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good2bhappy

^ well politeness gets you along way when your asking for money?

Marmite the Dog

I didn't want to get into a transliteration bitchfight. I agree with 'chan'.

English Noodles

It means 'will you love me?'

As stated 'chan' can be used by both male and female though a male would only realy use it when sweet talking with a girlfriend.

It would sound realy strange if a guy refered to himself using 'chan' in everyday conversation.

And BTW, it is certainly not 'chun', transliteration problems or not 'chun' sounds no where near correct.

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friscofrankie

Yeah didn't mention that usage, like that song "Chan Rak Tuh"
I've got to get me a switchable Thai Keyboard driver for this machine Transliterations are never what they should be, sometimes they are down right hilarious.

English Noodles

Indeed, as in this case where 'chun' actualy means 'angry or furious' or even strong as in 'strong odors' or pungent.

panama hat

Let me guess:

You're sitting thousands of miles away chatting with a lady you met here while on holiday . . . she misses you and has fallen in love with you. (All within a few days.)

madjbs

Learning to speak Thai becomes a whole lot easier when you learn to read Thai script, then you can forget all the annoying transliterations.

benbaaa

I agree with Francis - phrases are the way to go, then you can modify them slightly to change your meaning. Word-for-word translation doesn't work for me. I once confidently translated som nam nar as orange water face.

English Noodles

exactly, it's the only way you can ever learn to speak the language correctly. I think FF can read and write Thai but is just lacking a Thai keyboard.

kingwilly

so was that a case of som nam nah to you!

English Noodles

You have to have the correct word to begin with, i think this is the point of learning to read.

สมน้ำหน้า=1.เหมาะสม,สม(MOH-SOM or only SOM)=suitable

ส้ม = orange

friscofrankie

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OK, that's better.
FF's reading is OK. pretty much self-taught on that. took some private lessons on writing and was taking dictation, getting the tones right and all that. Never used it but still got my one sheet rule book some where. Now that I've gotten off my ass and took the two minutes to set up my xorg.conf file I'm gonna have to brush up

might have to put on my glasses too

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English Noodles

Or is it ดีกว่า

Sir Burr

That line is in every Thai song I have ever heard.

English Noodles

How often do the words 'i love you' appear in western music?

friscofrankie

Dunno about that man,
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knew it'd happen one day.
It can take forever to get used to the KB layout then I can't read the typos without setting the font size to "๔"

DrAndy

I dont thinkit was a very formal message

JoGeAr

Yes, the Thai font is too small. I had the same problem Frankie.

notanameleft

Khun ja rak chan mai = Will you love me?
"mai" in this phrase means "?" not "no"
(? = ไหม, and No = ไม่)
and This phrase is for Female speaks to Male!

It's right that Khun and Chan can be used for both male and female, but male does not suppose to use Chan with Khun. it has to be;

Chan and Ter/tur
Pom/Phom and Khun

in case of friends;
Chan (ชั้น) and Gair (แก)
Goo and Mung

Female to male;
Chan and Khun
Chan and Ter
in case of friends use the same as male


BTW Thais usually use their name as the pronoun i.e
if A wants to ask B "Will you love me"
A will say
B ja rak A mai?

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natalie8

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