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In this Easy Thai lesson, you’ll learn how to describe tastes in Thai using everyday examples like water, sugar, medicine, salt, lime, coconut milk and chilli. Watch a bowl of tom yum come together one ingredient at a time until it’s spicy, sweet, salty, sour, rich and delicious!

The lesson then explores the contrast between จาง (jaang) – faint/faded and จัด (jàt) – strong/intense, with examples like fading dark spots, thick morning fog and a smell you can barely notice. Finally, see how จืดจาง (jʉ̀ʉt-jaang) can describe a love that has lost its spark.

Thai Vocabulary:
จืด (jʉ̀ʉt) – Bland
หวาน (wǎan) – Sweet
ขม (kǒm) – Bitter
เค็ม (kem) – Salty
เปรี้ยว (bprîao) – Sour
มัน (man) – Rich / Creamy
เผ็ด (pèt) – Spicy

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Sharp & Intense

In this Easy Thai lesson, learn two useful Thai adjectives: คม (kom) and เข้ม (kêm). First, explore คม through everyday sharp objects such as knives, swords, axes, scissors and razors, and discover how Thai counts the cutting edges of a blade. Then see how เข้ม describes strong coffee, strong drinks, dark skin and deeper shades of color. Finally, hear how the two words combine as คมเข้ม (kom kêm) to describe striking, sharp-featured good looks, with well-known Thai stars as examples. Thai Vocabulary: คม (kom) – Sharp เข้ม (kêm) – Strong / Dark / Intense คมเข้ม (kom kêm) – Striking, with sharp features มีด (mîit) – Knife กรรไกร (gan-grai) – Scissors กาแฟเข้ม (gaa-fɛɛ kêm) – Strong coffee หล่อ (lɔ̀ɔ) – Handsome สวย (sǔay) – Beautiful

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