สวัสดี

In the Thai language, sawasdee (sa-was-dee, สวัสดี) is the word to use for greetings and goodbye. Thai people, especially younger ones, also wai as a greeting, to say thank you and/or to show respect. They do this by putting their hands together in a prayer-like gesture and raising them to a position somewhere between the chest and forehead and then bowing. In order to make a sentences sound polite, Thai people usually use ending particles khrap (kop, the r is silent) for males and kha (kaw) for females at the end of the sentences. The people of Thailand are quiet, kind and friendly.