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How to say keep the change
in Thai
ไม่ต้องทอน
mâi dtâawng taawn
keep the change
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.
ต้อง (must) comes later; learn this as one chunk. Useful for rounding up a taxi fare.
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