ภาษาใต้(paa-săa dtâi)

Meanings

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Southern Thai dialect

The Southern Thai language or dialect, spoken in the southern region of Thailand

Examples

ฉันchănฉันchăn1I; me (1st person pronoun)2[to] eat (polite/old-fashioned)พูดpôotพูดpôot1[to] speak; talk2[to] say; speak3[to] tell; talk aboutภาษาใต้paa-săa dtâiภาษาใต้paa-săa dtâiSouthern Thai dialectไม่ได้mâi dâaiไม่ได้mâi dâai1cannot; not allowed; impossible2did not3[to] fail to get/receive [sth]4unacceptable; not allowed (won’t do)5No way!; absolutely not6not really/actually (corrective)
I cannot speak Southern Thai.

Word Breakdown

ภาษาpaa-săaภาษาpaa-săa1language; tongue2register; jargon; specialized languagePart 1
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ใต้dtâiใต้dtâi1under; beneath; below2southern region; the South3southern; of the South (often as prefix ใต้-)4below; underneath (adverb)Part 2
ภาษาใต้paa-săa dtâiภาษาใต้paa-săa dtâiSouthern Thai dialect