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Sombat: |
Andruu duu thaangnoon si khao kamlang thainaa |
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แอนดรูว์ ดูทางโน้นสิ |
Andrew, look over there. Theyre ploughing. |
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Andrew: |
aw! thainaa |
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อ้อ! ไถนา |
Ah! Ploughing. |
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Sombat: |
thiinii yang thainaa baep booraan chai khwaai laak thai |
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ที่นี่ยังไถนาแบบโบราณ |
Theyre still ploughing the ancient way, using buffaloes to pull thai. |
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Andrew: |
sing thii khwaai laak riek waa arai na |
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สิ่งที่ควายลากเรียกว่าอะไรนะ |
What do you call the thing the buffaloes pull? |
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Sombat: |
thai rue khanthai |
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ไถ หรือ คันไถ |
Thai or khanthai. |
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tae diewnii chaaonaa chai khwaailek thamnaa maakkhoen |
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แต่เดี๋ยวนี้ ชาวนาใช้ควายเหล็ก |
But right now, most farmers use iron buffaloes in rice farming. |
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Andrew: |
khwaailek khue arai |
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ควายเหล็กคืออะไร |
What is a khwaailek? |
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Sombat: |
khue khrueang thainaa tham-ngaan dai reo kwaa khwaai |
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คือเครื่องไถนา ทำงานได้เร็ว |
Its a ploughing machine. It can work faster than a buffalo. |
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Andrew: |
naan mai kwaa chaaonaa ja dai kepkiew khaao |
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นานไหมกว่าชาวนาจะได้ |
Will it be long before farmers can harvest the rice? |
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Sombat: |
ooy naan phaw fon tok kaw roem thai khrang raek |
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โอ๊ย
นาน พอฝนตก |
Wow a long time. The first ploughing begins after the first rains. |
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khang nam thingwai rao yiisip wan jueng thai khrang thii sawng |
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ขังน้ำทิ้งไว้ราว 20 วัน |
(They) keep the water on (the ploughed field) for about twenty days. Then the second ploughing begins. |
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khraat thueak hai riep laew jueng damnaa |
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คราดเทือกให้เรียบแล้วจึงดำนา |
Rake the mud well. Then plant the rice. |
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Andrew: |
umm! ja kepkiew khaao dai muearai |
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อือม์! จะเก็บเกี่ยวข้าวได้เมื่อไร |
Umm! When is the cultivating time? |
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Sombat: |
muea mot naafon lae yaangkhaao naalaeng |
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เมื่อหมดหน้าฝนและย่างเข้า |
At the end of the rainy season going on to the dry season. |
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Andrew: |
fon jueng samkhan maak samrap chaaonaa |
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ฝนจึงสำคัญมากสำหรับชาวนา |
So the rain is very important for farmers. |
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Sombat: |
chai muea fon roem tok chaaonaa ja yung maak |
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ใช่ เมื่อฝนเริ่มตก ชาวนา |
Right! When the rain begins, farmers get very busy. |
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ja sabaai noy tawn khaao too roem tangthawng |
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จะสบายหน่อยตอนข้าวโต |
(They) can lay back a little while the rice grows and begin to conceive |
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Andrew: |
diew diew khun waa arai na khaao tangthawng roe |
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เดี๋ยว ๆ คุณว่าอะไรนะ |
Wait, wait! What did you say? The rice is pregnant? |
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Sombat: |
chai maaikhwaam waa khaao roem awkruang |
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ใช่ หมายความว่าข้าวเริ่ม |
Right! That means (the stage where) kernels of rice are developed. |
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Andrew: |
samnuan plaek dii na laew chaaonaa sabaai yaangrai la |
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สำนวนแปลกดีนะ |
Interesting expression! But how come farmers can relax? |
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Sombat: |
kaw mii tae ngaan bao bao chen saipui khoy rawang sattruukhaao |
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ก็มีแต่งานเบาๆ เช่นใส่ปุ๋ย |
Because there are only easy jobs like fertilising and watching for pest. |
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thueng tawnnii chaaonaa kaw phaawanaa hai fon laeng khaao ja dai suk |
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ถึงตอนนั้นชาวนาก็ภาวนา |
By that time, farmers then pray that it doesnt rain so that rice can mature. |
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Andrew: |
thaa fon koet tok tawnnan la Sombat |
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ถ้าฝนเกิดตกตอนนั้นล่ะ สมบัติ |
What if it rains during that time, Sombat? |
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Sombat: |
khaao kaw siehaai naasongsaan chaaonaa pen thiisut |
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ข้าวก็เสียหาย |
The rice is damaged. Poor, poor farmers! |
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Last modified: June 9, 2003 |
| Word
watch :
The versatile noun sing as in sing thii khwaai laak riek waa arai na, is a very useful word to know. We Thais use sing in the same way as English speakers use 'thing'. Some common expressions with sing are: Another word that may confuse you of its meanings is thingwai as in khang nam thingwai rao yiisip wan. Though it comes from the word thing meaning 'to throw away', thingwai means 'to leave something in a particular condition or place'. Therefore if a pomelo you're buying is still green, the maekha may suggest you to thingwai sak saam wan kawn na kha. The last expression to note is pen thiisut as in naasongsaan chaaonaa pen thiisut. The phrase is used to describe extreme feelings. So if a beloved buffalo of a farmer dies, his Thai friend may say khao siejai pen thiisut. Vocab check : To pull =
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Phuut Phaasaa Thai gives you useful topical and seasonal Thai words and phrases used in daily-life conversations. The column will give you some instant Thai language to help you out in common situations.
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๑๐ mithunaayon ๒๕๔๖ ( 10 June 2003)
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naafon kap naanaa
Rains
washed away the heat and clean dirt from the air. They bring back a fresh
cool environment but also black floodwater and traffic congestion. That
is how people in big cities like Bangkok feel about the coming of the
rains. For farmers, the vast majority of people of Thailand, rains mean
far more than that.
Normally the rainy season begins in the sixth lunar month which is around early May. This is when the rice-planting season begins and it is marked by the Royal Ploughing Ceremony. The tradition signifies the importance of rice farming an ancient and deep-rooted culture in Thai way of life.
Let's look at Thai farmers and the way they plant rice kaanthamnaa.