| Learning how to express "pain" in | | | | pain in Thai. Let's use the Thai verb jeb |
| Thai can be quite useful when you | | | | 17; เจ็บ |
| need to tell someone which part | | | | Pom jeb. |
| of your body is in pain (i.e. to a | | | | I'm |
| doctor when you're in the clinic | | | | 655;นไร |
| or hospital).It can be quite handy too when you | | | | นิ้ว |
| need | | | | ของ ผม |
| to create an excuse or reason to | | | | เจ็บ |
| explain that you have certain "pain" | | | | 6;อย |
| (e.g. headache).Well, there are basically two Thai | | | | 3;้น ค่ะ |
| words that | | | | Mai_pen_rai... niu kong pom jep nit nawwy |
| describe pain in Thai. The first one | | | | thao_nan khrap. |
| is the Thai verb, poo-what | | | | Never mind... My fingers only hurt a |
| (ปวด) which means | | | | little.เขา ตก |
| pain, ache, sore or hurt. and the second one | | | | จาก |
| is the Thai verb Jep | | | | บันได |
| (เจ็บ) | | | | และ ขา |
| which also means pain, sore or hurt.Using | | | | ถูก |
| poo-what (ปวด) to express | | | | เจ็บ |
| painLet's learn how to use the poo-what | | | | Khao dtohk jaak ban_dai lae khaa thuuk jep. |
| (ปวด) | | | | He fell from the roof and hurt his leg.In the 2nd |
| to express which part of your | | | | example, you will notice the famous |
| body hurt or ache. By the way, | | | | Thai phrase mai pen rai. In Thailand, you would |
| please remember to practice the writing | | | | often hear |
| Thai script below on a piece of paper. :-)Using | | | | Thai people saying "mai pen rai" which means |
| poo-what is really | | | | "It's okay, no problem. Don't worry, be happy. |
| simple. Just put it right after a pronoun | | | | :-)Niu means fingers and nit nawwy means a little. |
| and place the body part (noun) right | | | | Nit is actually a Thai adjective meaning tiny |
| after the Thai verb poo-what.Here are some | | | | or very small while naawy is just a word |
| simple examples on how | | | | that is used to soften the meaning |
| to use the Thai verb poo-what | | | | of a sentence. Thao nan means only.In the 3rd |
| (ปวด) to | | | | example, dtohk means to fall and |
| express pain:ผม | | | | jaak means from. Ban dai means roof in Thai. |
| ปวด | | | | Lae is a Thai conjunction which means "and". |
| หัว | | | | Khaa means leg in Thai.Thuu |
| Chan poo-what huaa. | | | | (ถูก) is actually a Thai verb |
| I (feminine) have headache.ผม | | | | or particle |
| ปวด | | | | that reflects passive voice. What does |
| แขน | | | | that mean? Well, let's take a look |
| Pom poo-what khaaen. | | | | at the following example to get a better |
| My arm hurts.ผม | | | | 3623; ของ ผม |
| ปวด ตา | | | | ถูก |
| Pom poo-what dtaa | | | | ขโมย |
| My eye hurts.Notice the sentence structure in | | | | ไป |
| the 1st example. | | | | แล้ว |
| Huaa actually means head. Literally translated | | | | Mieow kong pom thuuk kha_mooy pai laeow. |
| the sentence would mean "Me pain head" which | | | | My cat has been stolen.Kha mooy means thief or |
| also means "My head hurts".The 2nd and 3rd | | | | burglar as a Thai noun |
| examples are quite simple. | | | | and "to steal, to pilfer or to buglarize" if it's a Thai |
| I merely just changed the last word (body part) | | | | verb.Notice how thuuk |
| so that | | | | (ถูก) reflects the passive |
| you can understand how easy it is to express | | | | voice in the sentence above. |
| pain using poo-what.Simple, right? Okay, now it's | | | | Without thuuk the sentence would mean, |
| your turn | | | | My cat went stealing already. :-PYou can view |
| to create a simple Thai sentence to express | | | | the original article here at |
| that your nose hurt. You can use the | | | | ( 2006 - RippaSama. You are free to reproduce |
| Thai word ja muuk | | | | this |
| (จมูก) which means | | | | article as long as no changes are made, the |
| nose.ผม ปวด | | | | author's name |
| ตา | | | | is retained and the link to our site URL remains |
| Pom poo-what ja_muuk | | | | ---------------------- |
| My nose hurts.Using Jep | | | | RippaSama is a passionate Thai language lover |
| (เจ็บ) to express | | | | who just can't |
| painOkay, now it's time to create longer | | | | stop learning Thai when he is on fire. |
| and more interesting Thai sentence to express | | | | |