Thank you, excuse me and "please"
Thank you is easy: ขอบคุณ (khopkhun), boosted with มาก — mak, "very much". For example: “ขอ น้ำ ครับ” — Water, please (a man says it). A rule from the Thai course: worked out on examples, not memorized as a wording.
How it works
Thank you is easy: ขอบคุณ (khopkhun), boosted with มาก (мак) — mak, "very much".
"Please" is trickier. The word กรุณา (karuna) lives on signs, in announcements and in loudspeaker speech — nobody says it in a cafe. A request is built with the verb ขอ (kho, "I ask for, I will take"). Add a polite particle at the end: ขอ น้ำ ครับ (кхо нам кхрап) — water, please.
There is no separate "don't mention it" at all: Thais smile or answer ไม่ เป็น ไร (mai pen rai) — "nothing happened". The same phrase answers "sorry".
By example
- ขอ น้ำ ครับкхо нам кхрапWater, please (a man says it)
- ขอบคุณ มากкхопкхун макThank you very much
- ไม่ เป็น ไรмай пен райNo problem
How the rule settles in your head
A rule is not memorized from an explanation. It is memorized from an attempt to use it and a mistake — that is why the app delivers it mixed in with words, not as a separate lesson: it resurfaces exactly where you forgot it.
Frequently asked
How to say please in Thai?
"Please" is trickier. The word กรุณา (karuna) lives on signs, in announcements and in loudspeaker speech — nobody says it in a cafe. A request is built with the verb ขอ (kho, "I ask for, I will take"). Add a polite particle at the end: ขอ น้ำ ครับ — water, please.
Karuna vs kho in Thai?
"Please" is trickier. The word กรุณา (karuna) lives on signs, in announcements and in loudspeaker speech — nobody says it in a cafe. A request is built with the verb ขอ (kho, "I ask for, I will take"). Add a polite particle at the end: ขอ น้ำ ครับ — water, please.
How do Thais ask for something?
"Please" is trickier. The word กรุณา (karuna) lives on signs, in announcements and in loudspeaker speech — nobody says it in a cafe. A request is built with the verb ขอ (kho, "I ask for, I will take"). Add a polite particle at the end: ขอ น้ำ ครับ — water, please.
How to reply to thank you in Thai?
Thank you is easy: ขอบคุณ (khopkhun), boosted with มาก — mak, "very much".
What does it look like in a Thai example sentence?
“ขอ น้ำ ครับ” (кхо нам кхрап) — Water, please (a man says it). A rule is easier to test on sentences like this than to memorize as a wording: what surfaces in conversation is the sentence.