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How to say papaya salad
in Thai
ส้มตำ
sôm-dtam
papaya salad · som tam
sôm fallingdtam mid
Pounded green papaya salad from Isan: sour, salty, sweet and very spicy unless you say ไม่เผ็ด or เผ็ดน้อย. Eaten with sticky rice.
- Part of speech
- noun
- Classifier
- จาน
- Remember it
- SOME TOM-TOMS pound the papaya salad.
In a sentence
- ส้มตำไม่เผ็ดsôm-dtam mâi pètpapaya salad, not spicy
- ส้มตำกับข้าวเหนียวsôm-dtam gàp kâao-nǐaopapaya salad with sticky rice
The culture behind it
CULTURE
Sit, order, eat, then pay
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