How do you say?…

Here are some phrases we’ve learned while on our adventure (I have written them out phonetically):

Mmm goy- thank you in Cantonese

Kopen kah- thank you for a woman in Thai
Kopen krop- thank you for a man in Thai
Sawa-dee kah- hello in Thai for a woman
Sawa-dee-krop- hello in Thai for a man

Khawp ji- thank you in Laos

Jez oo bay- thank you in Burmese
Mingalabah- hello in Burmese

Gawm ern- thank you in Vietnamese
Sin jow- hello in Vietnamese

Aw koon- thank you in Cambodian

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