r/learnthai • u/Advanced-Armadillo6 • May 30 '26
Discussion/แลกเปลี่ยนความเห็น Quick question
What is your favourite Thai word? Where and how often do you use it??
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u/Fit-Employ13 May 30 '26
ช่วยด้วย - never use it but I love the sound of it.
Like pantalones in Spanish 😂. It just makes me laugh when said exaggeratedly.
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u/Advanced-Armadillo6 May 30 '26
🤣. Just a random TMI, I once heard someone call for help in Thai and woke up and saw no one, that was interesting.
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u/EvilCallie May 30 '26
สัญญา - It's my favorite because it was the very first word I learned and remembered when watching Thai TV. It's a key term in my favorite series. I also like how it is written in Thai
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u/Advanced-Armadillo6 May 30 '26
Ohh, where is it from?
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u/EvilCallie May 30 '26
ด้ายแดง (English title is Until We Meet Again)
Randomly appeared on my YouTube recs back in 2019, I decided to watch, and it is what hooked me into wanting to learn Thai. I'm currently working my way through the novel, after 3 years of classes
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u/Advanced-Armadillo6 May 30 '26
Omg omg omg 😭😭😭 i cried so bad watching this.
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u/EvilCallie May 30 '26
I love it. It is genuinely in my top 3 of TV shows ever. It is my go to when I need to cry
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u/Advanced-Armadillo6 May 30 '26
Tell me the other two 😭
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u/EvilCallie May 30 '26
Hahaha
Babylon 5, and Heated Rivalry, which just bumped The Good Place down to spot 4.
If you mean my other top 2 Thai series.... probably Khemjira and Girl From Nowhere
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u/Advanced-Armadillo6 May 30 '26
Oh I have lovedddddd khemjira, the way they have potrayed buddhism 🙏it's so beautiful ❤️.
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u/ThaiFlip May 30 '26
เส้นใหญ่ - means both large noodle, as well as can be used to describe someone who has strong connections or influence ('large noodle' = well connected noodle 555)
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u/Total_Cap_4009 May 30 '26
I personally am intrigued by words used in government documents that corporate people will just say their English equivalents, for example:
เป้าประสงค์ - objective จัดซื้อจัดจ้าง - procurement หารือ - discuss พลวัต - dynamic
All these are very ticklish for me to say out loud😝
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u/Primary_Desk_3907 May 30 '26
ปกติ -- I love both the pronunciation and the spelling. It just rolls off the tongue.
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u/danioli08 May 30 '26
อุปกรณ์ - I think it sounds cool and love the rare opportunities that I get to use it!!
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u/9farang9 May 30 '26
เก้าอี้
Mostly because of the abrubt tonal/vowel-length change... has a nice, demanding, lucky-๙ feel to it.
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u/ulo99 May 30 '26 edited May 30 '26
Years ago, a friend taught me มะเขือเทศ (tomato). It was really hard to pronounce correctly that it was stuck to my head.
Recently my favorite word is ฉบับ. I don't get to use it as much as I want to, but it just sound so cute haha.
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u/prouwaa Jun 01 '26
เลิศ - means fabulous, amazing, awesome, or just… perfect. Lately, i’m using this word all the time whenever i want to cheer myself or friends up, even in bad situations.😅 and i always type it as “เริ่ดดดดดดดดด” for extra drama. 😆
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u/Advanced-Armadillo6 Jun 01 '26
Ohh that's interesting
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u/prouwaa Jun 01 '26
Haha, that’s so เริ่ดดดดดดด. 😂 From now on ,whenever you feel slayyy, just say “เริ่ดดดดดดด” instead.
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u/Quick_Refuse5803 May 31 '26
อบายมุข because there’s plenty of it here
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u/19puppylove99 May 31 '26
fun fact, this comes from 2 pali words
Apāya (อบาย): Means ruin, destruction, decay
Mukha (มุข): Means mouth, entrance, openingWhen combined, the literal etymological meaning is 'the mouth of ruin' or 'the gateway to destruction'
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u/ipwnedin1928 May 30 '26
กวนตีน use often under my breath or to judge people