Jingjok
How to say I'm waiting at ___
in Thai
รออยู่ที่___
raaw yùu tîi ___
I'm waiting at ___
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.
Your answer when a Grab driver calls to find you. Name a landmark, not a house number.
- Where
- ride app
- Register
- polite
- Fill the blank with
- ปากซอย · ทางออกสอง · เซเว่น
The culture behind it
CULTURE
Grab, Bolt or a street taxi?
Words inside it
From the same situation: Getting around
- รถcar, vehicle
- แท็กซี่taxi
- มิเตอร์taxi meter
- เปิดมิเตอร์turn on the meter
- ค่ารถfare
- ถึงto arrive, to get to
- ตรงไปgo straight on
- เลี้ยวto turn
All 61 words and phrases in “Getting around” →
Your first 90 days of Thai
Jingjok drills รออยู่ที่___ until you can say it without thinking, then shows you where to use it today. Take a taxi, Grab, motorbike taxi or the skytrain, and tell the driver exactly where to go and stop.
- 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.