Thai Greetings Rss feed Twitter button Facebook button  If you
are a first time traveler to Thailand, greeting locals with the
term sawat-dee can be the beginning of a future friendship.
Although it's only a three-syllable word, there's a lot to
explore about this Thai "hello".  Sawat-dee means goodness,
beauty or success. In fact, this term is used for both meeting
and parting.  Pronouncing Sawat-Dee  Actually, there's no need
to pronounce foreign words like a native as long as you're able
to get around while traveling. Nevertheless, since Thai is a
tonal language, foreign accents can totally change the meaning
of certain Thai words. One can turn to be a clown in a second
when saying words off key. Thus, getting the tone right is
really important in speaking Thai most of the time.  Click here
to listen to the phrases in this post.  This is how to pronounce
sawat-dee correctly.  Pronounce sa as the "sa" in the word
"Sarah". Pronounce wat as the way you say a "wad" of cotton.
Pronounce dee simply as the Englis