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How to say Can we work this out?
in Thai
ตกลงกันได้ไหม
dtòk-long gan dâai mǎi
Can we work this out? · literally “can we settle this between us?”
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.
Offers a deal before anyone says ฟ้อง.
- Where
- law
- Register
- polite
What they will say back
- ได้ ถ้าคุณจ่ายครึ่งหนึ่งdâai tâa kun jàai krûeng-nùengYes, if you pay half.
The culture behind it
CULTURE
Mediation first, court last
Words inside it
From the same situation: Law and bureaucracy deep
- ร้องทุกข์to lodge a criminal complaint
- ใบแจ้งความpolice report (document)
- พนักงานสอบสวนinquiry officer (police investigator)
- สอบสวนto investigate, question
- ผู้เสียหายinjured party, victim (legal)
- ให้การto give a statement, testify
- คำให้การstatement, testimony
- อัยการpublic prosecutor
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