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How to say the soi is flooded
in Thai
น้ำท่วมซอย
náam-tûam soi
the soi is flooded
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.
- Where
- weather
- Register
- polite
What they will say back
- ท่วมแค่ไหนtûam kâae nǎiHow deep is it?
The culture behind it
CULTURE
When the soi becomes a river
Words inside it
From the same situation: Weather and the rainy reality
- ฤดูseason
- หน้าร้อนhot season
- หน้าฝนrainy season
- หน้าหนาวcool season
- หน้าแล้งdry season
- น้ำท่วมto flood; flooding
- พายุstorm
- ฟ้าร้องto thunder; thunder
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