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How to say insurance
in Thai
ประกัน
bprà-gan
insurance · guarantee, warranty
bprà lowgan mid
ประกันสุขภาพ = health insurance, ประกันสังคม = Thai social security. Also a guarantee or deposit (เงินประกัน).
- Part of speech
- noun
- Remember it
- Be PRAGmatic: get insurance.
In a sentence
- มีประกันไหมmii bprà-gan mǎiDo you have insurance?
The culture behind it
CULTURE
Hospitals that feel like hotels
From the same situation: Health and pharmacy
- ปวดto ache
- เจ็บto hurt (sharp pain)
- หัวhead
- ปวดหัวto have a headache
- ท้องstomach, belly
- ปวดท้องto have a stomach ache
- ท้องเสียto have diarrhoea
- ไข้fever
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Jingjok teaches ประกัน with audio, the tone drawn on screen, and a check on your own voice. Describe your symptoms, buy the right medicine and take it correctly, see a doctor, call for help, and get a massage you survive.
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