18 november 2009

Glosor i Thailand 3:

Hur man är trevlig och om shopping :
"khorb khun" means "Thank you".
"mai ben rai" means "it's ok". For example when someone tries to give you something but you don't want it or someone says thanks to you, you say mai ben rai.
"khor thot" means "sorry". You will say it when you want to interrupt someone, when you want to pass someone or when you do something wrong.
"ja dern bai" means "I want to walk".
I affären (på varuhus finns prislappar, men på marknaden är det bara att pruta):

How much is this? (ra ka thao rai)
That is a little expensive. (paeng bai)
Can you make it cheaper? (lot noi dai mai)

The Thai word "noi" means little and is used to make a request sound more polite. All "dai mai" questions are answered with "dai" for "yes" and "mai dai" for "no".

How about ... baht? (... baht dai mai)
Can you help me? (chuay dai mai)
Can I see that? (khor doo dai mai)
I am just looking. (khor doo thao nun)
I will come back later. (ja ma mai)

Do you have something bigger? (mee yai gwar mai)
The thai word "yai" means "big". Adding "gwar" after it makes it "bigger".
Do you have something smaller? (mee lek gwar mai)
The thai word "lek" means "small". Adding "gwar" after it makes it "smaller".
Do you have something cheaper? (mee took gwar mai)
The thai word "took" means "cheap". Adding "gwar" after it makes it "cheaper".
Do you have another colour? (mee see auen mai)
Where do I pay? (jai ngoen tee nai)

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