“Hello” in Thai

How to say hello in Thai, with pronunciation and a real example.

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You will often hear this with a polite ending word: men say ครับ (khrap), women say ค่ะ (kha). More about Thai polite ending words.

Sabai writes Thai in simple English letters without tone marks. Thai is a tonal language, so play the audio and copy the melody, not just the letters.

More greetings & basics words

• ขอบคุณThank you
• ขอโทษSorry
• ลาก่อนGoodbye
• ยินดีต้อนรับWelcome
• เข้าใจUnderstand
• ไม่เข้าใจI don't understand
• พูดอีกทีได้ไหมCan you say that again?
• พูดภาษาอังกฤษได้ไหมDo you speak English?

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