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LESSON 5 - Telling the Time |
In the
fifth lesson, we will teach you how to tell the time. The system
in Thailand is slightly confusing as we use a 6 hour system of
four blocks. When you say 7 o'clock in the evening we say 1 o'clock
in the evening!
  To
ask "What is the time?"....
This literally means
"how many hours already?"
From
dusk to dawn
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7
p.m. = neung toom |
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8
p.m. = song toom |
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9
p.m. = sam toom |
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10
p.m. = see toom |
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11
p.m. = haa toom |
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12
a.m. = tian keun |
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1
a.m. = dtee neung |
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2
a.m. = dtee song |
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3
a.m. = dtee sam |
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4
a.m. = dtee see |
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5
a.m. = dtee haa |
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6
a.m. = hok mong chao |
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For most
Thai people, 7 p.m. is one o'clock! If a Thai person speaks to
you in English and says he wants to meet you at 4 o'clock, check
whether it is 4 p.m. or 10 p.m.!
Daylight
hours.
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7
a.m. = jed mong chao |
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8
a.m. = bad mong chao |
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9
a.m. = gow mong chao |
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10
a.m. = sib mong chao |
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11
a.m. = sib-et mong chao |
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12
p.m. = tiang |
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1
p.m. = bai mong |
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2
p.m. = bai song mong |
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3
p.m. = bai sam mong |
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4
p.m. = see mong yen |
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5
p.m. = ha mong yen |
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6
p.m. = hok mong yen |
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For Thai
people, evening (yen meaning cold) starts at 4 p.m.
Example
times...
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7.30
a.m. = jed mong kreung |
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8.45 a.m.
= bad mong see-sib haa |
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12.15
p.m. = tiang sib-haa |
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2.20 p.m.
= bai song mong yee-sib |
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5.40 p.m.
= ha mong see-sib |
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7.50 p.m.
= neung toom ha-sib |
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2.23 a.m.
= dtee song yee-sib sam |
Official
24 hour clock is used at train stations and airports...
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06:00
= hok na-li-ga |
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08:35
= bad na-li-ga sam-sib haa na-tee |
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13:17
= sib-sam na-li-ga sib-jed na-tee |
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15:00
= sib-ha na-li-ga |
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23.42
p.m. = yee-sib sam na-li-ga see-sib song na-tee |
The word
"na-li-ga" means clock or hour hand and "na-tee"
means minutes.
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