| How To Express Pain In Thai | | | | Let's use the Thai verb jeb |
| 30th August 2006 | | | | (เจ็บ): |
| Author: Rippa Sama | | | | ผม |
| How To Express Pain In Thai | | | | เจ็บ |
| Learning how to express "pain" in | | | | Pom jeb. |
| Thai can be quite useful when youneed to tell | | | | I'm hurt |
| someone which partof your body is in pain (i.e. to | | | | ;นไร |
| adoctor when you're in the clinicor hospital). | | | | นิ้ว |
| It can be quite handy too when you needto | | | | ของ ผม |
| create an excuse or reason toexplain that you | | | | เจ็บ |
| have certain "pain" | | | | 6;อย |
| (e.g. headache). | | | | 3;้น ค่ะ |
| Well, there are basically two Thai words | | | | Mai_pen_rai... niu kong pom jep nit nawwy |
| thatdescribe pain in Thai. The first oneis the Thai | | | | thao_nan khrap. |
| verb, poo-what (ปวด) which | | | | Never mind... My fingers only hurt a little. |
| meanspain, ache, sore or hurt. and the second | | | | เขา ตก |
| oneis the Thai verb Jep | | | | จาก |
| (เจ็บ)which also | | | | บันได |
| means pain, sore or hurt. | | | | และ ขา |
| Using poo-what (ปวด) to | | | | ถูก |
| express pain | | | | เจ็บ |
| Let's learn how to use the poo-what | | | | Khao dtohk jaak ban_dai lae khaa thuuk jep. |
| (ปวด)to express which part | | | | He fell from the roof and hurt his leg. |
| of yourbody hurt or ache. By the way,please | | | | In the 2nd example, you will notice the famous |
| remember to practice the writing | | | | Thai phrase mai pen rai. In Thailand, you would |
| Thai script below on a piece of paper. :-) | | | | often hear |
| Using poo-what is reallysimple. Just put it right | | | | Thai people saying "mai pen rai" which means |
| after a pronounand place the body part (noun) | | | | "It's okay, no problem. Don't worry, be happy. :-) |
| rightafter the Thai verb poo-what. | | | | Niu means fingers and nit nawwy means a little. |
| Here are some simple examples on howto use | | | | Nit is actually a Thai adjective meaning tinyor |
| the Thai verb poo-what | | | | very small while naawy is just a wordthat is used |
| (ปวด) toexpress pain: | | | | to soften the meaningof a sentence. Thao nan |
| ผม ปวด | | | | means only. |
| หัว | | | | In the 3rd example, dtohk means to fall andjaak |
| Chan poo-what huaa. | | | | means from. Ban dai means roof in Thai. |
| I (feminine) have headache. | | | | Lae is a Thai conjunction which means "and". |
| ผม ปวด | | | | Khaa means leg in Thai. |
| แขน | | | | Thuu (ถูก) is actually a Thai |
| Pom poo-what khaaen. | | | | verb or particlethat reflects passive voice. What |
| My arm hurts. | | | | doesthat mean? Well, let's take a lookat the |
| ผม ปวด | | | | following example to get a better idea: |
| ตา | | | | ; ของ ผม |
| Pom poo-what dtaa | | | | ถูก |
| My eye hurts. | | | | ขโมย |
| Notice the sentence structure in the 1st example. | | | | ไป |
| Huaa actually means head. Literally translatedthe | | | | แล้ว |
| sentence would mean "Me pain head" whichalso | | | | Mieow kong pom thuuk kha_mooy pai laeow. |
| means "My head hurts". | | | | My cat has been stolen. |
| The 2nd and 3rd examples are quite simple. | | | | Kha mooy means thief or burglar as a Thai |
| I merely just changed the last word (body part) | | | | nounand "to steal, to pilfer or to buglarize" if it's a |
| so thatyou can understand how easy it is to | | | | Thai verb. |
| expresspain using poo-what. | | | | Notice how thuuk (ถูก) |
| Simple, right? Okay, now it's your turnto create a | | | | reflects the passivevoice in the sentence above. |
| simple Thai sentence to expressthat your nose | | | | Without thuuk the sentence would mean, |
| hurt. You can use the | | | | My cat went stealing already. :-P |
| Thai word ja muuk | | | | You can view the original article here at |
| (จมูก) which means | | | | ( |
| nose. | | | | RippaSama is a passionate Thai language lover |
| ผม ปวด | | | | who just can'tstop learning Thai when he is on |
| ตา | | | | fire. If you want to readand learn more about his |
| Pom poo-what ja_muuk | | | | Thai language lessons and tips,you can visit ( |
| My nose hurts. | | | | Copyright 2006 - RippaSama. You are free to |
| Using Jep (เจ็บ) to | | | | reproduce thisarticle as long as no changes are |
| express pain | | | | made, the author's nameis retained and the link to |
| Okay, now it's time to create longerand more | | | | our site URL remains active. |
| interesting Thai sentence to expresspain in Thai. | | | | |