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Thai phrases › Hospital and insurance
How to say interpreter
in Thai
ล่าม
lâam
interpreter
lâam falling
Private hospitals have ล่าม for English, Chinese, Arabic, Japanese and more; ask at reception: มีล่ามไหม.
- Part of speech
- noun
In a sentence
- มีล่ามภาษาอังกฤษไหมmii lâam paa-sǎa ang-grìt mǎiIs there an English interpreter?
The culture behind it
CULTURE
Private hospitals, public hospitals
From the same situation: Hospital and insurance
- นัดหมอto make a doctor's appointment
- ใบนัดappointment card, slip
- ใบสั่งยาprescription
- แผนกdepartment (of a hospital or company)
- คนไข้patient
- ประวัติhistory, record
- ตรวจสุขภาพto have a health check-up
- อาการsymptom, condition
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Your first 90 days of Thai
Jingjok teaches ล่าม with audio, the tone drawn on screen, and a check on your own voice. Book and move appointments, explain how long you've had symptoms, get through tests, injections and the dentist, and claim the bill on insurance.
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