Thai Tea La Nid - EP.2 - Thai People Like to Shorten Words?! Hello guys! Welcome back to the episode 2 of Thai Tea La Nid Podcast. Today, we're going to talk about how Thai people really speak in daily life. Well, have you ever had a problem understanding Thai people speak? Hmm, it just doesn't sound like what you have learned from the textbook, right? I think one of the reasons might be because we always shorten words and we always skip the subject. OK, for example, how to ask what are you doing in Thai? From the textbook, you might say “kun gam-lang tam à-rai yòo ká”. I'll make it more natural. “kun gam-lang tam à-rai yòo ká”. Which is too formal and kind of too long because that's like six words or eight syllables. Okay, so let's start by skipping the subject first. From “kun gam-lang tam à-rai yòo ká”, we can say “gam-lang tam à-rai yòo ká”. Ok now, let's shorten the words. You can say “tam à-rai yòo ká” or “tam rai ká”. That's the shortest version. Ok, let's practice again from like the full version to the shortest version, ok? “kun gam-lang tam à-rai yòo ká” “gam-lang tam à-rai yòo ká” “tam à-rai yòo ká”, and “tam rai ká”. Ok, so now you can understand more Thai and I hope you enjoyed this episode of Thai Tea La Nid. See you again next time. Bye bye. *Sorry for saying “ok” a lot in this episode. Thanks for listening. Let me know if this is helpful and if you like it. Don’t forget to subscribe for more. See you. :D