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How to say Happy New Year! in Thai

สวัสดีปีใหม่

sà-wàt-dii bpii-mài

Happy New Year!

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.

For 1 January and, as ปีใหม่ไทย, for Songkran. Just repeat it back.

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festival
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Your first 90 days of Thai

Jingjok drills สวัสดีปีใหม่ until you can say it without thinking, then shows you where to use it today. Plan a weekend trip and book tickets, behave well at a temple, survive Songkran, and tell people what you did and where you've been.

The first week is free.