พูด 📣 | phûut | Speak

Insight Hub

• Daily Curiosity
  

  3 Ways to Use It

  1. Basic Action (To talk / To speak)

  • พูดกับ 📣… (phûut gàp…) — To speak with [someone].

  • พูดภาษาไทย 📣 (phûut phaa-sǎa-thai) — To speak the Thai language.

  2. Regarding a Topic (To talk about)

  • พูดถึง 📣 (phûut thǔeng) — To talk about / To mention.

    • Logic: Speak + Reach. You are “speaking until you reach” a certain topic.

  3. Character & Truth (Compound verbs)

  • พูดจริง 📣 (phûut jing) — To tell the truth.

  • พูดเล่น 📣 (phûut lên) — To joke / To “speak-play.”

  • พูดโกหก 📣 (phûut goo-hòk) — To lie.

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  Aha! Connection: พูด vs. บอก

  This is the most important distinction for learners:

  • พูด 📣 (phûut): The action of speaking (the process).

  • บอก 📣 (bàawk): The act of telling information (the delivery).