Mai Mee or Mut Lao ?

sabaii sabaii · 07-10-2011, 08:29 AM

What is the difference ?

**somtamslap** · 07-10-2011, 08:32 AM

Mai mee = 'don't have'

Mot leaw - 'finished already' - as in, they've run out.

Mee = have

Mot = finished

**Thetyim** · 07-10-2011, 08:33 AM

Not a lot of difference

Mai Mee = no have
Mot Lao = none left, finished

sabaii sabaii · 07-10-2011, 08:54 AM

Ahh, Cheers, I was having a drunken debate with a friend,

I said "mut lao" which I'd never heard before must be Lao or Isaan

The argument stemmed from trying to buy Vodka at 7am from a guesthouse

So I must be right, they don't have, as averse to, we had before but not now

Cheers guys, free drink for me tonight

**baldrick** · 07-10-2011, 02:04 PM

Originally Posted by sabaii sabaii

The argument stemmed from trying to buy Vodka at 7am from a guesthouse

mot lao = none left

mai mee would mean they don't sell it ( or could not be arsed to look for any )

**withnallstoke** · 07-10-2011, 02:25 PM

Mai mee - fuck off.
Mut lao - fuck off.

**PlanK** · 07-10-2011, 03:03 PM

Mut lao WNS

**withnallstoke** · 07-10-2011, 03:08 PM

^ Nasty twat.

**Mad Hatter** · 07-10-2011, 11:48 PM

Originally Posted by withnallstoke

Mai mee - fuck off.
Mut lao - fuck off.

WNS - AS SUCCINCT AND AS ELOQUENT AS EVER!

**jaiyenyen** · 08-10-2011, 09:29 AM

I'm far from an expert on Thai, but I think;
Mot lao = finished ( When referring to an object). There's no more beer, it's all been sold.
Set lao = finished ( When re ferring to a person). I've finished eating.

Mai mee = Don't have.

Fuck Off = Fuck Off. Universal language, no need for translation.

**Begbie** · 08-10-2011, 09:34 AM

Set lao - ready...not finished. Usually refers to food but can also refer to a task.

**jaiyenyen** · 08-10-2011, 09:42 AM

Cheers Begbie.
So,
Set mai? = are you ready?

**Lorenzo** · 08-10-2011, 09:53 AM

Originally Posted by sabaii sabaii

What is the difference ?

ask a thai

why bother a farang with somthing a thai can do

**somtamslap** · 08-10-2011, 10:00 AM

Originally Posted by jaiyenyen

Set mai? = are you ready?

Not really. Are you ready would be more like 'Riep roy mai?'

Set young/mai - have you finished yet.

**BaitongBoy** · 08-10-2011, 10:13 AM

^ Is that what was said in the happy ending thread?...

sabaii sabaii · 08-10-2011, 10:26 AM

Originally Posted by Lorenzo

ask a thai why bother a farang with somthing a thai can do

WTF ?

If I could speak Thai, I wouldn't be asking on an expat forum

**pescator** · 09-10-2011, 01:46 AM

Originally Posted by somtamslap

Originally Posted by jaiyenyen

Set mai? = are you ready?

Not really. Are you ready would be more like 'Riep roy mai?'

Set young/mai - have you finished yet.

Or: set rueyang.
เสร็จหรือยัง

or: set laew rue.
เสร็จแล้วหรือ

**azelea** · 19-10-2011, 11:12 AM

are you ready พร้อมหรือยัง prom rue yang

**kingwilly** · 19-10-2011, 01:04 PM

erm, can anyone else answer this thread.

**chitown** · 19-10-2011, 01:10 PM

Originally Posted by jaiyenyen

Cheers Begbie.
So,
Set mai? = are you ready?

Prom Mai? Are your ready?

**Rural Surin** · 20-10-2011, 08:19 PM

Originally Posted by withnallstoke

Mai mee - fuck off.
Mut lao - fuck off.

Yes, the vernacular is easier to digest.

**English Noodles** · 20-10-2011, 09:15 PM

Originally Posted by Begbie

Set lao - ready...not finished. Usually refers to food but can also refer to a task.

It just means finished or ready. Certainly doesn't 'usually refer to food'. It has also more recently been highjacked by teen speak as referring to finishing oral sex. So if you are out and about and you say loudly to your wife 'set laeo' and a group of teenagers laugh, you will know why.

**expattaffy** · 14-01-2012, 02:19 PM

Originally Posted by baldrick

Originally Posted by sabaii sabaii

The argument stemmed from trying to buy Vodka at 7am from a guesthouse

mot lao = none left

mai mee would mean they don't sell it ( or could not be arsed to look for any )

Well done, the best translation,as you say, if you want to buy whiskey from a shop and they never sell it then the reply will be Mai mee, if they do sell it but are sold out the reply will be mot low,ie none left:banhim1:

**farrang** · 14-01-2012, 05:10 PM

mai mee satang

**Little Chuchok** · 18-02-2012, 10:54 AM

Originally Posted by jaiyenyen

Set mai? = are you ready?

i tend to use the words "brace yourself sweetheart"

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