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How to say what's your name? (to someone older)
in Thai
พี่ชื่ออะไร
pîi chûue à-rai
what's your name? (to someone older)
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.
พี่ makes it friendly and respectful at once. Use it with the guard, the cleaner, the motorbike-taxi driver.
- Where
- condo
- Register
- polite
What they will say back
- ชื่อสมชายครับchûue sǒm-chaai krápSomchai.
The culture behind it
CULTURE
Learn the guard's name
Words inside it
From the same situation: Home: condo and landlord
- ห้องroom
- อพาร์ตเมนต์apartment building
- เช่าto rent
- ค่าเช่าrent
- มัดจำdeposit
- สัญญาcontract
- ค่าน้ำwater bill
- ค่าไฟelectricity bill
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