How are you? (II)

Hassan Thankham

May 16, 2020

2 min read

In today's lesson, we will have a look at some more expressions which you can say, when you are not doing so good.

Expressions:

สบายดีครับ

Sa bai dee krab/ka.

I am doing good.

ไม่ค่อยดีเท่าไหร่

Mai koi dee tao rai.

I am not feeling so good.

ไม่ค่อยสบายครับ

Mai koi sa bai tao rai

I am a bit sick/ I’m feeling under the weather.

มีไข้นิดหน่อยครับ

Mee khai (nid noi/soong mak) krab/ka.

I have (a bit of/high) fever.

ตัวร้อน (นิดหน่อย/มาก)

Tua ron (nid noi / maak) krab/ka.

I have a (bit of/high) fever ( *literary means ,,to have a hot body,, (temperature)

Body Pain

ปวด (followed by body parts)

Puad …………………

Glossary

หัว (Hua) - Head

คอ (Koh) - Neck

ไหล่ (Lhai) - Shoulder

แขน (Khaen) - Arm(s)

มือ (Mue) - Hand

หน้าอก (Nah Oak) - Chest/ (sometimes) Euphemism for breast/boobs

ท้อง (Tong) - Stomach

ขา (Khaa) - Leg(s)

เท้า (Tao) - Foot/Feet

นิ้ว(มือ) - Finger(s)

Examples;

ปวดหัว (นิดหน่อย/มาก)

Puad hua (nid noi / maak)

I have (a bit of/ a big) headache.

ปวดหลัง

Puad Lhang

One’s back aches.

ปวดท้อง

Puad Tong

To have a stomachache.

ปวดขา

Puad Khaa

One’s legs ache

The difference between ปวด Puad and เจ็บ Jep.

Apart from the word ปวด Puad, there is another word เจ็บ Jep, which has a very similar meaning, but both words are used to express slightly different kinds of pain in your body. In order to get a simple concept of these words, you might remember that ปวด Puad describes a continuous pain, whereas เจ็บ Jep is used to describe the temporary pain that you are feeling right at the moment it occurs, mostly caused by injuries and accidents.

Do not worry too much if you mix these two words up sometimes, because it can still be understood.

However, there is only one interesting case, where you need to learn to use these two words correctly, since the meaning changes completely if you use different verbs like these two sentences below.