Jingjok
How to say to eat
in Thai
กิน
gin
to eat · to have (a meal)
gin mid
Covers eating and drinking medicine; the polite version ทาน is what waiters say to you, but กิน is fine in your mouth.
- Part of speech
- verb
- Remember it
- GIN and tonic? No, let's EAT.
In a sentence
- กินข้าวหรือยังgin kâao rǔue yangHave you eaten yet?
- กินเผ็ดได้ไหมgin pèt dâai mǎiCan you eat spicy food?
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Your first 90 days of Thai
Jingjok teaches กิน with audio, the tone drawn on screen, and a check on your own voice. Order food exactly how you like it, answer the kitchen's questions, and get the bill or a takeaway bag.
- WEEKS 1–2 · SURVIVEGreet anyone, pay, and order food and 7-Eleven exactly how you like it.
- WEEKS 3–6 · SETTLE INGet around by taxi, Grab and skytrain, find anything, and handle your landlord.
- WEEKS 7–12 · RUN YOUR LIFEPharmacy, bank, SIM and apps, how you feel, and a weekend away, all in Thai.
The first week is free.