Meeting for the first time

Hello there and welcome back to my podcast ,, Rian Thai Podcast ,, In today's episode, let us have a look at how Thais greet each other and which expressions they use to introduce themselves. Here below, you can also find the leaning material to read along when listening to the podcast. Have fun Main expressions:

Sa wad dee krub. Phom chuu ……….. krub (male speaker)

สวัสดีครับ ผมชื่อ ครับ

Sa wad dee ka. Chan chuu……………ka (female speaker)

สวัสดีค่ะ ฉันชื่อ ค่ะ

Glossary

Chu ชื่อ - name(n.) to be named/called (v)

Chan ฉัน - I (more commonly used by female speakers but can also be used by male speakers)

Phom ผม - I (male)

Dialog I

A: Sa wad dee ka. chuu Dud-Dao Jam-Rad-Pai-San ka.

สวัสดีค่ะ ชื่อดุสดาว จำรัสไพสาร ค่ะ

Hello my name is Dud-Dao Jam-Rad-Pai-San ka

In Thai, it is not necessary to say the subject all the time. Like in the sentence above, you can see that she begins the sentence with the verb (chuu), which will make you sound even more natural.

Dialog II

A: Sa wad dee krub. Phom Pala krab.

สวัสดีครับ ผมพละครับ

Hello I am Pala

In the sentence above, he does not even say the verb, but the subject I and then his name. This is also possible and common when you introduce yourself or sometimes you can just say your name, for example.

Sa wad dee krab. David krup.

Also, after introducing yourself, you might want to say.

Nice to meet you.

ยินดีที่ได้รู้จักครับ/ค่ะ

Yin Dee Tee Dai Ru Chak Krub/Ka