Thai Foundation

Day 5

points in time (exercise 30)

Just as we added a day of the week as a time reference in the previous lesson, this new vocabulary will allow us to add time markers in our sentences to say when something took place in the past, or will in the future.

dtawn née

now

wan

day

aa-thíd

week

deuuan

month

bpee

year

mêuua waan née

yesterday

wan née

today

phrûng-née

tomorrow

mêuua waan seuun

the day before yesterday

wan má-reuun née

the day after tomorrow

deuuan thêe láeo

last month

deuuan née

this month

deuuan nâa

next month

bpee thêe láeo

last year

bpee née

this year

bpee nâa

next year

Exercise 30

1they will come next week
2they came from Bangkok last year
3I went to the airport yesterday
4she will go to Krabi this week
5I want to eat now
6she will go to the cinema tomorrow
7I spoke to him two days ago
8we will go to Phuket next month
9she will go to Bangkok next year
10we ate here last Sunday

Scroll down for the answers …

1phûuak khăo jà maa aa-thíd nâa
2khăo maa jàak grungthâep bpee thêe láeo
3phŏm/chăn bpai sà-năam-bin mêuua waan née
4ther jà bpai Krabi aa-thíd née
5phŏm/chăn dtâwng gaan gin aa-hăan dtawn née
6ther jà bpai roong-năng phrûngnée
7phŏm/chăn phûud gàp khăo mêuua waan seuun
8phûuak rao jà bpai Phuket deuuan nâa
9ther jà bpai grung-thâep bpee nâa
10rao gin thêe nêe wan aa-thíd thêe láeo