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How to say what do you want to be when you grow up?
in Thai
โตขึ้นอยากเป็นอะไร
dtoo-kûen yàak bpen à-rai
what do you want to be when you grow up?
Add ครับ (kráp) if you are a man or ค่ะ (kâ) if you are a woman. It makes the sentence polite, and Thais always use it.
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- small-talk
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- polite
Words inside it
From the same situation: Plans, dreams, regrets
- วางแผนto plan
- แผนplan
- แผนสำรองbackup plan, plan B
- เป้าหมายgoal, target
- ตั้งเป้าto set a goal
- ความฝันdream (ambition)
- ใฝ่ฝันto aspire, long for
- ตามฝันto follow one's dream
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