Hello นักเรียน nák-riian (students),

I am excited to start our first lesson. In this video lesson, you will learn Personal Pronouns which are really useful as they can be used as the subject and object in a sentence. Furthermore, I will introduce you to the essential vocabulary for your first conversation.

If you are ready พร้อม práawm, let's start เริ่มกัน rêeum-gan! 🥳

Personal Pronouns

Essential Words | Compound Words

Activity & Exercise

Review all vocabulary you've learned in this lesson on Quizlet (Online Flashcards)

• Chapter 1_Personal Pronouns
• Chapter 1_Essential Thai Vocabulary

KeyTakeaways:

• In Thai, the subject and object pronouns are the same. (No need to conjugate the pronouns)
• ฉัน (chǎn with a rising tone) is "I/me" for female speakers but in reality, Thais usually pronounce it ชั้น (chán with a high tone)
• Many times, Thais call themselves by their nicknames as subject pronouns.
• Oftentimes, Thais skip the subject when casually speaking.
• The young generations use เรา (raw) as "I" and "we".

Bonus: Countries in Thai

• America = อเมริกา à-mee-rí-gaa
• Germany = เยอรมนี yuuh-rá-má-nii
• France = ฝรั่งเศส fà-ràng-sèet
• Spain = สเปน sà-bpeen
• Protugal = โปรตุเกส bproo-dtù-kèet
• Switzerland = สวิสเซอร์แลนด์ sà-wít-ser-laaen
• Italy = อิตาลี ì-dtaa-lîi
• Belgium = เบลเยี่ยม bew-yîaam
• China = จีน jiin
• Cambodia = กัมพูชา gam-puu-chaa
• Laos = ลาว laao
• Korea = เกาหลี kao-lǐi
• Japan = ญี่ปุ่น yîi-bpùn
• Myanmar = เมียนมาร์ miian-mâa or พม่า pá-mâa

Please see a list of 40 country names in Thai from my blog post. If your country is not on the list, please feel free to comment below. Just a tip, the rest of the counties could be pronounced similarly to English but with Thai accent 😆.

Remark: A misspelling in Thai of the word "ฝรั่งเศส fà-ràng-sèet" (with ส ending consonant)