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How To Express Pain In Thai

Learning how to express "pain" in Thai can be quite useful when you need to tell someone which part of your body is in pain (i.e. to a doctor when you're in the clinic or hospital). It can be quite handy too when you need to create an excuse or reason to explain that you have certain "pain" (e.g. headache). Well, there are basically two Thai words that describe pain in Thai. The first one is the Thai verb, poo-what (ปวด) which means pain, ache, sore or hurt. and the second one is the Thai ... read more

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Learning how to express "pain" in
 
Thai can be quite useful when you
 
need to tell someone which part
 
of your body is in pain (i.e. to a
 
doctor when you're in the clinic
 
or hospital).

It can be quite handy too when you need
 
to create an excuse or reason to
 
explain that you have certain "pain"
 
(e.g. headache).

Well, there are basically two Thai words that
 
describe pain in Thai. The first one
 
is the Thai verb, poo-what (ปวด) which means
 
pain, ache, sore or hurt. and the second one
 
is the Thai verb Jep (เจ็บ)
 
which also means pain, sore or hurt.

Using poo-what (ปวด) to express pain

Let's learn how to use the poo-what (ปวด)
 
to express which part of your
 
body hurt or ache. By the way,
 
please remember to practice the writing
 
Thai script below on a piece of paper. :-)

Using poo-what is really
 
simple. Just put it right after a pronoun
 
and place the body part (noun) right
 
after the Thai verb poo-what.

Here are some simple examples on how
 
to use the Thai verb poo-what (ปวด) to
 
express pain:

ผม ปวด หัว
 
Chan poo-what huaa.
 
I (feminine) have headache.

ผม ปวด แขน
 
Pom poo-what khaaen.
 
My arm hurts.

ผม ปวด ตา
 
Pom poo-what dtaa
 
My eye hurts.

Notice the sentence structure in the 1st example.
 
Huaa actually means head. Literally translated
 
the sentence would mean "Me pain head" which
 
also means "My head hurts".

The 2nd and 3rd examples are quite simple.
 
I merely just changed the last word (body part) so that
 
you can understand how easy it is to express
 
pain using poo-what.

Simple, right? Okay, now it's your turn
 
to create a simple Thai sentence to express
 
that your nose hurt. You can use the
 
Thai word ja muuk (จมูก) which means nose.

ผม ปวด ตา
 
Pom poo-what ja_muuk
 
My nose hurts.

Using Jep (เจ็บ) to express pain

Okay, now it's time to create longer
 
and more interesting Thai sentence to express
 
pain in Thai. Let's use the Thai verb jeb (เจ็บ):

ผม เจ็บ
 
Pom jeb.
 
I'm hurt

ไม่เป็นไร นิ้ว ของ ผม เจ็บ นิดหน่อย เท่านั้น ค่ะ
 
Mai_pen_rai... niu kong pom jep nit nawwy thao_nan khrap.
 
Never mind... My fingers only hurt a little.

เขา ตก จาก บันได และ ขา ถูก เจ็บ
 
Khao dtohk jaak ban_dai lae khaa thuuk jep.
 
He fell from the roof and hurt his leg.

In the 2nd example, you will notice the famous
 
Thai phrase mai pen rai. In Thailand, you would often hear
 
Thai people saying "mai pen rai" which means
 
"It's okay, no problem. Don't worry, be happy. :-)

Niu means fingers and nit nawwy means a little.
 
Nit is actually a Thai adjective meaning tiny
 
or very small while naawy is just a word
 
that is used to soften the meaning
 
of a sentence. Thao nan means only.

In the 3rd example, dtohk means to fall and
 
jaak means from. Ban dai means roof in Thai.
 
Lae is a Thai conjunction which means "and".
 
Khaa means leg in Thai.

Thuu (ถูก) is actually a Thai verb or particle
 
that reflects passive voice. What does
 
that mean? Well, let's take a look
 
at the following example to get a better idea:

เหมียว ของ ผม ถูก ขโมย ไป แล้ว
 
Mieow kong pom thuuk kha_mooy pai laeow.
 
My cat has been stolen.

Kha mooy means thief or burglar as a Thai noun
 
and "to steal, to pilfer or to buglarize" if it's a Thai verb.

Notice how thuuk (ถูก) reflects the passive
 
voice in the sentence above.
 
Without thuuk the sentence would mean,
 
My cat went stealing already. :-P

You can view the original article here at 
 
(http://mythaisensei.com/thai_phrases/learn_thai_pain.html)

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RippaSama is a passionate Thai language lover who just can't
 
stop learning Thai when he is on fire. If you want to read
 
and learn more about his Thai language lessons and tips,
 
you can visit (http://MyThaiSensei.com)

Copyright 2006 - RippaSama. You are free to reproduce this
 
article as long as no changes are made, the author's name
 
is retained and the link to our site URL remains active.
 
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