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How to say no need to be so formal
in Thai
ไม่ต้องสุภาพขนาดนั้นก็ได้
mâi dtâawng sù-pâap kà-nàat nán gâw dâai
no need to be so formal
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.
What Thai friends say when your textbook Thai is too stiff. Drop some ครับ/ค่ะ and use เรา.
- Where
- friends
- Register
- polite
Words inside it
From the same situation: Humour, sarcasm, register-switching
- ประชดประชันto be sarcastic and spiteful
- แดกดันto sneer, make cutting remarks
- เหน็บแนมto make a veiled jibe
- กระแนะกระแหนto snipe, needle
- เสียดสีto satirise
- ถากถางto mock, ridicule
- จิกกัดto take a dig, needle (playfully)
- แซะto snipe at, throw shade
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