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How to say where is the smoking area?
in Thai
ที่สูบบุหรี่อยู่ที่ไหน
tîi sùup-bù-rìi yùu tîi-nǎi
where is the smoking area?
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.
Airports, malls and big bars have a marked smoking area: look for ที่สูบบุหรี่ or เขตสูบบุหรี่ on the sign.
- Where
- smoking
- Register
- polite
What they will say back
- ข้างนอกทางซ้ายค่ะkâang-nâawk taang sáai kâOutside, on the left.
The culture behind it
CULTURE
Smoking in Thailand: ask first
Words inside it
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