Welcome to MuayThaiSport.com/blog! You know Thai Talk is one of my favorite articles so far. Every week I am always excited to teach you to speak Thai and talk like Thais. It is fun and really useful. You might think that Thai people should better learn English instead of you learning Thai. Well we do have English class in school but it is not really practical. I can just say that most of the people have already forgotten the most basic and simple phrases in English after graduating.
So if you want to easily survive in Thailand, you have to learn a tiny bit of Thai to communicate to the locals. And let me tell ya, the locals do willingly want to talk to you.
So today is one of the TOP HIT questions they want to know and ask which is where you are from. In Thai you say: Ma Jak Nai Ka/Krap or Ma Jak Pra Ted Arai Ka/Krap (from which country you are from?).
The most common answer is “I am from…” in Thai is “Chan/Pom Ma Jak Pra Ted……” which literally mean “I come from…..country.”
The list below is how to say your country in Thai:
Please note that the countries that are not listed below are pronounced the same way with in English (but with Thai accent).
Belgium (Bel Yiem)
Cambodia (Kam Pu Cha or Kmen)
China (Jeen)
France (Fa Rang Set)
Germany (Yer Ra Man)
Greece (Greek)
Japan (Yee Poon)
Korea (Kao Lee)
Portugal (Por Too Ket)
Thailand (Thai)
United Kingdom (Ang Grit)
United States (America)
Well that’s it! Not really many list of countries right? And when you say the country name, don’t forget to say “Pra Ted” which means “country” before you say the word. It is necessary here.
If you still have any questions about this, feel free you put your questions below in the comment. See you next week with another Thai lesson. I hope you enjoy!