Thai Valentine’s Day Phrases

ระวังกามเทพ (ra-wang gaam-ma-tayp) – Beware of Cupid!

1. Valentine’s Day Thai Phrases
2. Thai Love and Relationship Vocabulary
3. Thai Compliments
4. Thai Grammar Note – Giving Gifts on Valentine’s Day

Happy Valentine’s Day!

Or สุขสันต์วันวาเลนไทน์ (suk-sahn wan waa-len-tai) in Thai.

• สุขสันต์ (suk sahn) – Happy (used for greetings and occasions, like “Happy Birthday” or “Happy New Year” — not for “I’m happy”)
• วัน (wan) – day
• วาเลนไทน์ (wa len tai) – Valentine

Here are all the Valentine’s Day Thai phrases that you’ll want to use with your partner this February 14th.

If you are looking for more phrases for saying “I love you” in Thai, check out this post: “How to say I Love you in Thai.”

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Valentine’s Day Thai Phrases

• I miss you – คิดถึง (kit tueng) *This is one of the most important phrases to learn in Thai. To help you remember these together, think about your thoughts reaching out to someone.
  • คิด (kit) – to think
  • ถึง (tueng) – to reach; to arrive
• I love you – ( ผม/ ฉัน)
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  (phom/chan rak ter) * ฉัน (chan) is often associated with female speakers, but men also use it in intimate or informal situations. The most common line in any Thai song is probably ฉันรักเธอ (chan rak ter).
  • ผม (phom) – I/me (male)
  • ฉัน (chan) – I/me (intimate/neutral)
  • รัก (rak) – to love
  • เธอ (ter) – you (intimate); she
• I want to see you – อยากเจอ (yaak jer) *No pronouns needed.
  • อยาก (yaak) – want to (+ verb)
  • เจอ (jer) – to meet
• I will go see you – จะไปหา (ja bpai haa) *No pronouns needed.
  • จะ (ja) – will (future tense marker)
  • ไปหา (bpai haa) – go to see (go + look for)

Thai Love and Relationship Vocabulary

Thai Compliments

Thai Grammar Note – Gifts

There are a few important sentence patterns in Thai that you’ll need to know when talking about giving and buying things for people.

First, let’s quickly cover the key Thai words we’ll need:

In Thai, if you combine “to buy” with “to give,” you get the phrase for “to buy something for someone.”

Sentence Pattern: BUY (SOMETHING) GIVE (SOMEONE)

ซื้อ ____ ให้ (sue ____ hai) – to buy something for someone

*Note that whatever is being bought needs to come between BUY and GIVE.

Examples:

• ซื้อช็อกคโกแลตให้ (sue chawk-koh-lat hai) – buy chocolate (for someone)
• ซื้อดอกไม้ให้ (sue dawk-mai hai) – buy flowers (for someone)
• ซื้อขนมให้ (sue khanom hai) – buy sweets (for someone)
• ซื้อของขวัญให้ (sue kawng-kwan hai) – buy a gift (for someone)