How to say “To like” in Thai
ชอบ
châawp
“to like”
“To like” in Thai is ชอบ, written châawp in the Latin alphabet.
Tone
ชอบ carries a falling tone — starts high, drops hard. Thai uses tone to tell words apart, so the pitch is part of the word, not an accent you can drop.
The shortest way in is an English intonation you already use. Say “NO!” out loud — snapped at a dog going for the food on the table — then say ชอบ with that same shape.