Thai Bites - สวัสดี 卍 The True Meaning of Sawatdee by Stuart Jay Raj
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 30 ม.ค. 2014
- In this episode of Thai Bites, we look at the most frequently heard term used in Thai - 'Sawasdee'. While many foreigners use this term every day in Thailand, many aren't aware of the true meaning of it. Many Thais might also be unaware for that matter.
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I'm a Thai, and I'm learning this from you. Thanks so much Achan!
It was well explained and made me realise the goodness in performing thai greetings.
I've been contemplating lately how the Burmese greeting "mingalaba" is similiar to the sanskrit "mangalam". I assume "mingalaba" is also a way of wishing someone auspiciousness or good fortune. Similar to a "namaste" or a "Tashi delek" in Tibetan.
Wow, it is really interesting to get to learn these knowledge. How amazing that different cultures interact during the flow of time.
Dear Stuart
Great breakdown of the expression สวัสดีครับ / สวัสดีค่ะ !!
Thank you for taking your time to share your knowledge. -
Cheers
Loving these 'Thai Bites' Jay!
Thanks Sharon. Let me know of any other topics you'd like covered.
Truly fascinating!
Very interesting
Amazing!
that was fascinating, great vid 👍
amazing video
Insightful.
I've been living in bkk for about 1.5 yrs now and wondering about thai greetings, especially wai. I heard conflicting opinions on this...
I have a couple of thai friends and usually whenever they see somebody they know and is older and/or have good social standing they do the sawatdi with a wai. Now.. for me, this is a bit uncomfortable since I'm not sure if this is expected from me or not, being a farang with limited ability to communicate on Thai language. I do not fully understand the "requirements" for a wai, due to my lack of deeper understanding of the culture itself.
If somebody does that to me first, then of course.. I'm gonna "reply", but that's kinda common sense.
I would appreciate your thoughts about this.
Cheers and thanks for the videos.
I'll do a clip on that soon - how and when to Wai... and which wai to do. It's a science that is programmed into the subconscious of every Thai.
I remember as a English teacher in Thailand, I saw one of my students wearing a swastika vest. The horror!! I knew that it was a positive Buddhist symbol, but the style of the swastika was actually a nazi flag. It's really sad that this symbol was hijacked and has such a bad reputation in the west.
Yes. For thousands of years it has been a symbol of peace. It's only in the past 80 years that it has been ruined like this.
Sanskrit the Sacred Hindu/Sanathan Language is known as Mother of all Languages..🙏🏼
Sanskrit language is deeply rooted in Thai Language..
Love from India
Sawatdi Kharp 🙏🏼
The first time I saw this tattooed on the arm of a Thai person working at a sandwich shop, I tentatively asked him "Is that the Nazi symbol on your arm?". By way of education, he explained that it is not actually a Nazi symbol originally, and it has meant something much more positive in his country long before the Nazis copied it and changed it. That said, I have also read stories online of young Thai people getting confused in the reverse direction, thinking that the actual Nazi symbol was cool simply because they weren't educated about how it was used in Nazi Germany.
The latest news I read today was that Australia will introduce a law banning Nazi symbols. Of course the problem is going to be discriminating between the actual Nazi symbol and the confusingly similar-looking peaceful one.
Australia - the cuck island
ฤAmaze ^0^ your pronounce like Thai people,
It's the same as Khmer for hello" suo sdei "
Raj, you did not say why the 't' is there instead of the speaking s... like sawa's'di.
Yes, he did. Listen to it again.
Thais do not pronounce s at the end of a syllable. Thai phonology rules dictate that it be pronounced as t, when it's at the end.
Oh my, that escalated quickly!