First time I came to Thailand, I learnt to count from 1 to 10 in phaasaa Thai. It took me about 5 minutes to master them (maybe less than that as they were too easy).
Later on, when I learnt what khun Thai call morning, afternoon, evening & night, I thought it was easy to tell time in phaasaa Thai. But it was not easy at all. In fact, it was difficult to remember them. I recall it took me another 2 trips (maybe 3 trips) to master the time calling in phaasaa Thai.
Here they go:
00:00 - thiang khuen
01:00 - tee nueng
02:00 - tee sawng
03:00 - tee saam
04:00 - tee see
05:00 - tee haa
06:00 - hok mohng chao
07:00 - jet mohng chao OR nueng mohng chao
08:00 - paet mohng chao OR sawng mohng chao
09:00 - gao mohng chao OR saam mohng chao
10:00 - sip mohng chao OR see mohng chao
11:00 - sip-et mohng chao OR haa mohng chao
12:00 - thiang wan
13:00 - bai mohng
14:00 - bai sawng
15:00 - bai saam
16:00 - bai see
17:00 - bai haa
18:00 - hok mohng yen
19:00 - nueng thum
20:00 - sawng thum
21:00 - saam thum
22:00 - see thum
23:00 - haa thum
It really took me some time to master them...
What about you???
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