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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.

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Lesson 1: My stall

ThaiPronunciationEnglish
ตลาดสดtalàatsòtfresh market
แผงลอยphɛ̌ɛŋlɔɔystreet stall
ต้นทุนtônthuncost price
ตาชั่งtaachâŋscales

Example sentences

  1. แม่ผมขายผักที่ตลาดสด mɛ̂ɛ phǒm khǎay phàk thîi talàatsòt My mother sells vegetables at the fresh market
  2. เธอมีแผงลอยเล็ก thəə mii phɛ̌ɛŋlɔɔy lék She has a small stall
  3. เธอไปซื้อผักตอนเช้ามืด thəə pay sʉ́ʉ phàk tɔɔn cháaw mʉ̂ʉt She goes to buy vegetables at dawn
  4. ต้นทุนกิโลละยี่สิบบาท tônthun kìloo lá yîisìp bàat The cost price is twenty baht a kilo
  5. เธอขายกิโลละสามสิบบาท thəə khǎay kìloo lá sǎam sìp bàat She sells it at thirty baht a kilo
  6. เธอใช้ตาชั่งชั่งผัก thəə cháy taachâŋ châŋ phàk She weighs the vegetables on the scales

Lesson 2: Profit and loss

ThaiPronunciationEnglish
ขายดีkhǎaydiito sell well
กำไรkamrayprofit
ขาดทุนkhàatthunto make a loss
ลูกค้าประจำlûukkháa pracamregular customer

Example sentences

  1. วันนี้ขายดีมาก wanníi khǎaydii mâak Business is very good today
  2. ได้กำไรห้าร้อยบาท dâay kamray hâa rɔ́ɔy bàat She made five hundred baht profit
  3. เมื่อวานฝนตกขาดทุน mʉ̂awaan fǒn tòk khàatthun Yesterday it rained and she made a loss
  4. ผักเหลือเยอะ phàk lʉ̌a yə́ Lots of vegetables were left over
  5. เธอมีลูกค้าประจำหลายคน thəə mii lûukkháa pracam lǎay khon She has many regular customers
  6. ลูกค้าประจำได้ส่วนลด lûukkháa pracam dâay sùanlót Regular customers get a discount

Written for Phassa Thai: practical, everyday Thai.