The focus of the lesson today is Cell Phone. When you can use this expression? Well in case you’re at somewhere you don’t know, and you forgot to bring your cell phone with you or you did but the battery is out and unfortunately there’s no public paid phone around you, what cha gonna do? That case can happen! Well but of course if you stay in BKK, you can find public phones anywhere. But in other provinces? Well I can’t promise you that.
So, doesn’t hurt to know this expression don’t you think? Let’s get started. What I’ll do here is what I always do. I’m gonna show you how to say in phrases first. Then I’ll break down the sentences or phrases in details.
The key word here is Cell Phone. In Thai we call it “Mue Thue” which literally means “carried in hand”. Interesting yeah? I thought so too. Because you do use your hand when you use your phone and you can carry it with you anywhere. Anyway, right now check out the phrases below!
Mue Thue Khong Pom Batt Mod, Pom Kor Yuem Mue Thue Khong Kun Noi Dai Mai Krap?
That was a bit long but DON’T panic! What it said is my cell’s battery is out, can I borrow your phone? Only that!
And the answers are yes and no…we say “Dai” or “Mai Dai”
Here are the vocabs you learn in this lesson!
Khong Pom (for males) or Khong Chan (for females) = my
Batt = battery
Mod = to be out of sth
Kor Yuem = to borrow
Khong Kun = your
That wasn’t too hard right? Give it a couple tries and you will memorize it quickly. My trick is to say it out loud to help memorizing. If you have any questions, feel free to ask either about this lesson or the others. We’ll be glad and happy to help you learn our language!