New Year Wishes

Get ready to ring in the New Year the Thai way! In this lesson, you’ll learn how Thai people celebrate the New Year by giving gift baskets to elders, friends, and children, and by sending good wishes in person, over the phone, by text message, or on social media. You’ll then hear a collection of popular Thai New Year blessings, wishing good health, happiness, wealth, luck, success in school, and dreams come true, before hearing them used in personal wishes for friends.

Thai Vocabulary:
สวัสดีปีใหม่ (sà-wàt-dii bpii mài) – Happy New Year
อวยพร (uay-pon) – To give blessings / To wish someone well
กระเช้าของขวัญ (grà-cháo kɔ̌ɔng-kwǎn) – Gift basket
สุขภาพแข็งแรง (sùk-kà-pâap kǎeng-raeng) – Good health
เงินทองไหลมาเทมา (ngən tɔɔng lǎi maa tee maa) – May money flow in abundantly

Start your year with good wishes in Thai, and share them with the people you care about. สวัสดีปีใหม่!

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New Year Wishes

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