Apr 21 2022
Kat Teaches Thai Episode 5 (koon-cheu-a-rai, pome/chun-cheu)
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!