I. Fill in each blank with a word from the box.
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Thais often greet one another with a wai – a palms-together gesture accompanied by a
(1)____________, slight bend of knees and smile. ‘Khun’ is used as a prefix, instead of Mr and Ms
when (2)____________ people. It can be used for both males and females, For example, a
30-year-old male, Kullawat Chaowanawatee, will (3)____________ be Khun Kullawat. Every
Thai has a nickname, and once you are more familiar with people it is(4)____________ for them
to encourage you to call them by their nickname instead oftheirfirst name. Most Thai nicknames
are single syllable words which are (5)____________ from birth and can be Thai or English
words, colours, fruits, or shortenings of their first name.
Thais don’t use ‘please’, ‘thank you’ and ‘hello’. Instead of saving ‘thank you’, ‘hello’ or
‘good bye’, many Thais simply smile or offer a (6)____________ equivalent of‘please’ in Thai is
complex and varies (7)____________ the rank and status one is speakingto. Many Thais ask
‘where are you going?’ (8)____________ than saying. ‘How are you?’