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Unit 130: Review: selling at the market
A stall at the fresh market, buying at dawn, cost price and selling price, the scales, profit and loss, regular customers
This unit teaches 8 Thai words and 12 example sentences. Each word is shown in Thai script with its pronunciation and English meaning. Read the sentences aloud, then practise them in the app, where every word is spoken and comes back in spaced-repetition review.
Lesson 1: My stall
| Thai | Pronunciation | English |
|---|---|---|
| ตลาดสด | talàatsòt | fresh market |
| แผงลอย | phɛ̌ɛŋlɔɔy | street stall |
| ต้นทุน | tônthun | cost price |
| ตาชั่ง | taachâŋ | scales |
Example sentences
- แม่ผมขายผักที่ตลาดสด mɛ̂ɛ phǒm khǎay phàk thîi talàatsòt My mother sells vegetables at the fresh market
- เธอมีแผงลอยเล็ก thəə mii phɛ̌ɛŋlɔɔy lék She has a small stall
- เธอไปซื้อผักตอนเช้ามืด thəə pay sʉ́ʉ phàk tɔɔn cháaw mʉ̂ʉt She goes to buy vegetables at dawn
- ต้นทุนกิโลละยี่สิบบาท tônthun kìloo lá yîisìp bàat The cost price is twenty baht a kilo
- เธอขายกิโลละสามสิบบาท thəə khǎay kìloo lá sǎam sìp bàat She sells it at thirty baht a kilo
- เธอใช้ตาชั่งชั่งผัก thəə cháy taachâŋ châŋ phàk She weighs the vegetables on the scales
Lesson 2: Profit and loss
| Thai | Pronunciation | English |
|---|---|---|
| ขายดี | khǎaydii | to sell well |
| กำไร | kamray | profit |
| ขาดทุน | khàatthun | to make a loss |
| ลูกค้าประจำ | lûukkháa pracam | regular customer |
Example sentences
- วันนี้ขายดีมาก wanníi khǎaydii mâak Business is very good today
- ได้กำไรห้าร้อยบาท dâay kamray hâa rɔ́ɔy bàat She made five hundred baht profit
- เมื่อวานฝนตกขาดทุน mʉ̂awaan fǒn tòk khàatthun Yesterday it rained and she made a loss
- ผักเหลือเยอะ phàk lʉ̌a yə́ Lots of vegetables were left over
- เธอมีลูกค้าประจำหลายคน thəə mii lûukkháa pracam lǎay khon She has many regular customers
- ลูกค้าประจำได้ส่วนลด lûukkháa pracam dâay sùanlót Regular customers get a discount
Written for Phassa Thai: practical, everyday Thai.