THAI LANGUAGE LESSONS
L21 - Vocab Animals
Let's increase our vocabulary with a few common animal names. We have seen some of these words already but it never hurts to repeat them. The word for animal is sut and the word for zoo is suan sut.
Animals (sut)
| bat | kahng kaow |
| bear | mee |
| buffalo | kwai |
| cat | mee-ow |
| cow | wua |
| deer | gwang |
| dog | mah |
| elephant | chang |
| goat | pae |
| horse | mah |
| lion | sing-toe |
| monkey | ling |
| mouse | noo |
| pig | moo |
| rabbit | gra-dtai |
| rat | noo nah |
| sheep | gae |
| tiger | seu-a |
| wolf | mah pah |
| zebra | mah-lai |
Birds (nok)
| bird | nok |
| duck | pet |
| chicken | gai |
| heron | nok gra-sah |
| owl | nok hook |
| parrot | nok gae-oh |
| penguin | nok pen-gwin |
| turkey | gai nguang |
Insects & Bugs (ma-lairng)
| ant | mot |
| bee | peung |
| butterfly | pee seu-a |
| centipede | dta-kahp |
| fly | ma-lairng wan |
| grasshopper | dtak-a-dtairn |
| millipede | ging-geu |
| mosquito | yoong |
| scorpion | mairng porng |
| spider | mairng moom |
| termite | pluak |
Reptiles & Amphibians (sut leuay klaan)
| crocodile | jarakay |
| frog | gop |
| gecko | dtook gair |
| lizard | jing jok |
| snake | ngoo |
| tortoise | dtao |
| turtle | dtao |
Sealife
| crab | boo |
| dolphin | plah lo-ma |
| fish | plah |
| jellyfish | maeng ga-proon |
| lobster | goong mang gorn |
| octopus | plah murk yak |
| prawn | goong |
| seahorse | mah naam |
| shark | chalahm |
| shellfish | hoi |
| squid | plah murk |
| whale | plah wahn |
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