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How to say did the rice fetch a good price this year?
in Thai
ปีนี้ข้าวได้ราคาไหม
bpii níi kâao dâai raa-kaa mǎi
did the rice fetch a good price this year?
Add ครับ (kráp) if you are a man or ค่ะ (kâ) if you are a woman. It makes the sentence polite, and Thais always use it.
ได้ราคา "fetch a good price". The standard small-talk question at harvest time.
- Where
- village
- Register
- polite
What they will say back
- ไม่ค่อยได้เลย ราคาตกmâi kôi dâai loei, raa-kaa dtòkNot really, prices have dropped.
The culture behind it
CULTURE
The rice year
Words inside it
From the same situation: Agriculture and rural life
- เกษตรกรfarmer (general)
- การเกษตรagriculture, farming
- ภาคเกษตรthe agricultural sector
- ชาวสวนorchard or plantation grower
- ชาวไร่field-crop farmer
- ไร่rai (1,600 m²); upland field
- ตารางวาsquare wa (4 m²)
- แปลงplot, bed (of land)
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