5.7 Key Vocabulary and Useful Expressions
| Transliteration | English |
|---|---|
| t’ngai | day |
| sa-bpaa-daa | week |
| khae | month |
| chnam | year |
| bpeel | time |
| Transliteration | English |
|---|---|
| t’ngai nih jia t’ngai ey? | What day is today? |
| t’ngai nih jia t’ngai sok. | Today is Friday. |
| neak kaət t’ngai ey? | What day were you born? |
| Grammar Point | Summary |
|---|---|
| Expressing the days of the week | The days of the week are expressed by the pattern: T’ngai-nih (today)+ jia (is)+ t’ngai ey? “what day is today?”. To answer the question, the same pattern is used: T’ngai-nih (today)+ jia (is)+ t’ngai, followed by the days of the week. |
| Expressing
the months of the year |
For beginners, the simplest way of saying the month is to use the word Khae “month”+ dtii+ number. Like the days of the week, each month is preceded by the word Khae “month”. |
