Tip: Learning Thai the easy way with songs

Welcome back again, since today is Sunday, I would like to make this day some special post with tips to help you learn Thai language easier.

Today, I'm going to introduce you to a very well-known Thai song. The name of this song is "Chang". This word means elephant. This is a kid's song. Most Thai have heard it since a baby.

Let's see the lyric and meaning below:-

Song Name: Pleng Chang (Elephant song)

Chang Chang Chang Chang Chang
(Elephant Elephant Elephant Elephant Elephant)

Nong Kei Hen Chang Rue Plao
(Have you even seen an elephant?)

Chang Man Tua Tho Mai Bao
(An elephant has a big body)

Jamook Yao Yao Riek Wa Nguang
(Its long nose calls a trunk)

Me Kiew Tai Nguang Riek Wa Nga
(It has fangs under trunk called tusks)

Mee Hoo Mee Taa Hang Yao
(It has ears, has eyes, and a long tail)

Vocabulary:
Chang = An elephant
Nong = Younger sister
Jamook = A nose
Kiew = Fangs
Tai = Under
Nguang = Trunk
Nga = Nga
Hoo = Ears
Taa = Eyes
Hang = A tail

To help you sing this song, I made a video as embedded below. Let's have fun sing this song.

First word you need to know - Sa-Was-Dee

In English world, you may usually get used to many greeting words in different time during a day. In Thai, we usually use one word to say hello during a day, most of you may already know and have heard this word, which is

"Sa-Was-Dee"


For men, you should say "Sa-Was-Dee-Krab"

For women, you should say "Sa-Was-Dee-Ka"


Actually, there are "Good Morning", "Good Afternoon", "Good Evening" and "Good Night" in Thai as well. These words had been used in the old time. In today world, we, Thai people, mostly say "Sa-Was-Dee" to greeting each other.

"Sa-Was-Dee" is used when we see each other once the first time of the day. No need to say "Sa-Was-Dee" every time you want to greet Thai people.

The most important culture of Thai people you need to know is that those who are younger have to say greeting to those who are older. And those who are older will then Sawasdee back to those younger.

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I hope you'll find this site helpful for your Thai language learning experience. If you have any questions or suggestions, please feel free to contact me.

I'll soon add YouTube video to how to accent the word, please stay tune....

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