one day and gave me the idea to teach color words.  Unfortunately we are not doing that today and I promise you I will do that on the next episode instead. 

On the last episode I taught you how to reply to the question, "Ma-narn-reu-young?", which means, "Have you been here for a long time?"  You can reply, "Ma-narn-laeow", which means, "Yes, I have been here for a long time."  Or you can reply, "Ma-mai-narn", which means, "No, I haven't been here for a long time."  The other one I also taught you was, "Perng ma", which means, "Just got here." 

On this episode, I teach you how to say, "Koon-cheu-a-rai", which means, "What is your name?"  The word koon rhymes with toon.  The word cheu uses the "eu" sound in tsu(nami).  The letter a use the a sound in car.  The word rai uses the i sound in pie. 

The word "koon" means you.  The word "cheu" means name.  The word "a-rai" means what?.  When you put the meanings together, you will form a phrase, "you name what?"  Or another way of saying, "what is your name?"

You can use a different pronoun in place of "koon" to make the sentence more interesting.

"Ter" (rhymes with her), which means you, he, or she. 
"Kow" (uses the o sound in house), which means he, she, it, or they.
"Row" (uses the o sound in house), which means we.

The phrases become:
"Ter-cheu-a-rai"
"Kow-cheu-a-rai"
"Row-cheu-a-rai"

Now to reply to the question, you would use a first person pronoun.  Male speaker would use "Pome" as a pronoun and female speaker would use "Chun" as a pronoun.  The word "pome" rhymes with Rome.  The word "chun" rhymes with bun. 

The phrases would be as follow:
Pome-cheu....(name).
Chun-cheu.....(name).

Male speaker:
"Pom-cheu-George."
"Pom-cheu-Peter."

Female speaker:
"Chun-cheu-Linda."
"Chun-cheu-Mary."

You can use the same rule from the question phrase and use different pronouns.  The phrases become:

"Ter-cheu...(name)."
"Kow-cheu...(name or names)."
"Row-cheu...(name or names)."

If you get stuck on phrases, replay my previous episodes to hear the phrases again.  You could also send me emails with questions and comments. I would love to help you.  I hope you have been adding the words "Ka" and "Krub" to the end of your phrases!  They make the phrases sound better!