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How to say be my guest (sarcastic)
in Thai
เชิญตามสบาย
choen dtaam sà-baai
be my guest (sarcastic) · literally “please make yourself comfortable”
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.
Sincere from a host; sarcastic when someone does something you disapprove of.
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- humour
- Register
- polite
Words inside it
From the same situation: Humour, sarcasm, register-switching
- ประชดประชันto be sarcastic and spiteful
- แดกดันto sneer, make cutting remarks
- เหน็บแนมto make a veiled jibe
- กระแนะกระแหนto snipe, needle
- เสียดสีto satirise
- ถากถางto mock, ridicule
- จิกกัดto take a dig, needle (playfully)
- แซะto snipe at, throw shade
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