onionluke Posted May 28, 2011 Share Posted May 28, 2011 One day at 6 30 of the evening clock I was standing outside my wife's old folk's house . There was a beautiful light and we were admiring the moon way up in the blue sky. I mentioned that it was close to the summer solstice and where I come from in the northern climes the daylight and blue sky lasts well into the night . Old Yai was surprised that I was aware of the solstice and also that our daylight hours would be diffrent from theirs. She then went on to ask if we had the same moon where I came from . We all had a bit of a chuckle . Luke Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coldmike Posted May 29, 2011 Share Posted May 29, 2011 My Thai mother in law has a similar understanding of astronomy. One clear night I focused my telescope on Saturn and showed it to her. It was quite entertaining watching her look through the telescope eyepiece then back with her naked eye at the dot in the sky and back and forth in total disbelief that Saturn and its rings were actually up there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Semper Posted June 1, 2011 Share Posted June 1, 2011 Who is Yai ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tonto21 Posted June 9, 2011 Share Posted June 9, 2011 Well as you asked…….Yai asked me; “does your dog bite” I'll leave the rest to you, you know where this is going! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phazey Posted June 10, 2011 Share Posted June 10, 2011 Who is Yai ? Uhm - Yai is the Thai term for big - in the family the biggest person is the mother....Khun Yai... For example, my son's grandmother is Khun Yai, her elder sister is Khun Yai Yai, her younger sister is Khun Yai Lek. Personally i prefere the english term, where everyone is called Mate or Dave - but ho hum, This is Thailand! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Semper Posted June 11, 2011 Share Posted June 11, 2011 Who is Yai ? Uhm - Yai is the Thai term for big - in the family the biggest person is the mother....Khun Yai... For example, my son's grandmother is Khun Yai, her elder sister is Khun Yai Yai, her younger sister is Khun Yai Lek. Personally i prefere the english term, where everyone is called Mate or Dave - but ho hum, This is Thailand! How old is your wife? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sbk Posted June 11, 2011 Share Posted June 11, 2011 Yai is maternal grandmother. Yah is paternal grandmother. Yai is ยาย Big is ใหญ่ So, no the Yai is not the biggest person in your family. that said, so what? she's old, give her a break, she's probably not got a whole lot of formal education. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eezergood Posted June 13, 2011 Share Posted June 13, 2011 Do you have mangoes in your country???? <deleted> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GooEng Posted June 13, 2011 Share Posted June 13, 2011 can you bring me back some snow...? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richard_smith237 Posted June 13, 2011 Share Posted June 13, 2011 Not quite along the lines or MIL or FIL comments, but a silly question nonetheless... I was talking with my taxi driver who commented - All Farangs are so much Bigger than Thai's.. And with that a mosquito zipped around the cabin, The taxi driver then asked "Are farang mosquito's bigger too?" !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaiChai Posted June 14, 2011 Share Posted June 14, 2011 Yai is maternal grandmother. Yah is paternal grandmother. Yai is ยาย Big is ใหญ่ So, no the Yai is not the biggest person in your family. that said, so what? she's old, give her a break, she's probably not got a whole lot of formal education. Thats Yai (high tone) not Yai (falling then rising tone). I second that. Who said farangs are tone deaf! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kanderson Posted June 17, 2011 Share Posted June 17, 2011 Who is Yai ? I refer to Grandma as Ma Yai and Grandpa as Pah Yai ! Is that correct ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trembly Posted June 22, 2011 Share Posted June 22, 2011 (edited) Yai is maternal grandmother. Yah is paternal grandmother. Yai is ยาย Big is ใหญ่ So, no the Yai is not the biggest person in your family. that said, so what? she's old, give her a break, she's probably not got a whole lot of formal education. Thats Yai (high tone) not Yai (falling then rising tone). I second that. Who said farangs are tone deaf! . . . oh dear. Mai Chai khrab (didja see what I did there?), Yai as in Granny has flat tone. That means it has no tonal embellishments and the tone is the same across the vowel from the moment you begin the syllable to the moment you end the syllable.. Yai as in big has a descending tone and a short / abrupt vowel.. Don't give up (good job you are a cool heart)! Edited June 22, 2011 by Trembly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trembly Posted June 22, 2011 Share Posted June 22, 2011 Who is Yai ? I refer to Grandma as Ma Yai and Grandpa as Pah Yai ! Is that correct ? Nay. Maternal Grandma = Yaai Maternal Grandpa = Taa / Daa Paternal Grandma = Ya Paternal Grandpa = Poo / Boo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patron Posted June 23, 2011 Share Posted June 23, 2011 Like the OP, my SIL asked me one night as we sat outside looking at a beautiful full moon if we had a moon in America. I said yes, she said same same. yep The next day I saw her and pointed at the sun and said.. my home have too. The smile on her face is something I will never forget. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zzaa09 Posted June 26, 2011 Share Posted June 26, 2011 Interesting enough Luke, I've had the old MIL inquire about the same item. 6-degrees of separation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onionluke Posted June 27, 2011 Author Share Posted June 27, 2011 Interesting enough Luke, I've had the old MIL inquire about the same item. 6-degrees of separation. I can see them now...... Having a yak about the moon . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ableguy Posted June 27, 2011 Share Posted June 27, 2011 Who is Yai ? I refer to Grandma as Ma Yai and Grandpa as Pah Yai ! Is that correct ? Nay. Maternal Grandma = Yaai Maternal Grandpa = Taa / Daa Paternal Grandma = Ya Paternal Grandpa = Poo / Boo please get back to the bloody question. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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