{"id":932,"date":"2011-10-27T07:41:48","date_gmt":"2011-10-27T07:41:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/thai\/?p=932"},"modified":"2011-10-27T07:41:48","modified_gmt":"2011-10-27T07:41:48","slug":"a-flood-of-vocabulary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/thai\/a-flood-of-vocabulary\/","title":{"rendered":"A Flood of Vocabulary"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I apologize for the bad pun, but I couldn\u2019t help myself. Given the considerable amount of media attention on the very serious flooding that\u2019s going on as I\u2019m writing this, it would be very useful for you to communicate your thoughts on flooding in Thai.<\/p>\n<p>Let\u2019s start with the basics (apologies to the experts).<\/p>\n<p>water \u0e19\u0e49\u0e33 nam4<br \/>\nrain \u0e1d\u0e19\u0e15\u0e01 fon5 dtok2<br \/>\nflood \u0e17\u0e48\u0e27\u0e21 tuwam3<br \/>\nflood (of water) \u0e19\u0e49\u0e33\u0e17\u0e48\u0e27\u0e21 nam4 tuwam3<br \/>\nswim \u0e27\u0e48\u0e32\u0e22\u0e19\u0e49\u0e33 wai3 nam4<br \/>\nsuit \u0e0a\u0e38\u0e14 chud2<br \/>\nswimsuit \u0e0a\u0e38\u0e14\u0e27\u0e48\u0e32\u0e22\u0e19\u0e49\u0e33 chud2 wai3 nam4<br \/>\nwade (in water) \u0e25\u0e38\u0e22\u0e19\u0e49\u0e33  lui1 nam4<\/p>\n<p>Water came into the house.<br \/>\n\u0e19\u0e49\u0e33\u0e40\u0e02\u0e49\u0e32\u0e21\u0e32\u0e43\u0e19\u0e1a\u0e49\u0e32\u0e19<br \/>\nNam4 kao3 maa1 nai1 baan3<\/p>\n<p>Now for the unavoidable harder vocabulary . . . given this is Thailand, I\u2019m sure you\u2019ll get to use these words several times a year  =P<\/p>\n<p>evacuate \u0e2d\u0e1e\u0e22\u0e1e  awp2pa4yop4<br \/>\nnatural disaster (resulting from water\/flooding) \u0e2d\u0e38\u0e17\u0e01\u0e20\u0e31\u0e22 ud2tok4ka2pai1<\/p>\n<p>The other day I was shoveling dirt out in the hot sun all day to fill sandbags to help save the city from flooding. It was hard dirty work, but fun too. There were plenty of other young-folk helping out, including farang. There were also plenty of Thai girls prettied up in stylish clothes and makeup digging right next to me . . . odd, but who\u2019s to complain? Anyway, if you could stand to lose a few pounds . . . I mean build muscle . . . here are a few more useful words for you.<\/p>\n<p>volunteer (the verb) \u0e2d\u0e32\u0e2a\u0e32\u0e2a\u0e21\u0e31\u0e04\u0e23 aa1saa5sa2mak2<br \/>\nsand \u0e17\u0e23\u0e32\u0e22 sai1<br \/>\nbag \u0e16\u0e38\u0e07 tung5<br \/>\nsand bag \u0e16\u0e38\u0e07\u0e17\u0e23\u0e32\u0e22 tung5 sai1<br \/>\nblock \u0e01\u0e31\u0e49\u0e19 gan3<br \/>\nbasic relief supplies \u0e22\u0e31\u0e07\u0e0a\u0e35\u0e1e yang1 cheep3<br \/>\npack \u0e41\u0e1e\u0e04 paek1<\/p>\n<p>Volunteer packing relief supplies.<br \/>\n\u0e2d\u0e32\u0e2a\u0e32\u0e2a\u0e21\u0e31\u0e04\u0e23\u0e41\u0e1e\u0e04\u0e16\u0e38\u0e07\u0e22\u0e31\u0e07\u0e0a\u0e35\u0e1e<br \/>\naa1saa5sa2mak2 paek1 tung5 yang1 cheep3<\/p>\n<p>Place sand bags in front of the door to keep out [the water].<br \/>\n\u0e40\u0e2d\u0e32\u0e16\u0e38\u0e07\u0e17\u0e23\u0e32\u0e22\u0e21\u0e32\u0e01\u0e31\u0e49\u0e19\u0e2b\u0e19\u0e49\u0e32\u0e1b\u0e23\u0e30\u0e15\u0e39\u0e1a\u0e49\u0e32\u0e19<br \/>\now1 tung5 sai1 maa1 gan3 naa3 bra2dtuu1 baan3<\/p>\n<p>And now for the hardest of them all . . . Just say \u2018saw1 baw1 paw1\u2019 and you\u2019ll be understood.<br \/>\nFROC (Flood Relief Operations Centre)<br \/>\n\u0e28\u0e1b\u0e20. (\u0e28\u0e39\u0e19\u0e22\u0e4c\u0e1b\u0e0f\u0e34\u0e1a\u0e31\u0e15\u0e34\u0e01\u0e32\u0e23\u0e0a\u0e48\u0e27\u0e22\u0e40\u0e2b\u0e25\u0e37\u0e2d\u0e1c\u0e39\u0e49\u0e1b\u0e23\u0e30\u0e2a\u0e1a\u0e2d\u0e38\u0e17\u0e01\u0e20\u0e31\u0e22)<\/p>\n<p>Now go and practice your new vocabulary with this neat info-graphic that explains Thai flooding:<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"\u0e23\u0e39\u0e49\u0e2a\u0e39\u0e49 flood ep.1: \u0e23\u0e39\u0e49\u0e08\u0e31\u0e01\u0e19\u0e49\u0e33\u0e17\u0e48\u0e27\u0e21\u0e43\u0e2b\u0e49\u0e21\u0e32\u0e01\u0e02\u0e36\u0e49\u0e19\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/b8zAAEDGQPM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Given the considerable amount of media attention on the very serious flooding that\u2019s going on as I\u2019m writing this, it would be very useful for you to communicate your thoughts on flooding in Thai.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":59,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":""},"categories":[10208,10341],"tags":[94584],"class_list":["post-932","post","type-post","status-publish","hentry","category-beginner","category-intermediate","tag-thailand-flood-water"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/thai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/932","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=932"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/thai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/932\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":935,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/thai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/932\/revisions\/935"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/thai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=932"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/thai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=932"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/thai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=932"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}