Light or Strength

In this Easy Thai lesson, you’ll learn how to describe how strongly an action is done using เบา (bao) – gently / lightly and แรง (rɛɛng) – hard / strongly. Through short example sentences, you’ll hear these words with everyday actions: pressing a remote, closing a door, cracking crab claws, kicking a football and getting a massage. There’s even a waterfall flowing too strongly to swim in!

Thai Vocabulary:
ตี (dtii) – To hit
ต่อย (dtɔ̀i) – To punch
ตบ (dtòp) – To slap
กด (gòt) – To press
ทุบ (túp) – To pound / To smash
เตะ (dtè) – To kick
นวด (nûat) – To massage
ถีบ (tìip) – To kick (with the sole of the foot)
น้ำไหล (náam lǎi) – Water flows

Repeat each phrase out loud as you listen, and you’ll soon be using เบา (bao) and แรง (rɛɛng) naturally in your own Thai sentences.

Beginner Actions Body Feelings Fighting Food Football Household Massage Nature Opposites Sport Swimming Verbs Water Waterfall

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Light or Strength

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