Try some of these examples of everyday words and phrases in Southern dialect to start a warm friendship with the locals.
1. Hello - wat dee
2. How are you? - baai dee maai
3. What's going on? - pan preu
4. headache - jep hua
5. sorry - toht tee
6. No problem. It's OK. - mai preu
7. What's your name? (talking to an older person) - dtern cheu rai
8. What's your name? (talking to a younger person) - nong cheu rai
9. Are you a Southern Thai? - dtern bpen kon dtaai maai
10. speaking the Southern Thai dialect - laeng dtaai
11. I can speak the Southern Thai dialect. - rao laeng dtaai bpen
12. Do you understand? - kao jai maai
13. Where're you going? - bpai nai laao
14. come here - maa nee
15. going home - glap baan gon
16. See you later. - dieow koi jer laao
17. Have you eaten? - gin kaao laew maai
18. I have already eaten. - gin laew
19. I have not eaten yet. - yang mai gin tee
20. I'm hungry. - heuay kaao laew
21. I'm full. - em laew
22. very delicious - roi kaat
23. a little bit - hit dieow
24. a little bit spicy - pet hit dieow
25. a lot - e mot
26. cool - roi
27. very enjoyable/exciting - daai raeng ok
28. something like that - rai pan nia
29. I miss you. - rao lam reuk eng
30. (early) morning - hua chao
31. mango - look muang
32. pineapple - yaa nat
33. lime, lemon - som naao
34. banana - gluay
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