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How to say fruit
in Thai
ผลไม้
pǒn-lá-máai
fruit
pǒn risinglá highmáai high
Literally 'tree result'. Fruit stalls sell it whole by the kilo or cut and bagged with a stick for 20–40 baht.
- Part of speech
- noun
- Literally
- result + tree
- Remember it
- RESULT of a TREE = fruit.
In a sentence
- ร้านผลไม้ráan pǒn-lá-máaifruit stall
The culture behind it
CULTURE
Fruit has seasons here
From the same situation: Shopping and the market
- ซื้อto buy
- ขายto sell
- ของthings, stuff
- ตัวclassifier for clothes and animals
- ลูกclassifier for round fruit and balls
- คันclassifier for vehicles
- คู่pair (classifier)
- มีto have; there is
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Your first 90 days of Thai
Jingjok teaches ผลไม้ with audio, the tone drawn on screen, and a check on your own voice. Buy clothes, fruit and everyday things: ask for sizes and colours, compare, bargain politely, and exchange or return.
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