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Thai phrases › Shopping and the market
How to say shoes
in Thai
รองเท้า
raawng-táao
shoes · footwear
raawng midtáao high
Literally 'foot-support'. Take them off before entering homes and many shops and temples. Classifier คู่ (pair).
- Part of speech
- noun
- Classifier
- คู่
- Literally
- support + foot
- Remember it
- WRONG TOE: shoes on the wrong feet.
In a sentence
- ถอดรองเท้าtàawt raawng-táaoto take off your shoes
From the same situation: Shopping and the market
- ซื้อto buy
- ขายto sell
- ของthings, stuff
- ตัวclassifier for clothes and animals
- ลูกclassifier for round fruit and balls
- คันclassifier for vehicles
- คู่pair (classifier)
- มีto have; there is
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