Jingjok
How to say I'm getting hungry.
in Thai
หิวแล้ว
hǐo láeo
I'm getting hungry. · literally “I'm hungry now”
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.
แล้ว marks the change: you were not hungry, now you are.
- Where
- restaurant
- Register
- polite
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