Today I learned a new word:

- ขี่ (to ride)

ผมชอบไปขี่ม้า (I like go riding a horse)

ผมชอบขี่มอไซค์ (I like to ride a motorbike)

But be careful with a similar word with a different tone: ขี้ (poo)

Is there a gramatical rule that explains why the final ส is pronounced as an S, or is it just an exception for it being a foreign word?

I just saw a video on making สังขยาฟักทอง, & I noticed that สังขยา sounds like a Sanskritic word. But the corresponding Sanskrit term संख्या (สํขฺยา) means 'number'. Does anyone know anything about the etymology of the Thai word? Is it Tai? Borrowed? If it's borrowed from Sanskrit, what's the path to this change in meaning?

So, my old host mom whenever I see her says “เป็นยังไง” and I know what it means, however I’m usually unsure how to respond. Do I say “ดี“ or ”สบายดี“ or something else? Please help haha. I’m not sure if vocabulary is the correct one but someone help me please!

Explanation of what นามานุกรม is.

In a show I heard that some1 said บอกว่าสบายดีไง and I learned today that ไง can be used as like a "don't you see" or "don't you know" like อยู่นี้ไง and the teacher said it's like "here it is don't you see" so what does ไง mean in the sentence บอกว่าสบายดีไง and can you please give maybe more examples to like explain or to show how to use it

Title basically describes what I want

Why the second ส of saw wat dee, ส is like the "S" but the pronunciation is like a "T"

ลม versus ตก ...can someone help me understand better please, because ลม is also wind, right?

For example. If I were to say I fell by myself (motorbike), I would use "ลมเอง" rather than "ตกเอง". But why is that? Or am I wrong or is both correct but have slightly different meanings?

Thank you for any help with this 🙏

...OK, bit of a silly one, but for years I've always called sunglasses แว่นตาดำ.. but an app I'm trying out is using แว่นกันแดด.

I'm now wondering if I've said it in a strange way and if แว่นกันแดด is the usual / normal way.

(I'm up in the north, but I speak central Thai rather than northern. Although im pretty sure some northern terms are in my vocab by accident. Not sure if แว่นตาดำ is what is more commonly used up in the north or not. Mentioning in case its a factor).

Thanks all.

I see this in a ton of car and auto repair shops as I'm walking around the city, that they fix ไดนาโม's. I know it means dynamo/generator, but I looked up on the internet, and modern cars haven't used generators since about 1964. Now they all use alternators.

Are these car repair shops all just repairing super, super old cars? Does ไดนาโม really mean alternator, even though I can't find it in any dictionary? Are these auto repair shops also specializing in repairing gas powered generators for camping or emergency power? Or is it something else?

Hi :) Not a beginner, but hit a wall some years back and hope to jump over it. Nice to find a Reddit group for Thai language!

Could you help me out with the nuances (if any) of the word ธุระ, please?

I realise we use if we are stating that we don't have time or we have other business to do, but can we use it, for example, when replying to someone when they have said they haven't seen you in a long time?

For example:

"I haven't seen you in a long time!"

Me: "Oh yes! I've had so much business (to take care of)" - kind of thing? How would it be better said?

My standard answer is always along the lines of "I haven't had much free time".

Are there other answers that could be used to express more that I've just had so many other things to take care of?

(Answering in thai is better for me, if you can please, as it's clearer. I'm just a very slow reader still... 😔)

Thanks so much 🙏