How to say "these are my children" in Thai (with phonetics)
นี่ลูก ๆ ของฉัน
nîi lûuk-lûuk khɔ̌ɔng chǎn
These are my children.
When you are introducing your kids to a neighbour, this is the everyday way to say "these are my children" in Thai.
Tips
- Politeness: a man ends with ครับ khráp and says ผม phǒm for 'I/my': นี่ลูก ๆ ของผมครับ nîi lûuk-lûuk khɔ̌ɔng phǒm khráp. A woman ends with ค่ะ khâ: นี่ลูก ๆ ของฉันค่ะ nîi lûuk-lûuk khɔ̌ɔng chǎn khâ. A woman can also say ดิฉัน di-chǎn for 'I', which is more formal.
- Tone tip: nîi and lûuk fall, while khɔ̌ɔng and chǎn rise. Make the falling tone sharp and the rising tone lift at the end. The ending particles are different: khráp is high and khâ is falling.
- Possession in Thai is noun + ของ + owner, so 'my children' is lûuk khɔ̌ɔng chǎn (children of me). The noun comes first.
Word by word
- นี่ nîi: this / these (Thai does not change this word for plural. The same word covers 'this is' and 'these are'.)
- ลูก ๆ lûuk-lûuk: children (Repeating ลูก makes it plural, so it sounds like 'the kids'. ลูก alone also works.)
- ของ khɔ̌ɔng: of / belonging to (Can be dropped in speech: นี่ลูกฉัน.)
- ฉัน chǎn: I / my (Men usually say ผม phǒm instead.)
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Romanisation and tones are written by the Thinglish tutor. Generated 2026-10-24.