Discover Historical Town in Turkey and Learn Thai
Added 2022-03-29 12:52:13 +0000 UTCHey guys, I've just posted a video on youtube about my trip to Bursa. I have chosen a very important word that I think would be useful to you.
(00:19) แล้วเวลาที่คนตุรกีเค้าถ่ายหนัง
láew way-laa têe kon dtù-rá-gee káo tàai năng
เค้า káo
เค้า means he, she, it, they.
Some of you might be wondering why I use เค้า káo instead of เขา kăo. The reason is that I'm just writing how it's supposed to be pronounced: high tone. Even though the real spelling เขา kăo has a rising tone, no one pronounces it with a rising tone in real life.
In the video, I said:
(00:19) แล้วเวลาที่คนตุรกีเค้าถ่ายหนัง
láew way-laa têe kon dtù-rá-gee káo tàai năng
Literally: "when Turkish people they shoot movie". Sometimes I see English speakers speak that way too. For example: My father, he's a nice man. My friends, they are crazy.
However, this pattern (repeating the pronoun like he, she, it, they) happens so much more often in Thai. This is very spoken Thai. I would not write like this.
Let's take a look at more examples to make it clear.
คนนี้เค้าตัวเหม็น
kon née káo dtuua mĕn
This person (he) is smelly.
รถผมมันแพง
rót pŏm man paeng
My car (it) is expensive
เด็กๆเค้าไม่เข้าใจ
dèk dèk káo mâi kâo jai
Kids (they) don't understand
PS: here is the transcript of the video
https://thaiwithgrace.com/thai-travel-vlog-cumalikizik/
