som nam na

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Originally Posted by Chairman Mao

Serves you right.

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and such is Life, no more no less, Karma but you dont have to say it as a nasty Remark, just a neutral response, that me 2bht.................

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Originally Posted by pescator

It has not.

"Nam Som" besides from meaning orange juice also means vinegar by the way. Spelled the same way.
น้ำส้ม "nam som" som = falling tone.

สมน้ำหน้า
"som nam na"
literally "deserve water face" Doesn`t take alot of effort to figure out the meaning.

"som" rising tone meaning deserve.

สม "som" is also used in a word which I feel confident that the esteemed members of this board hear directed towards themselves on a regular basis.

เหมาะสม Maw Som, appropriate. :mid:

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Thx for explanation.
But for the dull-witted, pls explain what is so bad about getting water in the face ?
I could understand if it were mud in your face, but water ?

Is there some thai culture analogy I miss here ? Pescator, it did take a lot of effort for me to try to figure out, and I failed.

Siia na maak maak
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I'm not 100% certain but I'm fairly sure น้ำหน้า means a person like that/you/her etc so สมน้ำหน้า just means it's appropriate for you.

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น้ำหน้า means a person like that/you/her

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it does, but used in a sarcastic and insulting way.

Example: ผมเชื่อว่าน้ำหน้าอย่างเขา ไม่มีทางทำอะไรสำเร็จ,

Thai definition: หน้า ซึ่งใช้ในความหมายแดกดัน รังเกียจ หรือ ดูหมิ่น เป็นต้น.

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Originally Posted by DrB0b

The literal translation is "deserved or appropriate water in the face" สม : deserved, appropriate (not orange, orange is spelled ส้ม and pronounced with a falling tone. สม is a rising tone) น้ำ : water หน้า : face, front of head

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There seems to be disagreement on literal translation.

Does "som nam na" have anything to do with water ?
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no, in colloquial usage it means "serves you right", in other words "you deserved whatever bad thing just happened to you"

"what goes around, comes around"

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Originally Posted by taxexile

no, in colloquial usage it means "serves you right", in other words "you deserved whatever bad thing just happened to you"

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yes, yes, I got that the meaning is the same as "Serves you right".

I was curious about what the literal translation is. I think it is interesting to learn the background for such.
If it is "deserved water in the face", then I was wondering what is so bad about water in the face.
I mean at Song Kran people get drenched ?

Any takers ?

I could be wrong, but I don't think nam-na is analysable down to nam and na. As I said in my post above, nam-na means 'a person like x'.