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Thai · CEFR Band 1 (A1) · Chapter 25

ทางและทิศทางRoads and directions

thaaŋ lɛ́ thít-thaaŋ

Direction vocabulary: ถนน, เลี้ยว, ซ้าย, ขวา, ตรงไป, สี่แยก, มุม, แผนที่, ทาง, ข้าม. Key grammar: give directions with verb + direction, no preposition needed — "เลี้ยวซ้าย" (turn left), "เลี้ยวขวา" (turn right), "ตรงไป" (go straight). English speakers, used to "turn TO the left", tend to add "ไป" — "เลี้ยวไปขวา" ✗ → "เลี้ยวขวา" ✓. Add a place with "ที่": "เลี้ยวขวาที่สี่แยก" (turn right at the intersection). Tone corner: the tones in the direction words.

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เลี้ยวไปขวา? เลี้ยวขวา?

  1. Somchaiสถานีsà-thǎa-niiอยู่yùuที่thîiไหนnǎiครับkrápบอกbɔ̀ɔkทางthaaŋหน่อยnɔ̀iWhere is the station? Show me the way.
  2. Jamesตรงtroŋไปpaiแล้วlɛ́ɛwเลี้ยวlíaoไปpaiขวาkhwǎaGo straight, then turn to the right. (slip: no "ไป" before the direction → "เลี้ยวขวา")
  3. Somchaiไม่mâiต้องtɔ̂ɔŋมีmii"ไปpai"ครับkrápแค่khɛ̂ɛ"เลี้ยวlíaoขวาkhwǎa"No "ไป" needed. Just "เลี้ยวขวา".
  4. Jamesอ๋อɔ̌ɔตรงtroŋไปpaiแล้วlɛ́ɛwเลี้ยวlíaoขวาkhwǎaครับkrápOh, go straight, then turn right.

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ทางไปตลาด— The way to the market

  1. Jamesสวัสดีsawàtdiiครับkrápตลาดtà-làatอยู่yùuที่thîiไหนnǎiครับkrápHello. Where is the market?
  2. Maleeตรงtroŋไปpaiถึงthʉ̌ŋสี่sìiแยกyɛ̂ɛkแล้วlɛ́ɛwเลี้ยวlíaoซ้ายsáaiค่ะkâGo straight to the intersection, then turn left.
  3. Jamesตลาดtà-làatอยู่yùuทางthaaŋซ้ายsáaiใช่châiไหมmǎiครับkrápThe market is on the left, right?
  4. Maleeใช่châiค่ะkâตลาดtà-làatอยู่yùuทางthaaŋซ้ายsáaiตรงtroŋข้ามkhâamธนาคารthá-naa-khaanค่ะkâThat's right. The market is on the left, opposite the bank.
  5. Jamesขอบkhɔ̀ɔpคุณkhunมากmâakครับkrápThank you very much!

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ถนนthà-nǒn

nounroad, street

เลี้ยวlíao

verbto turn

ซ้ายsáai

nounleft

ขวาkhwǎa

nounright

ตรงtroŋไปpai

adverbgo straight

สี่sìiแยกyɛ̂ɛk

nouncrossroads, intersection

มุมmum

nouncorner

แผนphɛ̌ɛnที่thîi

nounmap

ทางthaaŋ

nounway, direction

ข้ามkhâam

verbto cross

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Directions: "เลี้ยวซ้าย", "ตรงไป" (no preposition)

Explanation

Giving directions in Thai is very compact: verb + direction, no preposition. "เลี้ยวซ้าย" (turn left), "เลี้ยวขวา" (turn right), "ตรงไป" (go straight), "ข้ามถนน" (cross the road). English speakers, used to "turn TO the left", tend to add "ไป" — "เลี้ยวไปขวา" ✗ → "เลี้ยวขวา" ✓. To say where to turn, add "ที่ + place" (remember ch14): "เลี้ยวขวาที่สี่แยก" (turn right at the intersection), "ตรงไปถึงมุมถนนแล้วเลี้ยวซ้าย" (go straight to the corner then turn left). A common chain: "ตรงไป แล้วเลี้ยวซ้าย ตลาดอยู่ทางขวา" (Go straight, then turn left, the market is on the right).

Examples

  • เลี้ยวซ้ายTurn left.
  • เลี้ยวขวาที่สี่แยกTurn right at the intersection.
  • ตรงไป แล้วเลี้ยวซ้ายGo straight, then turn left.
  • ตลาดอยู่ทางขวาThe market is on the right.

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วรรณยุกต์ในคำบอกทาง: ซ้าย กับ ขวา— Tones in the direction words: ซ้าย vs ขวา

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