‘Sweet Potato’
Teacher Angela would like to share a funny teaching experience. When Angela teaches students online via Skype, she would normally share her computer screen with her student. One day the teacher greeted the student as follows;
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Teacher Angela:
Teacher Angela:สวัสดีค่ะ
hello + female polite particle
= Hello
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คุณสบายดีไหมคะ
you + be well/fine + ? / Are…? + female polite particle
= Are you well?
Student:
สวัสดีครับ
hello + male polite particle
= Hello
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ผมสบายดีครับ
I (male) + be well/fine + male polite particle
= I am fine.
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ขอบคุณครับ
thank + male polite particle
= Thank you.
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แล้วคุณล่ะครับ
and then + you + shorten particle + male polite particle
= And you? / How about you?
Teacher Angela:
ฉันสบายดีค่ะ
I (female) + be well/fine + female polite particle
= I am fine.
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ขอบคุณค่ะ
thank + female polite particle
= Thank you.
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คุณกินข้าวหรือยังคะ
you + to eat + rice/food + Have/Has…yet? + female polite particle
= Have you eaten?
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กินข้าวกับอะไรคะ
to eat + rice + with + what? + female polite particle
= What have you eaten? / What do you eat the rice with?
Student:
ผมกินข้าวแล้วครับ
I (male) + to eat + rice/food + already + male polite particle
= Yes, I have eaten.
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กินข้าวกับหมูปิ้งและผักสดครับ
to eat + rice + with + pork~to grill + and + vegetable + be fresh/raw + male polite particle
= I had grilled pork and fresh vegetables.
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แล้วคุณล่ะครับ
and then + you + shorten particle + male polite particle
= And you? / How about you?
Teacher Angela:
ฉันกินแล้วค่ะ
I (female) + to eat + already + female polite particle
= Yes, I have eaten.
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กินไก่อบกับมันแกวปิ้ง
to eat + chicken~to roast + potato~(name)~to grill
= I had roast chicken and grilled sweet potato.
Student:
มันแกวคือะไรครับ
= What is Mun~Geaw?
(มันแกว : Mun~Geaw is a new word for the student.)
Teacher Angela:
มันแกวคือสวีตโพเทโท้
potato~(name) + to be; is/am/are (fact) + Sweet Potato.
= Mun~gaew is Sweet Potato.
Student:
ผมไม่รู้จัก
I (male) + no/not + to know/recognise.
= I don’t know it.
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มันคืออะไรครับ
It + to be; is/am/are (fact) + what? + polite particle.
= What is it?
Teacher Angela:
ฉันจะให้คุณดูรูปจากกูเกิลนะคะ
I (female) + will + to let/have + you + to watch/see/look + photo/picture + from + Google + emphasis particle + female polite particle
= I will I will show you a photo from google.
Teacher Angela used Google to search for photos to help explain the vocabulary.
The teacher wrote the word “รูปมันแกว” in Google image search.
Many photos appear!!!
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Student:
โอ้!!! คุณครู
exclamation + Mr/Ms + teacher
= Oh, teacher!!!
Teacher Angela:
โอ้! ฉันขอโทษค่ะ
exclamation + I (female) + to apologise + female polite particle
= Oh! Sorry about that.
Then teacher Angela wrote the word “รูปมันเทศ” in Google search instead.
All the pictures then show photos of sweet potatoes!
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Teacher Angela:
ฉันขอโทษค่ะ มันแกวเป็นเน็ตไอดอลที่ไทยค่ะ
I (female) + to apologise + female polite particle. …(name)… + to be; is/am/are (status) + net idol + at/in (place) + Thai/Thailand + female polite particle
= I’m so sorry. That was an internet idol in Thailand named Mun~Gaew.
Student:
คุณครู ผมอยากกินมันแกวปิ้งครับ!
Mr/Ms + teacher, I (male) + to desire + to eat + ..(name).. + to grill + male polite particle
= Teacher I would like to eat Mun~Gaew Pîng!
Teacher Angela:
คุณจะต้องปิ้งคนเดียวนะคะ
you + will + must/have to + to grill + person/human + only/singularly + emphasis particle + female polite particle
= You must grill it for yourself!
