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Thai · CEFR Band 1 (A1) · Chapter 30

แผนและการชวนPlans and invitations

phɛ̌ɛn lɛ́ kaan-chuan

Planning vocabulary: แผน, สุดสัปดาห์, ว่าง, ยุ่ง, ด้วยกัน, ชวน, จะ, เถอะ, กัน, นัด. Key grammar: talk about the future with "จะ + verb" — "ผมจะไป" (I will go) — and invite with "กัน" at the end of the verb, plus "เถอะ" or "ไหม" — "ไปดูหนังกันไหม" (shall we go to a movie?). English speakers, used to "Let's..." at the front, tend to forget the "กัน...เถอะ/ไหม" at the end — it then sounds blunt, like an order. A gentle invitation ends with "กัน" + "เถอะ/ไหม". Tone corner: ว่าง vs ยุ่ง (both falling).

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เราไปดูหนัง? ไปดูหนังกันไหม?— เราไปดูหนัง? or ไปดูหนังกันไหม?

  1. Jamesสมชายsǒmchaaiสุดsùtสัปsàpดาห์daaนี้níiว่างwâaŋไหมmǎiครับkrápSomchai, are you free this weekend?
  2. Somchaiว่างwâaŋครับkrápทำthamไมmaiเหรอrǒeYes, I'm free. Why?
  3. JamesเราraoไปpaiดูduuหนังnǎŋWe go to a movie. (slip: an invitation ends with "กัน" + "ไหม" → "ไปดูหนังกันไหม")
  4. Somchaiชวนchuanกันkanต้องtɔ̂ŋมีmii"กันkan"กับkàp"ไหมmǎi"ครับkráp:"ไปpaiดูduuหนังnǎŋกันkanไหมmǎi"To invite, you need "กัน" and "ไหม": "ไปดูหนังกันไหม".
  5. Jamesอ๋อɔ̌ɔไปpaiดูduuหนังnǎŋกันkanไหมmǎiครับkrápคืนkhʉʉnวันwanเสาร์sǎoOh, shall we go to a movie? Saturday night.

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แผนสุดสัปดาห์— Weekend plans

  1. JamesมาลีMaleeสุดsùtสัปsàpดาห์daaนี้níiมีmiiแผนphɛ̌ɛnอะàไรraiไหมmǎiครับkrápMalee, do you have any plans this weekend?
  2. Maleeวันwanเสาร์sǎoฉันchǎnยุ่งyûŋค่ะkâแต่tàɛɛวันwanอาaaทิตย์thítฉันchǎnจะcàว่างwâaŋSaturday I'm busy, but Sunday I'll be free.
  3. Jamesงั้นngánวันwanอาaaทิตย์thítไปpaiกินkinข้าวkhâaoด้วยกันdûaikanไหมmǎiครับkrápThen shall we go and eat together on Sunday?
  4. Maleeได้dâaiค่ะkâนัดnátกันkanวันwanอาaaทิตย์thítนะnáคะkháOkay. Let's make it Sunday.

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แผนphɛ̌ɛn

nounplan

สุดsùtสัปsàpดาห์daa

nounweekend

ว่างwâaŋ

adjectivefree (not busy)

ยุ่งyûŋ

adjectivebusy

ด้วยกันdûaikan

adverbtogether

ชวนchuan

verbto invite, to ask along

จะcà

particlewill (future marker)

เถอะthə̀

particlelet's (hortative particle)

กันkan

particletogether, one another (reciprocal)

นัดnát

verbto make an appointment; appointment

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Future "จะ" and inviting with "กัน...เถอะ/ไหม"

Explanation

Two tools for making plans. One, the future: put "จะ" before the verb — "ผมจะไป" (I will go), "สุดสัปดาห์นี้ผมจะไปเชียงใหม่" (this weekend I will go to Chiang Mai). "จะ" sits right before the verb and nothing changes form. Two, the invitation: add "กัน" at the end of the verb to mean "do it together", then close with "เถอะ" (let's) or "ไหม" (shall we?) — "ไปกินข้าวกันเถอะ" (let's go eat), "ไปดูหนังกันไหม" (shall we go to a movie?). English speakers, used to "Let's" at the front, often say a blunt "เราไปดูหนัง" (we go to a movie), forgetting "กัน...ไหม/เถอะ" — it sounds like an order. A gentle invitation ends with "กัน" + "เถอะ/ไหม". To accept: "ได้" (okay) or "ไปสิ" (let's go). To decline softly: "ขอโทษ วันนี้ยุ่ง" (sorry, I'm busy today).

Examples

  • สุดสัปดาห์นี้ผมจะไปเชียงใหม่This weekend I will go to Chiang Mai.
  • คุณว่างไหม ไปกินข้าวกันไหมAre you free? Shall we go and eat together?
  • ไปดูหนังกันเถอะLet's go and watch a movie.
  • ขอโทษ วันนี้ผมยุ่งSorry, I'm busy today.

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วรรณยุกต์: ว่าง กับ ยุ่ง (โททั้งคู่)— Tones: ว่าง and ยุ่ง (both falling)

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