Do Thai People Understand English? 

"The rain in BKK is very heavy." "YES"

It's just a privilege if you come across Thai people who can converse with you in English when you are holidaying in Thailand. I think tourists and foreigners forget that they are supposed to attempt Thai, and not use English, when they are there. I'm a Singaporean by the way. I remember carrying around a Thai translation book when I backpacked there a decade ago. There's no Google translation during my time. But it's so much easier with Google translation on your handphone nowadays. For those who post nonsensical comment about why Thai people can't speak English well. This is food for thought. I never come across comments by American or British who question why the whites in US and UK can't speak Chinese/ Japanese/ Korean/ Thai. So why are we expecting Thai people to be proficient in English when their native language is Thai? It doesn't make sense for you to use a standard to judge others and not apply that same standard on yourself.

I was so rooting for all of them. I think they probably understood the context but got confused / forgot the details. Your laughter is infectious !

Their understanding is better than a lot of Thai people I have met in Australia.

เห็นได้เลย ส่วนมากคนไทยค่อนข้างอ่อนภาษาอังกฤษ ระดับภาษาคนไทยจะได้อยู่ระดับกลาง ได้แค่สื่อสารกับศัพท์ง่ายๆ แล้วก็บางคนฟังเข้าใจแต่ไม่รู้จะเรียงออกมาเป็นประโยคนังไง เราก็หนึ่งในนั้นที่เข้าใจแต่ไม่รู้จะเรียงออกมาเป็นประโยคยังไง🤣🤣

Great video! You should do it again but they have to say the Thai sentence in English.

It's great that you're uploading a lot again! These videos are great for learning Thai and enjoyable to watch regardless!

love the purpose of this vid especially the go out and speak whatever language you’re learning. The best way to be good at it is to use it!

I clicked on this because RU-vid recommended it. I literally GASPED when I heard your Australian accent! 😭 You definitely sparked some inspiration in me! 🙏 Thank you and keep going!

Im a thai person , and i enjoy watching your video !

Thank you so much for this video! I am a Thai beginner and I could understand most of what you and they said in the video. Again, Thanks Paddy!

I'm a Filipino and I really love Thai accent it's very cute ❤️

This was fun, wouldn't mind see more of this. To throw in a few of twists you can: 1. say something in Thai and they have to give you the correct sentence back in English 2. you can write down 20 (or whatever many) sentences, let them choose five and ask them to translate 3. ask them to write 5 sentences in English

You should do one with foreigners living in Thailand for more than five years and let’s see how much they have learnt, my guess is you will probably find one in a hundred who wasn’t to lazy to learn the language 😂 that’s if you can get them out the bars 😂.

Great content Paddy! And to believe you started off on the streets of Sydney and now you’re doing it in BKK. stellar!

I think it'd be more fun and interesting for you to ask them to translate turn a Thai sentence into English. Because I want to see how each participant constructs their own sentence in their non-native language. It'd be much more challenging for them as well.

Enjoyed this Paddy, it's great when you interact with the local Thais, more of the same/similar please. P.s great to see you back in Thailand

โอ๊ยสนุกมากเลยค่ะ เราก็พยายามแปลในภาษาไทยด้วย ชอบๆเลยค่ะ hope to see more content like this (sentence translation) ❤️😁

4:58 So cute. A bit of Thai bargaining as well as really good English!

I wanna say from my own experience as a Thai myself. The problem w most people translating is that they often find it difficult to arrange the sentence together both in thai and English bc of how the structure are not the same, i taught that English their sentence is always gonna be opposite to that of Thai but still a great experiment Pad

This is great man, fun, interesting, simple.. nice approach too. Awesome vid. I always sort of assumed a lot people could understand English even if they don’t speak it…

6:27 I was impressed by the black shirt man, his laughter is sooo infectious hahaha It can make my day😂

คือเราก็เป็นคนหนึ่งที่อ่านออก เขียนได้นิดหน่อย แต่พูดแทบไม่ได้เลยเพราะเราอ่อนไวยากรณ์อังกฤษและเราแทบไม่ได้สนใจภาษานี้ เราจะงงว่า past present future ใส่อะไรยังไงบ้าง ไหนจะต้องผันเวิร์คภาษาอังกฤษอีกให้ถูกต้องอีก แม้เราจะพยายามเรียนเท่าไหร่มันก็ยังไม่ค่อยเข้าใจอยู่ดี เหมือนย้ำอยู่กับที่ตลอด ไม่เหมือนภาษาจีนที่ขึ้นชื่อว่าเป็นหนึ่งในภาษาที่ยากที่สุดแต่เราเข้าใจไวยากรณ์และสามารถอ่านออก เขียนได้ สื่อสารได้แม้จะไม่ชัดเท่าเจ้าของภาษาเพราะเราสนใจหลงใหลภาษาและวัฒนธรรมของประเทศนี้อยู่แลัว ภาษาจีนของเราเลยพัฒนาไปไกล ทั้งนี้มันขึ้นอยู่กับความชื่นชอบและสนใจในภาษาที่เราเรียน เรามีเพื่อนที่ชอบภาษาอังกฤษในสายตานางก็บอกอังกฤษง่ายจีนยาก ส่วนเราที่ชอบจีนก็บอกว่าจีนง่ายอังกฤษยาก

Love it, so funny 🤣 Bless them 😊🙏

"Hoh-pi-tan"... 555... that's what my relatives used to say wen trying to say "hospital"

I have been to many places in Asia, Thai people are the nicest to me. I would like to learn the language so that I can communicate and get to know the people and culture here better.

Bottles may not be a common word in Thailand. I think you could have let that one go. It's similar to when some say soda and some say pop.

wow! their listening comprehension is very good !

I'm kinda half assing this! I'm not getting it right, but...well ..not nearly, but lots of words and getting the gist of it across. I'm crap with prepositions and grammar, but my vocabulary is really getting there! It's a bit of a thrill when you instantly know what the word for bottle or nervous is!!

+1 to the game format! It's very entertaining. Some other variations might be: * You have five objects with you. Can they name them in English? * You point to five things nearby (bridge, window, etc). Same deal. * You name five things in English, all visible from where you're standing. I want to suggest "manhole cover" here because of the potential hilarious misunderstandings, but I reckon that's just too difficult anyway :P * Can they identify English accents from a recording? (again, maybe too difficult, IDK) * Translating quirky English expressions ("hold your horses", "quit cold turkey", etc). I feel like making those into multiple choice questions would be more reasonable than point blank translation. Just some random thoughts. Either way, keep up the great work.

6 cases 🤣🤣 great video bro this type of content is always great to watch and funny

ขอบคุณนะคะ คลิปนี้ทำให้เห็นเลยว่าต้องใช้ภาษาอังกฤษบ่อยๆ ความจริงไม่ใช่เราไม่รู้ แต่แค่ไม่ชินจะเป็นคลิปที่เอาไว้เตือนตัวเองตอนฝึกภาษาอังกฤษบ่อยๆ ว่าต้องเอาไปใช้จริงๆนะ😍😆

the guy with 4.5 understood everything but couldn’t remember the word you said… so it‘s not really about his English think you should have given him the 500 😂 great video though

Hope you can do more of vids like this. I am learning thai and it’s fun to guess the translation first before hearing the correct one. Hahaha 👍 enjoyed it very much.

That girl with the mask was really good 😂❤️

Understanding and talking is so different. For example, I understand a big part of an Arabic conversation but I barely form full sentences :)))

English skill of these 4 compared with Thai people 10-20 years ago ....they are better, at least in listening.

I think I understand English sentences but somehow it's very hard to translate them into Thai.

That was a cool contest. I'm glad you still gave those that lost 100 Baht.

I always say the Thai people love to hear foreigners speak Thai, the Thais just like the Brits, they sometimes recognize different accents from different parts of their own countries, the Thais worry too much about making mistakes, even Americans make "trivial" errors, (I do it too), e.g., "easier" is a better choice than "more easy", definitely not both. It ain't instead of it isn't, what do you got instead of what have you got or gotten.

Wow through watching your videos I have learned that many Thai people can at least understand English rather well. This gives me hope for meeting my future wife there

เปนรายการที่ดี ดูจบ แบบไม่ข้ามสนุกดีๆ 👍

Loved it Paddy. Could have sworn you were in Sydney Thai town lol. Great interactions

now we can try more specific sentences.😁

Well done 👍🏻 good concept and well executed. Very enjoyable video Paddy

I'm surprised that the Nurse who uses English at work sometimes, ends up wasn't the best in English. But still... I think they're great 🙂

Dude who said 6 glasses (kaiyao) instead of bottles should have gotten the pay out, he was so close!!

if might look easy when you have original sentence on the screen, but in real life you need to memorize the information as well.

This is fun to watch, me following along trying to translate in Thai as well

Love what you are doing. Keep it up!

มีคำถามว่า มีฝรั่งที่พูดไทยได้ถูกต้องมีเท่าไหร่ ? ที่คนไทยไม่ได้พูดอังกฤษเก่งมาก ควรทำความเข้าด้วยว่า ไม่ได้เป็นภาษาหลักที่ต้องใช้ในชีวิตประจำ เช่นเดียวกับฝรั่งที่ไม่เข้าใจภาษาไทยหรือพูดไทยได้เพราะไม่เป็นภาษาหลัก

U should try this challenge in CBD and see if the result would differ. Im Thai and i think most Thais are able to communicate in english!

I am Thai and I think your pronouncation is very good

5:30 he was so cute! He really tried.

Firstly welcome back home Paddy ! I’m still stuck here in bkk hope to catch up w you in Chatswood Chase ! Cheers, Pat

ผู้ชายผมทอง ผิดอยู่จุดนึง จริงๆ very nervous ไม่ใช่ประหม่า"นิดหน่อย" แต่คือ ค่อนข้างประหม่าเลย ไม่ได้ว่าครับ ผิดไม่เป็นไร เอาใหม่ให้ดีขึ้น

เราฟังแล้วแปลตามนะ แต่ทำไมพอแปลแล้วเป็นฟิลเพิ่ลเมาท์มอยไปหมด 55555 อย่างประโยคสุดท้ายคือนี่แปลแบบ "เนี้ยะไปเที่ยวเอกมัย ล่อเบียร์ไป 6 ขวด ยันตี 2 แหน่ะมึ๊ง" 5555555

Paddy, I'm currently teaching English in Thailand for the next six months, and I would absolutely LOVE to have the opportunity to meet you in Bangkok!

Great Video, when I was in Bangkok most of the English speakers is the younger Generation❤️❤️❤️

The gals i been hanging around are pretty good at listening , But if i speak fast they have no chance. I luv thialand . Hopefully i live there soon

ขอบคุณหลานแพดดี้ลงภาษาอังกฤษไว้ให้ด้วย ว่างๆป้าได้ฝึกภาษาไปด้วยเลย

4:33 looks very familiar. (this message was not for you, but it is, *points at a different person*, for YOU.)

I think it has something to do also with their education system which is copy, paste, memorize and no questioning by the students are allowed. Note how the lady nurse in this video tries to associate flavour with favourite and 2am with two I am.

เป็นรายการที่ดีมากค่ะ

their english is pretty decent consider the fact that the english they learn in highschool/university is elementary school level

5555 :) Greetings from Switzerland! I learned how to laugh in Thai from a Thai friend. :)

Hey Paddy are you going to travel around? I'd love to see you go to dialect areas and see how well you can interact with speakers of Southern Thai, Isaan, and Lanna. I hear there are also some minorities who speak related languages from neighbouring countries. Particularly Shan people from Myanmar and Tai Lu people who I think come from an area that crosses over several borders also have a presence in Thailand. And of course Lao people. In fact I'd love to see you tour around Laos as well as Thailand!

ยากสุดก็คงสำเนียงนี่แหละครับ ฟังยากมาก แถมเวลาคุยจริงๆพูดไวมากกก 55555

So interesting and fun☺️☺️ Khop Khun krub🙏

AHHH off topic but the seventeen be the sun in bkk ad just rolling in the back at 3:30 caught me so off guard 😭

I'm just here watching to learn some Thai lol

I from another country, but I understand at all… I don’t speak English, and this amazing

I really really feel for the guy who got 4/5 right. The last one he almost got it all right. Ohhhhhh I was rooting for him. It was juuuuust that 6 bottles of beer. Should have given him Baht 350 you know.

You know the women was Thai when she said “I am very funny” when she was having fun. Ps. It's very common for Thai to confuse between fun and funny

Yo Paddy! That was a great vid! Good fun too.

My take away from this is watching tv shows and listening to music in the language you want to learn is the best way to learn a language😹

Please do the same forma again and let them say the sentence in engish. Fantastic video.

Great game, Paddy!

the girl in the black shirt is so cute!

4.5 ! should've given 500 B to the guy with blonde hair that is close enough haha

"The rain in Bangkok is very heavy." "Yes."

Algo is getting it bro, soon this wil go viral and you will be rich again

glad to see that those who did not get thb500 still get thb100.. nice touch 👍

Next time for 1000 ฿, please do the opposite. Thai sentence to be translated to English. Im sure it’ll be fun. :) anyway, this is a good content. You may also try visitors (tourists), if they could speak very basic Thai.

8:1 blackpink kill this love is going on 😂😂😂

How did u learn thai? Any tips for new learners

ผมแปลได้หมดถ้ามีประโยคให้อ่าน แต่ถ้าให้ฟังเฉยๆคงตอบข้อหลังๆไม่ได้่แน่

ผมมีปัญหากับการฟัง คือจะฟังออกบ้างไม่ออกบ้าง แต่ถ้าได้เห็นเป็นประโยคคือเข้าใจ แต่ก็จะตอบกลับให้ถูกหลักไวยากรณ์ไม่ได้อยู่ดี 555+

This was awesome!!!

How did you learn Thai language so nicely? I also wanna learn Thai language T-T

U got the best content

Man... I can win this 500 bath so easy, I'm 100% Thai

"I went to the shopping centre at Siam to buy 5 new tigers." My English is no good.

Very fun video I enjoyed it very much

สนุกดีค่ะ..I like that.

หนูชอบคนไทยหนูก็ชอบคนอังกฤษเหมือนกันเพราะหนูเก่งพูดภาษาอังกฤษคนฝรั่งก็มาสอนหนูมาประเทศที่ประเทศไทย

I want to talk with you

I am Thai and I consider myself as an expert English user (well, my official CEFR level is C1). The content is ok, but I don’t think this is the good way to access people on how well they understand or being able to use English. I can speak both language (Thai is my native language), but I am not sure that I would be able to translate those sentences, if it was me at that point. I genuinely feel that different part of brain are being used when we are translating, and communicating. Like I know what nervous means but I don’t know the word in Thai.

Great content👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

คริปแนวนี้สนุกมากครับทำหลายมาหลายๆ Ep.นะครับ😁