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How to say kindness, generosity (in action)
in Thai
น้ำใจ
náam-jai
kindness, generosity (in action)
náam highjai mid
'Water of the heart': kindness shown in deeds. Used with มี: มีน้ำใจ 'kind, thoughtful'.
- Part of speech
- noun
- Literally
- water of the heart
- Remember it
- WATER from the HEART: generosity.
In a sentence
- มีน้ำใจมากmii náam-jai mâakso thoughtful
- ขอบคุณสำหรับน้ำใจkàawp-kun sǎm-ràp náam-jaiThank you for your kindness.
The culture behind it
CULTURE
น้ำใจ, the water of the heart
From the same situation: Feelings and the ใจ words
- ชอบto like
- รักto love
- อยากto want to (do)
- อยากได้to want (a thing)
- ไม่ค่อยnot very, not really
- ง่วงsleepy
- เบื่อbored, fed up
- สนุกfun
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