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How to say is it handmade?
in Thai
ทำมือหรือเปล่า
tam-muue rǔue bplào
is it handmade?
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.
- Where
- market
- Register
- polite
What they will say back
- ทำมือทุกชิ้นค่ะtam-muue túk chín kâEvery piece is handmade.
The culture behind it
CULTURE
OTOP and buying crafts well
Words inside it
From the same situation: Arts, design, architecture
- ศิลปะart
- ภาพวาดpainting, drawing
- วาดto draw, to paint (a picture)
- ระบายสีto colour in, to paint in colours
- สีน้ำwatercolour
- พู่กันpaintbrush (for art)
- จิตรกรรมpainting (the art form), murals
- จิตรกรpainter (fine art)
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