Hi Scott!

Great question! 😊

Both "ขอ /khǎaw/" and "ให้หน่อย /hâi nàawy/" can be used to make requests, but they are used in slightly different contexts.

1. ขอ /khǎaw/ - This is often used for asking permission or making a polite request. It's similar to saying "may I have" or "please give" in English. For example:

- ขออาหาร /khǎaw aa-hăan/ (May I have some food, please?)

2. ให้หน่อย /hâi nàawy/ - This phrase is more like asking someone to do something for you. It implies a request for help or assistance, similar to "could you please" or "do it for me, please." For example:

- ช่วยเปิดประตูให้หน่อย /chûay pə̀ət bprà-dtoo hâi nàawy/ (Could you please open the door for me?)

Both are polite, but "ขอ /khǎaw/" is more about receiving something, while "ให้หน่อย /hâi nàawy/" is about asking someone to do something. Keep practicing, and you'll get the hang of it!

Feel free to let us know if you have any questions.

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Hi Carine,

Thank you for taking the time to write to us!

...ให้หน่อย (...hâi nàawy)

This is an expression we add to the end of a sentence to form a request. ให้ (hâi) means "to give." When we use it in a request, it is like saying, "Please give me the favor of doing (action) for me."

หน่อย (nàawy) means "a little." We use it to make the request sound more humble and less demanding. It is like saying, "I've got a small favor to ask of you," or "Can I get a little help?"

I hope this helps.😊

Best regards,

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HI

What is the difference between khǎaw and hâi nàawy, do these both just mean please?

I don't understand what the "another" means in:

"In this section, we learn that when "ให้(hâi)" comes after another and its direct object and before an indirect object, it indicates the direction of the action that is being done for somebody."

this sentence is very complicated. When "ให้(hâi)" comes after another what? a word, a verb,... I try to make sense of it trough te examples, but is is hard. Please explain a bit more? Thank you

Hi Script,

Thank you. สัก in front of แผ่น a classifier for paper. สัก meaning "just, mere, even, just about or approximately." สักแผ่น just one piece of paper, even one piece of paper. ฉันไม่มีกระดาษเลยสักแผ่น I don't have even a piece of paper. or I don't have a paper at all, none, zero. Just to emphasis the negative sense of the sentence even more. Hope that helps. Please feel free to let me know if you have any questions. I will be glad to help.

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ปริษา Parisa

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ฉันไม่มีกระดาษเลยสักแผ่น....what does สักแพ่น mean?

Hello Geoff,

Thank you. We're really appreciated your feedback. For your suggestion, I will let our team know. Please feel free to let me know if you have any questions. I will be glad to help.

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ปริษา Parisa

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Hi, can I echo a previous comment. This lesson gets difficult around minute 8.

The speaker is explaining ผมให้เงินพ่อแม่ของผมม which seems above absolute beginner level. My eyes were searching on screen for this sentence in the examples, but they seem to give a different examples. From this point the text under the vocab didn't seem to co-ordinate with the audio.

Having said the above, my early impression is that this is a fantastic resource, even if the absolute beginner level seems a lot higher.

Hello Chet Kurowski,

Thank you. We include everything the instructor talks about on our lesson's transcript. Which you could also check out. You can also download it to your computer. I will suggest to our team about adding those into the vocabulary list. Hope that helps. Please feel free to let me know if you have any questions. I will be glad to help.

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ปริษา Parisa

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Well the lesson was good until the instructors start talking about different ways to say something. Why are not these words listed? Hard to follow. Very challenging to follow and your use of words like. I can see you method to teach will not work well for me.

As I move on with your lessons I am finding it harder and harder to follow as your instructors move much to fast on topics.

Once my membership ends later this year I will have to find another resource. I'm now living in Thailand so I should be able to find something.

Hello Sam,

Thank you. ถึง "arrive/reach" แล้ว "already". So, ถึงแล้ว "we're here" /"we're here already". I think it ok in English. Hope that helps. Please feel free to let me know if you have any future questions. I will be glad to help.

Have a good day.

ปริษา Parisa

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ถึงแล้ว is translated as "we're here" in English, but this doesn't make sense.

Is this translation correct?

Hi Steven Chen,

Thank you. It omit because it unnecessary. "glâi-glâi" is already clear no need to double positioning word. Native speaker will omit a lot unnecessary to make conversation short and quick just like other languages. The sentence is perfectly clear with out 'yuu' and 'gap'. No problem if learner want to add them. It would sound a bit unnatural. Hope that helps. Please feel free to let me know if you have any future questions. I will be glad to help.

Have a good day.

ปริษา Parisa

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G'day khun khruu

For 'mii ráan-aa-hǎan à-ràuy glâi-glâi dtùek thai-laaen bprà-gan-phai' in the beginning, why boh 'yuu' before and 'gap' after 'glai-glai' are omitted?

I thought both are essential for making the correct grammar!

Cheers

😎

Hi Ron,

Thank you. Yes, we sometime write what we speak. แป๊บหนึ่ง is correct spelling of the word while แป๊บนึง is the way of speaking it. So you would hear แป๊บนึง not แป๊บหนึ่ง👍 Just like เพิ่ง speak as ผึ้ง pûeng instead, but will be miss spell if we use ผึ้ง pûeng as spelling for "just". Hope that helps. Please let me know if you have any future questions. I will be glad to help.

Have a good day.

ปริษา Parisa

Team ThaiPod101.com

สวัสดีครับ,

I look up the dictionary in Thaipod101, and found แป๊บนึง. But in other online dictionary (http://www.thai-language.com/dict), only แป๊บหนึ่ง exists. Please clarify.

Or, is it a cultural thing that Thai people tend to spell what they truly pronounce in real life? instead of what the spelling should be to pronounced. One example from my Thai friend: he told me the formal word is เพิ่ง, but พึ่งม is easier to pronounce in real life, so they create the word พึ่งม again. Is this story true?

Thanks for your feedback.

Hello Abbey,

Thank you. หน่อย is please and also used to soften the meaning of a sentence , so if you add ให้ in front of it ให้หน่อย would normally sound like "......for me please." or ending a request politely. Hope that helps. Please let me know if you have any future questions. I will be glad to help.

Have a good day.

ปริษา Parisa

Team ThaiPod101.com

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For น่อย in the conversation Steve says น่อย after ให้ so it is ให้น่อย but in the lesson focus/grammar น่อย comes at the end of the sentence rather than right after ให้.

Are both of these placements for น่อย in the sentences correct?

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สวัสดี Meow,

Thank you for taking the time to leave us a comment. 😇

If you have any questions, let us know. 😉

Best,

เลเว็นเต้ (Levente)

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สวัสดีครูปริษา

Thank you so much for the explanation below. So clear for the different situation of using แป๊บ and เดี๋ยว

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