Open & Close

Learn how to say “open” and “close” in Thai in this Easy Thai lesson! You’ll practise เปิด and ปิด with everyday things around the home, including windows, curtains, doors, bottles, cans, jars, lights, the air conditioner and the fan, and also hear how they’re used for opening and closing a restaurant. The lesson then moves into short, practical conversations: saying you can’t open something, offering to open it for someone, and saying thank you. It finishes with a sweet expression about opening your heart.

Thai Vocabulary:
เปิด (bpə̀ət) – Open / Turn on
ปิด (bpìt) – Close / Turn off
หน้าต่าง (nâa-dtàang) – Window
ประตู (bprà-dtuu) – Door
เปิดไม่ได้ (bpə̀ət mâi dâai) – Can’t open
ให้ผมเปิดให้คุณครับ (hâi phǒm bpə̀ət hâi khun khráp) – Let me open it for you
เปิดใจ (bpə̀ət jai) – Open your heart

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In this Easy Thai lesson, you'll learn how to use ขึ้น (up) and ลง (down), two short words you'll hear everywhere in Thai. First, follow people going up and down stairs, escalators, lifts and even a tree. Then see how the same words describe change: the weather getting hotter or cooler, things increasing or decreasing, feeling better or worse, and the economy improving or declining. You'll also find out why Thai says มากขึ้น but never มากลง. Thai Vocabulary: ขึ้น (khʉ̂n) – Up / To go up / To increase ลง (long) – Down / To go down / To decrease บันไดเลื่อน (ban-dai lʉ̂an) – Escalator มากขึ้น (mâak khʉ̂n) – More / Increasingly น้อยลง (nɔ́ɔi long) – Less / Decreasingly ดีขึ้น (dii khʉ̂n) – Better / Improved แย่ลง (yɛ̂ɛ long) – Worse Listen for the pattern in each example, and you'll soon be using ขึ้น and ลง naturally in your own Thai!

Open & Close

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