Thai for "no sugar please"?

Skinny said:

Does anyone know how to say in Thai, "Please do not put sugar/sweet in the
curry sauce"?

Hm, someone should put out a Low Carb phrasebook for different languages. 🙂

Skinny

Ka, mai sai Nam Tam. Gin Nam Tam mai dai!
(Please, don't put in sugar. I cannot eat sugar!)

Kop Khun mak krup/ka!
(Thank you very much!<krup for man/ka for woman>😉

Mai chorp aharn wan
(I don't like sweet food)

Anything else?

Xtile said:

Skinny said:

Does anyone know how to say in Thai, "Please do not put sugar/sweet in
the
curry sauce"?
Hm, someone should put out a Low Carb phrasebook for different
languages. 🙂
Skinny

Ka, mai sai Nam Tam. Gin Nam Tam mai dai!
(Please, don't put in sugar. I cannot eat sugar!)

Kop Khun mak krup/ka!
(Thank you very much!<krup for man/ka for woman>😉

Mai chorp aharn wan
(I don't like sweet food)

Anything else?

A pronunciation key?

--
Bob M
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Kob kun mak ka! Phut Thai nit noy.

On Thu, 16 Dec 2004 06:06:53 +0700, Xtile wrote:
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Ka, mai sai Nam Tam. Gin Nam Tam mai dai!
(Please, don't put in sugar. I cannot eat sugar!)

Nam is water, as in nam kang (ice) and nam plau (fish sauces). Would nam tam
be fruit juice? I think honey is 'pung'.

Quoted message said:

Mai chorp aharn wan
(I don't like sweet food)

Does wan mean sweet? Aharn mean food?

I used to say "Aroy mai mai sabai."

Skinny

Bob M said:

Xtile said:

Skinny said:

Does anyone know how to say in Thai, "Please do not put sugar/sweet
in the
curry sauce"?
Hm, someone should put out a Low Carb phrasebook for different
languages. 🙂
Skinny

Ka, mai sai Nam Tam. Gin Nam Tam mai dai!
(Please, don't put in sugar. I cannot eat sugar!)

Kop Khun mak krup/ka!
(Thank you very much!<krup for man/ka for woman>😉

Mai chorp aharn wan
(I don't like sweet food)

Anything else?

A pronunciation key?

I know, when I ws typing it it would be a prob, with all the rising(r),
falling(f), mid(m), hi(h), low(l) tones to boot.

Ka, mai(f) sai(l) Nam(m) Tam(m). Gin(l) Nam(m) Tam(m) mai(f) dai(f)!

etc.....

Skinny said:

Kob kun mak ka! Phut Thai nit noy.

On Thu, 16 Dec 2004 06:06:53 +0700, Xtile wrote:
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Quoted message said:

Ka, mai sai Nam Tam. Gin Nam Tam mai dai!
(Please, don't put in sugar. I cannot eat sugar!)

Nam is water, as in nam kang (ice) and nam plau (fish sauces). Would nam tam
be fruit juice? I think honey is 'pung'.

Quoted message said:

Mai chorp aharn wan
(I don't like sweet food)

Does wan mean sweet? Aharn mean food?

I used to say "Aroy mai mai sabai."

Skinny

Yes, "wan" (rising tone) is "sweet"

"aharn" is "food", very good... :>😉

Most Thais say "khao" (falling tone) to mean food, although it really
means "rice". Gin(low tone) Khao(falling tone) means "eat" in general,
though literally it means "eat rice". Beacuase rice is always almost
underneath the food you are eating.

You can say......"Mai Lahp Khao" (not over rice), if you don't want rice
with your food. You will get strange looks, but they will oblige. And
if you eat normally at that restaurant, they'll get used to you.

Skinny said:

I used to say "Aroy mai mai sabai."

Skinny

That would translate roughly to " I don't like, or I don't feel
comfortable with, tasty food". Might confuse them! :>😉

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Skinny wrote:

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Nam is water, as in nam kang (ice) and nam plau (fish sauces). Would
nam tam
be fruit juice? I think honey is 'pung'.

Nam pung is sugar, nam tam is sugar.

Xtile said:

Ka, mai(f) sai(l) Nam(m) Tam(m). Gin(l) Nam(m) Tam(m) mai(f) dai(f)!

Is "Gin" pronounced with a soft g like, well, "gin," or a hard g, like, Ginsu
knife?

..:. Craig

Craig Smith said:

Xtile said:

Ka, mai(f) sai(l) Nam(m) Tam(m). Gin(l) Nam(m) Tam(m) mai(f) dai(f)!

Is "Gin" pronounced with a soft g like, well, "gin," or a hard g, like, Ginsu
knife?

.:. Craig

Hard G, like Ginsu.... :>😉 Usually the soft G transliterated will be
spelled with a J.

Just say it in English but really slow. Don't you know anything about
speaking foreign languages?

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Subject: Re: Thai for "no sugar please"?

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From: [email hidden]
Newsgroups: alt.support.diet.low-carb

Just say it in English but really slow. Don't you know anything about
speaking foreign languages?

But if you really want to sound fluent, you have to say it in English really
slow AND really loud🙂

***********************************
Robyn Lori Rosenthal
Sterling Cotons and Park Place Grooming
Sterling, VA USA
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Xtile said:

Skinny said:

I used to say "Aroy mai mai sabai."

Skinny

That would translate roughly to " I don't like, or I don't feel
comfortable with, tasty food". Might confuse them! :>😉

Ka. 🙂

It felt odd when I first learned 'sabai'. Surprising that same word means
'healthy/good for you' AND 'pleasant.'

Skinny

Thanks. PUtting them together, here's what looks useful. Any terrible
blunders?

KA, MAI SAI NAM TAM, MAI SAI NAM PUNG.

MAI DAI GIN AHARN WAN.

KOB KUN MAK KA.

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Ka, mai(f) sai(l) Nam(m) Tam(m). Gin(l) Nam(m) Tam(m) mai(f) dai(f)!

Falling, Level, Rising -- I've forgotten the 4th. What's (m)?

Xtile said:

Skinny said:

Kob kun mak ka! Phut Thai nit noy.

On Thu, 16 Dec 2004 06:06:53 +0700, Xtile wrote:
/snip/

Quoted message said:

Ka, mai sai Nam Tam. Gin Nam Tam mai dai!
(Please, don't put in sugar. I cannot eat sugar!)

Nam is water, as in nam kang (ice) and nam plau (fish sauces). Would nam

tam

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be fruit juice? I think honey is 'pung'.

Quoted message said:

Mai chorp aharn wan
(I don't like sweet food)

Does wan mean sweet? Aharn mean food?

I used to say "Aroy mai mai sabai."

Skinny

Yes, "wan" (rising tone) is "sweet"

"aharn" is "food", very good... :>😉

🙂))

I knew about the following from when we stayed in Chiang Mai:

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Most Thais say "khao" (falling tone) to mean food, although it really
means "rice". Gin(low tone) Khao(falling tone) means "eat" in general,
though literally it means "eat rice". Beacuase rice is always almost
underneath the food you are eating.

You can say......"Mai Lahp Khao" (not over rice), if you don't want rice
with your food. You will get strange looks, but they will oblige. And
if you eat normally at that restaurant, they'll get used to you.

Rice served separately so no problem. I guess I could use that one when they
want to package the takeout. I dont' suppose you know the word for
'takeout'? 🙂

Skinny

Skinny said:

Thanks. PUtting them together, here's what looks useful. Any terrible
blunders?

KA, MAI SAI NAM TAM, MAI SAI NAM PUNG.

MAI DAI GIN AHARN WAN.

KOB KUN MAK KA.

Looks good

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Falling, Level, Rising -- I've forgotten the 4th. What's (m)?

(m) - mid tone = normal tone

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Rice served separately so no problem. I guess I could use that one when they
want to package the takeout. I dont' suppose you know the word for
'takeout'? 🙂

takeout - "Sai(L) gong(f)" (put in a box)

Where are you speaking this Thai? In Thailand?

Skinny said:

Xtile said:

Skinny said:

I used to say "Aroy mai mai sabai."

Skinny

That would translate roughly to " I don't like, or I don't feel
comfortable with, tasty food". Might confuse them! :>😉

Ka. 🙂

It felt odd when I first learned 'sabai'. Surprising that same word means
'healthy/good for you' AND 'pleasant.'

Skinny

sabai sabai - comfortable
yen sabai - comfortable coolness
sabai saduak - Convenient and nice
Sabai rua plao - are you OK?

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Just say it in English but really slow. Don't you know anything about
speaking foreign languages?

;>😉

On Fri, 17 Dec 2004 17:22:03 +0700, Xtile wrote:

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Kob kun lao.

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takeout - "Sai(L) gong(f)" (put in a box)

Where are you speaking this Thai? In Thailand?

Restaurants in and near San Francisco.

Skinny

Skinny said:

Does anyone know how to say in Thai, "Please do not put sugar/sweet in the
curry sauce"?

Hm, someone should put out a Low Carb phrasebook for different languages. 🙂

Skinny

Mai ao sai nam tam....mai ao gaang wan