{"id":811,"date":"2011-08-13T22:12:08","date_gmt":"2011-08-13T22:12:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/thai\/?p=811"},"modified":"2011-08-08T22:15:27","modified_gmt":"2011-08-08T22:15:27","slug":"vocabulary-for-the-thai-family","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/thai\/vocabulary-for-the-thai-family\/","title":{"rendered":"Vocabulary for the Thai Family"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Vocabulary for the Thai family is a bit more complicated than it is in the western family. The additional complications come from knowing who is older and who is younger, and know of which side of the family (mother\u2019s\/father\u2019s side) everyone is on.\u00a0 Also note that it\u2019s common to call unrelated people Aunt and Uncle in certain situations. I\u2019ve drawn up a chart at the end to help you visualize the connections.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Father \u0e1e\u0e48\u0e2d paw3<\/p>\n<p>Mother \u0e41\u0e21\u0e48 mae3<\/p>\n<p>Parents \u0e1e\u0e48\u0e2d\u0e41\u0e21\u0e48 paw3 mae3<\/p>\n<p>Husband \u0e2a\u0e32\u0e21\u0e35 saa5 mee1<\/p>\n<p>Wife \u0e20\u0e23\u0e23\u0e22\u0e32 pan1 ra1 yaa1<\/p>\n<p>Husband (informal) \u0e1c\u0e31\u0e27 puwa1<\/p>\n<p>Wife (informal) \u0e40\u0e21\u0e35\u0e22 mia1<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Child \u0e25\u0e39\u0e01 luuk3<\/p>\n<p>Son \u0e25\u0e39\u0e01\u0e0a\u0e32\u0e22 luuk3 chai1<\/p>\n<p>Daughter \u0e25\u0e39\u0e01\u0e2a\u0e32\u0e27 luuk3 sao5<\/p>\n<p>Sister (older) \u0e1e\u0e35\u0e48\u0e2a\u0e32\u0e27 pee3 sao5<\/p>\n<p>Brother (older) \u0e1e\u0e35\u0e48\u0e0a\u0e32\u0e22 pee3 chai1<\/p>\n<p>Sister (younger) \u0e19\u0e49\u0e2d\u0e07\u0e2a\u0e32\u0e27 nong4 sao5<\/p>\n<p>Brother (younger) \u0e19\u0e49\u0e2d\u0e07\u0e0a\u0e32\u0e22 nong4 chai1<\/p>\n<p>Siblings \u0e1e\u0e35\u0e48\u0e19\u0e49\u0e2d\u0e07 pee3 nong4<\/p>\n<p>Cousin \u0e25\u0e39\u0e01\u0e1e\u0e35\u0e48\u0e25\u0e39\u0e01\u0e19\u0e49\u0e2d\u0e07 luuk3 pee3 luuk3 nong4<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Grandfather (father\u2019s side) \u0e1b\u0e39\u0e48 buu2<\/p>\n<p>Grandmother (father\u2019s side) \u0e22\u0e48\u0e32 yaa3<\/p>\n<p>Grandfather (mother\u2019s side) \u0e15\u0e32 dtaa1<\/p>\n<p>Grandmother (mother\u2019s side) \u0e22\u0e32\u0e22 yai1<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Fathers younger siblings \u0e2d\u0e32 aa1<\/p>\n<p>Mothers younger siblings \u0e19\u0e49\u0e32 naa4<\/p>\n<p>Aunt (older sister of parents) \u0e1b\u0e49\u0e32 bpaa3<\/p>\n<p>Uncle (older brother of parents) \u0e25\u0e38\u0e07 lung1<\/p>\n<p>Relative by marriage to your brother\/sister *\u0e2a\u0e30\u0e43\u0e20\u0e49 sa1 pai4\u00a0 (see chart)<\/p>\n<p>My favorite is \u2018pee sa pai\u2019 because it always reminds me of \u2018pizza pie\u2019 . . . yum!<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/thai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2011\/08\/thai_family_tree.gif\"><\/img><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<img width=\"350\" height=\"305\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/thai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2011\/08\/thai_family_tree-1-350x305.gif\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image tmp-hide-img\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><p>Vocabulary for the Thai family is a bit more complicated than it is in the western family. The additional complications come from knowing who is older and who is younger, and know of which side of the family (mother\u2019s\/father\u2019s side) everyone is on. Also note that it\u2019s common to call unrelated people Aunt and Uncle&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"post-item__readmore\"><a class=\"btn btn--md\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/thai\/vocabulary-for-the-thai-family\/\">Continue Reading<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":59,"featured_media":2919,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":""},"categories":[10208,3],"tags":[94538,4481,49718,5141,6144,94539,94535,10177,94537],"class_list":["post-811","post","type-post","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-beginner","category-culture","tag-aunt","tag-brother","tag-child","tag-father","tag-mother","tag-parents","tag-sister","tag-thai","tag-uncle"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/thai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/811","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/thai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/thai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/thai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/59"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/thai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=811"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/thai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/811\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":815,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/thai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/811\/revisions\/815"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/thai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2919"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/thai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=811"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/thai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=811"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/thai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=811"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}