Thai · CEFR Band 1 (A1) · Chapter 33

ไปโดยอะไรHow do you get there?

pai dooy à-rai

Travel vocabulary: รถเมล์, รถไฟ, รถไฟฟ้า, รถยนต์, มอเตอร์ไซค์, จักรยาน, เครื่องบิน, แท็กซี่, โดย, เดิน. Key grammar: to say WHAT you travel by, use "ไป + place + โดย + vehicle": "ผมไปโรงเรียนโดยรถเมล์" (I go to school by bus), "เธอไปทำงานโดยรถไฟฟ้า" (she goes to work by skytrain). The exception is walking: say "เดินไป" (walk there), with no "โดย". English speakers have just learned "บน" (on), so they tend to render "on the bus" as "ไปโรงเรียนบนรถเมล์" ✗ → "ไปโรงเรียนโดยรถเมล์" ✓. For a vehicle use "โดย", not "บน". Tone corner: รถ (high), โดย (mid), เดิน (mid).

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บนรถเมล์? โดยรถเมล์— บนรถเมล์? or โดยรถเมล์

  1. Somchaiเจมส์JamesคุณkhunไปpaiทำthamงานngaanยังyaŋไงngaiครับkrápJames, how do you get to work?
  2. Jamesผมphǒmไปpaiทำthamงานngaanบนbonรถrótเมล์meeI go to work on the bus. (slip: the means uses "โดย", not "บน" → โดยรถเมล์)
  3. Somchaiพาหนะphaa-hà-náใช้chái"โดยdooy"ครับkráp:"ผมphǒmไปpaiทำthamงานngaanโดยdooyรถrótเมล์mee"A vehicle uses "โดย": "ผมไปทำงานโดยรถเมล์".
  4. Jamesอ๋อɔ̌ɔผมphǒmไปpaiทำthamงานngaanโดยdooyรถrótเมล์meeที่thîiใกล้klâiklâiผมphǒmเดินdəənไปpaiOh, I go to work by bus. Nearby places I walk to.
  5. Somchaiถูกthùukต้องtɔ̂ɔŋครับkráp!พาหนะphaa-hà-ná="โดยdooy";เดินdəən="เดินdəənไปpai"ไม่mâiมีmii"โดยdooy"Correct! Vehicle = "โดย"; walking = "เดินไป" with no "โดย".
  6. Jamesเข้าใจkhâocaiแล้วlɛ́ɛwครับkrápพรุ่งphrûŋนี้níiผมphǒmไปpaiตลาดtà-làatโดยdooyแท็กthɛ́ɛkซี่sîiI understand. Tomorrow I go to the market by taxi.
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ไปทะเลกัน— Let's go to the beach

  1. JamesมาลีMaleeสุดsùtสัปsàpดาห์daaนี้níiเราraoไปpaiพัทยาphát-thá-yaaกันkanไหมmǎiครับkrápMalee, shall we go to Pattaya this weekend?
  2. Maleeไปpaiสิคะkháเราraoไปpaiโดยdooyรถrótทัวร์tuaนะเร็วreoและlɛ́ถูกthùukLet's go! We go by coach, it's fast and cheap.
  3. Jamesดีdiiครับkrápแล้วlɛ́ɛwที่thîiพัทยาphát-thá-yaaเราraoไปpaiทะtháเลleeยังyaŋไงngaiGood. And in Pattaya, how do we get to the beach?
  4. Maleeทะtháเลleeอยู่yùuใกล้klâiโรงrooŋแรมrɛɛmเราraoเดินdəənไปpaiได้dâaiเลยləəiค่ะThe beach is near the hotel, so we can just walk.
  5. Jamesเยี่ยมyîamเลยləəiครับkráp!ผมphǒmจะซื้อsʉ́ʉตั๋วtǔaรถrótทัวร์tuaวันwanนี้níiWonderful! I will buy the coach tickets today.
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รถrótเมล์mee

nounbus

รถrótไฟfai

nountrain

รถrótไฟfaiฟ้าfáa

nounskytrain (BTS)

รถrótยนต์yon

nouncar

มอmɔɔเตอร์təəไซค์sai

nounmotorbike

จักรยานcàk-krà-yaan

nounbicycle

เครื่องkhrʉ̂aŋบินbin

nounaeroplane

แท็กthɛ́ɛkซี่sîi

nountaxi

โดยdooy

prepositionby (means of)

เดินdəən

verbto walk

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ไป + place + โดย + vehicle

Explanation

When you say WHAT vehicle you travel by, Thai uses "โดย" before the vehicle. The frame is "ไป + place + โดย + vehicle": "ผมไปโรงเรียนโดยรถเมล์" (I go to school by bus), "เราไปเชียงใหม่โดยเครื่องบิน" (we go to Chiang Mai by plane), "เธอไปทำงานโดยรถไฟฟ้า" (she goes to work by skytrain). You can also say it more casually: "นั่งรถเมล์ไป" (ride + vehicle + go). The exception is walking — just say "เดินไป" with no "โดย". English speakers have just learned "บน" (on) in the last chapter, so they translate "on the bus" literally as "บนรถเมล์": "ผมไปโรงเรียนบนรถเมล์" ✗ → "ผมไปโรงเรียนโดยรถเมล์" ✓. Remember: a vehicle takes "โดย"; "บน" is only for things resting on a surface (on the table).

Examples

  • ผมไปโรงเรียนโดยรถเมล์I go to school by bus.
  • เธอไปทำงานโดยรถไฟฟ้าShe goes to work by skytrain.
  • เราไปเชียงใหม่โดยเครื่องบินWe go to Chiang Mai by plane.
  • บ้านใกล้ ๆ ผมเดินไปFor nearby places I walk.
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วรรณยุกต์: รถ (ตรี) กับ โดย/เดิน (สามัญ)— Tones: รถ (high) vs โดย/เดิน (mid)

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