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How to say to have just enough to live on
in Thai
พอมีพอกิน
paaw mii paaw gin
to have just enough to live on
Modest, content, not poor: the everyday face of เศรษฐกิจพอเพียง.
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The culture behind it
CULTURE
Sufficiency economy on the farm
Words inside it
From the same situation: Agriculture and rural life
- เกษตรกรfarmer (general)
- การเกษตรagriculture, farming
- ภาคเกษตรthe agricultural sector
- ชาวสวนorchard or plantation grower
- ชาวไร่field-crop farmer
- ไร่rai (1,600 m²); upland field
- ตารางวาsquare wa (4 m²)
- แปลงplot, bed (of land)
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Your first 90 days of Thai
Jingjok drills พอมีพอกิน until you can say it without thinking, then shows you where to use it today. Talk farming with a Thai family upcountry: the rice year, crops, water and drought, prices and debt, and village life, using seasonal expressions naturally.
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