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How to say have you eaten properly yet?
in Thai
กินข้าวกินปลาหรือยัง
gin kâao gin bplaa rǔue yang
have you eaten properly yet?
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.
The warm, caring version of กินข้าวหรือยัง. Sounds lovely from a foreigner.
- Where
- greeting
- Register
- polite
What they will say back
- กินแล้ว แล้วเธอล่ะgin láeo láeo tooe lâI have. And you?
The culture behind it
CULTURE
Why Thai talks in pairs
Words inside it
From the same situation: Idioms 2 and four-syllable expressions
- คำซ้อนpaired word, word doublet
- คำสัมผัสrhyming words, rhyme
- คำพังเพยsaying, adage
- โวหารrhetoric, way with words
- อุปมาsimile, analogy
- เปรียบเปรยto make a pointed comparison
- คมคายsharp, witty (of words)
- สละสลวยelegant, polished (of language)
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