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How to say we can only wait for the rain
in Thai
ต้องรอน้ำฝนอย่างเดียว
dtâawng raaw náam-fǒn yàang diao
we can only wait for the rain
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.
Said by farmers outside the irrigation zone.
- Where
- village
- Register
- polite
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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