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Khaaw-saan Road

amp — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 08:26:32 +0000

Tourist Attraction in Bangkok

Khâaw-sǎan Road, important night-entertainment spot of Bangkok. It’s located in Ta-làat-yôot Sub-district, Phŕa-ńa-khoon District, Bangkok , between Ta-naaw Road and Jakrapong Road in Bang-lam-phuu area, which is an important trading spot in Rattanakosin Island.

Khâaw-sǎan Road is the tourist attraction packed with a great number of tourists, both Thais and foreigners around the world.

The street sides are full of low price goods such as, handbags, shoes, clothes, CD, DVD, watches, including restaurants and integrated services like hair dressers’, manicure, distant and international telephone service, and internet café. All these are available in Khâaw-sǎan Road. Tourists can also enjoy the street-side view by taking a seat chit-chatting with friends at coffee shops or beer bars.

Thai words and phrases

Tourist attration = แหล่งท่องเที่ยว : làng thoông-thiâw

Entertainment spot = ย่านบันเทิง : yâan ban-theeng

Night time = ยามราตรี : yaam raa-trii

Tourist = นักท่องเที่ยว : nák thôong-thiâw

Important = สำคัญ : sǎm-khan

ถนนข้าวสารเป็นย่านบันเทิงยามราตรีที่สำคัญของกรุงเทพฯ

Tha-nǒn khâaw-sǎan pen yâan ban-theeng yam raa-trii tĥii sǎm-khan khǒong krung-thêep

(Khâaw-sǎan Road is an important night-entertainment spot of Bangkok.)

ถนนข้าวสารเป็นแหล่งท่องเที่ยวที่มีนักท่องเที่ยวอยู่เป็นจำนวนมาก

Tha-nǒn Khâaw-sǎan pen làng thông-thiâw tĥii mii nák-thông-thiâw yùu pen jam-nuan mâak

(Khâaw-sǎan Road is the tourist attraction packed with a great number of tourists.)

Thai words

amp — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 07:55:11 +0000

New Year Countdown: 31 December 2011

Whether the countdown is in Bangkok, Phuket, or a far northern destination, the Thailand New Year Celebrations will carry the hallmarks of fun and genuine hospitality that make the kingdom such a rewarding destination to visit. This is the land of smiles and “sanook” so what better place to ring in the new year than Thailand?

Thai words and phrases from the event

whether…or… = ไม่ว่าจะ…หรือ… (mây wâa jà…rǔu…)

celebration = การฉลอง (kaan cha-loǒng)

hallmark = เครื่องหมาย (khrûang mǎay)

hospitality = ไมตรีจิต (may-trii-jìt)

Whether the countdown is in Bangkok, Phuket, or a far northern destination, ……………………….

ไม่ว่าจะเคาน์ดาวน์ในกรุงเทพ ภูเก็ต หรือ จุดหมายในภาคเหนือที่ห่างไกล …………………………………

(mây-wa-jà countdown nay krung-thêep Phuket, rǔu jùt-mǎay nay phaak nǔa thii haàng klay…)

The Thailand New Year Celebrations will carry the hallmarks of fun and hospitality.

การฉลองปีใหม่ของไทยเป็นเครื่องหมายของความสนุกสนาน และไมตรีจิต

(kaan cha-loǒng pii mày pen khrûang-mǎay khǒong khwaam sa-nùk-sa-nǎan lá may-trii-jit̀)

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amp — Tue, 27 Dec 2011 10:32:41 +0000

Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra offered Burma’s prodemocracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi her support in a coming by-election during a historic meeting with the Nobel peace laureate in Burma, government spokeswoman Thitima Chaisang said Wednesday.

The two women talked in a “good atmosphere”, the spokeswomen said.

“Aung San Suu kyi told Prime Minister Yingluck that she hopes to win in the by-election and Ms Yingluck offered her support and her hope that Aung San Suu Kyi will win,” Ms Thitima said.

Ms Yingluck expressed support for her neighbor’s “national reconciliation”, adding that its progress was good for the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean).

Thai words and phrases from the news

atmosphere = บรรยากาศ (ban-yaa-kaàt)

express = แสดง (sa-daang)

support = การสนับสนุน (kaan sa-nàp-sa-nǔn)

national = แห่งชาติ (haàng châat)

reconciliation = ความปรองดอง (khwaam proong-doong)

The two women talked in a good atmosphere.

สุภาพสตรีทั้งสองสนทนากันในบรรยากาศที่ดี

(su-pâap-sa-trii tháng sǒong sǒn-tha-naa kan nay ban-yaa-kàat tĥii dii)

Ms. Yingluck expressed support for her neighbour’s national reconciliation.

นางสาวยิ่งลักษณ์แสดงการสนับสนุนความปรองดองแห่งชาติของประเทศเพื่อนบ้าน

(naang-saǎw Yingluck sa-daang kaan sa-nàp-sa-nǔn khwaam proong-doong hàang châat khǒong pra-thêet phûan-bâan)

Learn Thai culture today with Pro

amp — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 11:10:43 +0000

Calling a waiter or waitress with your fingers pointing upward is considered to be very impolite (I guess this is because this manner looks arrogant and humiliates people). Putting your hand up, but with your fingers pointing downward is acceptably polite. Most Thais call him or her with “noong” (น้อง), which means a younger brother or sister, or “phii” (พี่) , which means an older brother or sister , depending on whether he or she is perceived older or younger than they are. This is because Thai people commonly refer to their friend and other people they involve as “my brother” or “my sister” to be nice and friendly.

Thai words and phrases from situations

amp — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 10:45:42 +0000

The Chao Phraya water level in Pakkret Municipality is stable, within about one centimetre difference from yesterday’s noon level as measured against the marker, an eyewitness told the Post.

Yesterday’s official report stated that the Chao Phraya river level in Bangkok was about 2.08 metres. Bangkok’s flood wall is 2.50 metres.

So the water level at Pakkret, North of Nonthaburi, should provide some comfort that today and tomorrow will not see any significant rise in the water level in Bangkok from the run-off from the North,
reports said. ( Bangkok Post )

Thai words and phrases from situations.

Level = ra-dàp ( ระดับ )
Stable = khong-thîi ( คงที่ )

“The Chao Phraya water level is stable.”
“ra-dàp nám nay mâa-nám Chao Phraya khong-thîi”
( ระดับน้ำในแม่น้ำเจ้าพระยาคงที่ )

Hope the result will worth this sacrifice.

amp — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 10:39:29 +0000

Information and Communication Technology Minister Anudith Nakornthap yesterday said the government has to save the heart of Bangkok which is densely populated and housed important economic areas. Its protection would speed up rehabilitation of other parts of the country.
Mr Anudit said flood concerns had arisen at Lat Krabang Industrial Estate in Lat Krabang district and authorities were trying to protect the compound.
The drainage of floodwaters through eastern Bangkok will affect seven of its districts, namely Sai Mai, Klong Sam Wa, Kannayao, Min Buri, Lat Krabang, Bang Khen and Nong Chok.
From the eastern part of the capital, floodwaters will be diverted to Chachoengsao and Samut Prakan and then flow into the Gulf of Thailand.
The Flood Relief Operations Centre (Froc) last night warned people in five provinces in the Central Plains including Bangkok to move belongings to high ground to brace for more floodwaters.
Justice Minister Pracha Promnok, the centre’s director, said the Froc will issue immediate warnings if the flood situations in those areas worsen and people have to evacuate their homes.
The warning was issued after Chalit Damrongsak, director-general of the Irrigation Department, reported that floodwaters from Ayutthaya and Pathum Thani were flowing at 120 million cubic metres per second to eastern Bangkok, 100 million cu m/s to western Bangkok and 480 million cu m/s from 300,000 rai of fields from the Raphiphat canal to the Rangsit Prayoonsak canal north of Bangkok.
The massive surge of floodwaters had led to unsuccessful attempts to block water from entering the capital with layers of dykes in Pathum Thani province. Powerful floodwaters are breaking through the dykes and expanding in areas of Pathum Thani, gradually closing in on the capital.
Bangkok Governor Sukhumbhand Paribatra also issued the first warning of the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) yesterday for people in seven districts of the city to move their belongings to high ground and prepare for possible evacuation. He also ordered an evacuation of about 1,400 families living by Khlong Hok Wa and Khlong 2 canals.
More than 8 billion cu m of floodwaters are flowing from Ayutthaya and Pathum Thani towards Bangkok.
The Chao Phraya River discharges less than 200 million cu m/day while attempts to divert floodwater via the east and west of the capital can drain only about 86 million cu m daily.
Khunying Sudarat Keyuraphan, an adviser to the centre’s director, said Bangkok would have to help its outskirts drain the floodwaters.
She also recommended that Bangkok’s eastern ring road from Bang Na to Bang Pa-in should effectively function as an eastern dyke of the capital.
The government also wants to drain floodwaters through three canals in inner Bangkok, namely the Song Ton Noon, Saen Saep and Prawet canals.
But MR Sukhumbhand yesterday said the drainage through the canals would be limited. “If we are able to fully receive floodwater [through the canals], we will do that but we must wait for the rains to stop. If we are safe from rain and need not limit water [in the canals], we will open them. The BMA must manage risks,” he said.
Asked if the refusal to open the inner canals would affect the water level in Khlong Rangsit, MR Sukhumbhand said Khlong Rangsit was not his responsibility but the government’s.

Thank you : www.bangkokpost .com

Thai words and phrases from the situation

Government = รัฐบาล ( rat – thà – baan )

Sacrifice = เสียสละ ( siǎ – sà – là )

Drain = ระบาย ( ra – baay )

Massive = มหาศาล ( ma – hǎa – saǎn )

Outskists = ชานเมือง ( chaan – muang )

Example

The thai government sacrifices eastern Bangkok to drain massive water from northern outskirts.

รัฐบาลไทยต้องเสียสละกรุงเทพด้านตะวันออกเพื่อระบายน้ำมหาศาลจากชานเมืองด้านเหนือ

( rat – thà – baan Thai toông sǐa – sà – là krung – theêp daân ta – wan – oòk phûa ra – bay nám ḿa – hǎa – sǎan jàak chaan – muang daân nǔa )

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amp — Tue, 23 Aug 2011 07:39:30 +0000

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amp — Mon, 20 Jun 2011 08:58:09 +0000

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Web Master — Tue, 12 Apr 2011 09:46:45 +0000

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Web Master — Tue, 22 Feb 2011 01:24:53 +0000

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