Speak Thai Today

Chapter 3

travelling verbs

all travelling verbs

dern

walk

khàp (ród-yon)

drive (a car)

wîng

run (or jog)

khèe (ród-maw-dter-sai)

ride (a motorcycle)

bin

fly

nâng ród-fai

take a train

all examples

chăn/phŏm dern

I walk

chăn/phŏm dern maa thêe nêe

I walked here

khăo khàp ród bpai Phuket

he drives to Phuket

Jane châwp wîng

Jane likes to run

ther wîng bpai Karon

she ran to Karon

phûuak rao bin bpai Chiang Mai

we fly to Chiang Mai

chăn/phŏm nâng ród-fai bpai grung-thâep

I took a train to Bangkok

khăo khèe maw-dter-sai bpai Kamala

he rode to Kamala

Exercise 5

1I walk
2I like to walk
3I want to walk
4I walked here
5Peter drove to Bangkok
6Jane likes to run, she ran to karon
7we took a train to Chiang Mai (we are in Phuket now)
8we flew to Phuket (we are in Phuket now)
9Peter likes to ride his motorcycle to Patong
10Jane wants to drive to Karon

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1phŏm/chăn dern
2phŏm/chăn châwp dern
3phŏm/chăn dtâwng gaan dern
4phŏm/chăn dern maa thêe nêe
5Peter khàp ród-yon bpai grung-thâep
6Jane châwp wîng, ther wîng bpai Karon
7phûuak rao nâng ród-fai bpai Chiang Mai
8phûuak rao bin maa Phuket
9Peter châwp khèe ród-maw-dter-sai bpai Patong
10Jane dtâwng gaan khàp ród-yon bpai Karon