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How to say to buy
in Thai
ซื้อ
súue
to buy
súue high
High tone, falling slightly at the end. ซื้อของ 'go shopping', ซื้ออะไร 'what are you buying?'.
- Part of speech
- verb
- Remember it
- SUE the shop if you buy junk.
In a sentence
- ซื้ออะไรsúue à-raiWhat are you buying?
- ซื้อของsúue kǎawngto go shopping
From the same situation: Shopping and the market
- ขายto sell
- ของthings, stuff
- ตัวclassifier for clothes and animals
- ลูกclassifier for round fruit and balls
- คันclassifier for vehicles
- คู่pair (classifier)
- มีto have; there is
- ลองto try, to try on
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Jingjok teaches ซื้อ with audio, the tone drawn on screen, and a check on your own voice. Buy clothes, fruit and everyday things: ask for sizes and colours, compare, bargain politely, and exchange or return.
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