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How to say not sweet, no sugar
in Thai
ไม่หวาน
mâi wǎan
not sweet, no sugar
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.
Milky drinks may still taste sweet because of the condensed milk.
- Where
- cafe
- Register
- polite
The culture behind it
CULTURE
Sweet unless you say so
Words inside it
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