A1 · Lesson 028

Thai dishes & ingredients

Read a menu with more confidence, ask what is in a dish, and talk about the flavours you love.

By the end of this lesson

Choose a Thai dish and understand a useful ingredient or spice answer.

Start with common menu names, then use complete questions and replies to choose what you want.

Say this now

I would like to order Pad Thai.

Say as a manphǒm yàak sàng phàt thai khrápผมอยากสั่งผัดไทยครับ
Say as a womanchǎn yàak sàng phàt thai khâฉันอยากสั่งผัดไทยค่ะ

Complete recorded examples use the displayed values. Replace them with your actual choices. Any prices or totals are invented practice examples.

Sentence shape: I → would like to order → Pad Thai → polite ending.

Say as a man: sentence pieces

Iphǒmผม
would like to orderyàak sàngอยากสั่ง
Pad Thaiphàt thaiผัดไทย
polite endingkhrápครับ

Say as a woman: sentence pieces

Ichǎnฉัน
would like to orderyàak sàngอยากสั่ง
Pad Thaiphàt thaiผัดไทย
polite endingkhâค่ะ

In this lesson

Key words

Recognise the words and their meaning.

Essential phrases

Use complete lines and natural replies.

Practice

Choose a response and build a sentence.

Dialogues

Follow a complete exchange.

Word match

Match taught words and phrases to meanings.

Listening match

Understand the same language by ear.

Chapter review

Bring the useful language back from memory.