Meeting people

	Basic expressions		Making conversation
	Greetings & goodbye		Personal data
	Forms of address		Language difficulties
	First encounters

First Encounters

What's your name? khun cheu aria
My name is phom/chan cheu...
Pleased to meet you. yin dii thii dai ruu jak

Making Conversation

Where are you from? maa jaak thii nai
I'm from phom/di-chan maa jaak...
Where's your house? baan khun yuu thii nai
I live at phom/di-chan yuu thii
It's quite hot in Thailand. meuang thai rawn maak
What are you doing? khun thum ngan a-rai
What do you think? khun khit waa yang-ngai
What's this called? nii riak waa a-rai
How long are you here for? ja yuu thiinii naan thao rai
I'm here for weeks/days. ja yuu thii nii...aathit/wan

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