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How to say to misunderstand
in Thai
เข้าใจผิด
kâo-jai-pìt
to misunderstand
kâo fallingjai midpìt low
The face-saving word: blame the misunderstanding, not the person. น่าจะเข้าใจผิดกัน 'I think we misunderstood each other'.
- Part of speech
- verb
In a sentence
- น่าจะเข้าใจผิดกันnâa-jà kâo-jai-pìt ganI think there's been a misunderstanding.
The culture behind it
CULTURE
Complaining without anyone losing face
From the same situation: Problems and complaints
- ปัญหาproblem
- ถูกcorrect, right
- แย่bad, terrible
- บริการservice
- ใช้to use
- แตกto break, crack (glass, plates)
- เสียหายdamaged
- เปื้อนstained, dirty (marked)
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