Thai · CEFR Band 1 (A1) · Chapter 40
คืนนี้ผมจะโทรหาคุณI'll call you tonight
Phone and messages. Vocabulary: โทร, โทรศัพท์, หา, ข้อความ, ส่ง, รับสาย, ว่าง, ยุ่ง, ตอบ, เดี๋ยว. Key grammar: communication verbs need "หา" before the person you reach — "โทรหา + person" (call someone), "ส่งข้อความหา + person" (message someone). "หา" marks whom you are reaching out to; that person can be a pronoun (คุณ, เขา, เธอ): "ผมโทรหาคุณ" (I call you). Remember: "โทรคุณ" (without "หา") sounds incomplete — you must say "โทรหาคุณ". English speakers often drop "หา" because English "call you" has no preposition: "ผมจะโทรคุณ" ✗ → "ผมจะโทรหาคุณ" ✓. Tone corner: โทร (thoo, mid), หา (hǎa, rising), ส่ง (sòŋ, low).
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โทรคุณ? โทรหาคุณ— โทรคุณ? or โทรหาคุณ
- Jamesคืนนี้ผมจะโทรคุณเพื่อถามการบ้านนะครับTonight I'll call you to ask about the homework. (slip: for phoning a person, add หา → โทรหาคุณ)
- Somchai"โทรคุณ"ยังไม่ครบครับ.เวลาโทรถึงคนต้องมี"หา":"โทรหาคุณ""โทรคุณ" is not complete. When you phone a person, you need "หา": "โทรหาคุณ".
- Jamesอ๋อเพราะภาษาอังกฤษ"callyou"ไม่มีบุพบท.งั้นคืนนี้ผมจะโทรหาคุณครับOh, because English "call you" has no preposition. So, tonight I'll call you.
- Somchaiถูกต้องครับ!ถ้าผมไม่รับสายก็ส่งข้อความหาผมได้เดี๋ยวผมโทรกลับหาคุณCorrect! If I don't answer, you can message me, and I'll call you back.
- James"หา"หน้าคนเสมอ—เข้าใจแล้วครับ!โทรหาคุณส่งข้อความหาคุณ"หา" always before the person — I've got it! Call you, message you.
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ฮัลโหล ได้ยินไหม— Hello, can you hear me?
- Maleeฮัลโหลเจมส์เหรอคะคุณโทรหาดิฉันมีอะไรหรือเปล่าHello, is that James? Did you call me about something?
- Jamesครับผมส่งรูปทริปให้คุณทางข้อความแล้วได้รับไหมครับYes, I've sent you the trip photos by message. Did you get them?
- Maleeยังไม่ได้ดูเลยค่ะเมื่อกี้ยุ่งอยู่เดี๋ยวดิฉันส่งข้อความหาคุณนะคะI haven't looked yet; I was busy just now. I'll message you shortly.
- Jamesได้ครับถ้าคุณว่างสุดสัปดาห์นี้โทรหาผมนะครับเราจะไปอัดรูปกันSure. If you're free this weekend, call me and we'll go print the photos.
- Maleeตกลงค่ะ!เสร็จงานแล้วดิฉันจะโทรหาคุณขอบคุณที่โทรมานะคะAgreed! When I finish work I'll call you. Thanks for calling.
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- โทร
verbto call, phone
- โทรศัพท์
nountelephone, phone
- หา
v. / prep.to look for; to (a person)
- ข้อความ
nounmessage, text
- ส่ง
verbto send
- รับสาย
verbto answer a call
- ว่าง
adjectivefree, available
- ยุ่ง
adjectivebusy
- ตอบ
verbto answer, reply
- เดี๋ยว
adverbin a moment, shortly
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Recipient: "โทร / ส่งข้อความ + หา + person"
Explanation
When you contact someone, use "หา" before the person you reach: "โทรหา + person" (call someone), "ส่งข้อความหา + person" (message someone). "หา" originally means "look for / go to", and here it says whom you are reaching out to. The recipient is often a pronoun — Thai pronouns do not change form by position, so you use "คุณ, เขา, เธอ, พวกเขา" directly: "ผมโทรหาคุณ" (I call you), "เธอส่งข้อความหาเขา" (she messages him). Remember: plain "โทรคุณ" sounds incomplete and odd — you always need "หา" when you talk about calling a person: "โทรหาคุณ". Typical mistake: English "call you / text you" has no preposition, so learners drop "หา": "คืนนี้ผมจะโทรคุณ" ✗ → "คืนนี้ผมจะโทรหาคุณ" ✓.
Examples
- คืนนี้ผมจะโทรหาคุณนะI'll call you tonight.
- ผมยุ่งอยู่ เดี๋ยวส่งข้อความหาคุณI'm busy; I'll message you in a moment.
- เธอยังไม่ตอบข้อความ ผมจะโทรหาเธออีกครั้งShe hasn't answered the message; I'll call her again.
- ถ้าคุณว่าง โทรหาผมได้เลยนะครับIf you're free, feel free to call me.
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"โทรหา" — กลางแล้วขึ้น— "โทรหา" — mid then rising
Read aloud, letting "หา" sweep up every time:
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