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Thai New Year

Thai New Year, also known as Songkran Festival, is celebrated in Thailand from April 13-15. Families and friends get together to cook and eat delicious meals that are associated with the Thai New Year. In the streets, many people wet each other with water as this cleanses the body of any bad luck. This creates a whole new beginning for the new year. In Thailand, April is the hottest month, so getting wet with water helps to cool down the body from the heat. 

“Sawatdee pbee mai…” (Happy New Year in Thai)

The Cambodian and Lao New Year is also celebrated during this time.

Thai New Year.

“Sawadee pbee mai…”

The Traditional Thai New Year

“Happy New Year…”

Greet someone in a different language!

• Tagalog (Filipino): Manigong Bagong Taon
• Malay: Selamat Tahun Baru 
• Bahasa Indonesia: Selamat Tahun Baru
• Japanese: Akemashite Omedetou Gozaimasu
• Korean: Sehe Bokmanee Bateuseyo
• Cantonese: Sun nien fai lok
• Mandarin: Xin Nian Kuai Le
• Thai: Sawatdee Pi Mai
• Vietnamese: Chuc mung nam moi
• Cambodian: Soursdey Chnam Tmei

Please correct me if there are any errors in spellings or pronunciations.

I Miss You… :3

How to say/pronounce “I miss you” in several different languages…

• Tagalog (Filipino): Miss na miss kita
• Malay: Aku rindu padamu
• Bahasa Indonesia: Aku rindu padamu
• Korean: Bo-goh-shih-puh-yo (pronunciation)
• Japanese: Anata ga inakute sabishii desu (pronunciation)
• Cantonese: Ngo ho gwah juu nay (pronunciation)
• Mandarin: Wo xiang nian ni (pronunciation)
• Thai: Khid tung (pronunciation)
• Vietnamese: anh nho em (male to female), em nho anh (female to male).
• Cambodian: Kor yum neck oun (saying it to a female or a younger person), kor yom neck bong (saying it to a male or an older person). Both are pronunciations.

Please correct me if there are any errors with spellings or pronunciations. :3