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richie rev
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any help with this please.
the word noy (little) seems to be used in many situations which I dont understand, where 'little is not a part of the sentence. ie
kor duu noy ( could I have a look please)
chuai pit tiiwii noy (please turn the tv off)
om noy (hold me)
kor yurm noy ( can I borrow it)
lot noy daai maai (can u reduce it)
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Thai Girls : Meet Sexy Thai Girls
Posted on: 6:04 pm on Oct. 28, 2005
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sorapong
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True these first three wouldn’t use “little” as such in an English construction, but then there are myriad Thai expressions and phraseologies that don’t parse in English on a word by word basis:
kor duu noy ( could I have a look please)
-- “give me a little look (at what you have there) ”
chuai pit tiiwii noy (please turn the tv off)
-- too formal, lose the “chuai”. unless you don’t have any fingers or the remote’s gone missing or you need a pair of pliers to do it, who says “help me turn off the tv (a little) ”?
kor yurm noy ( can I borrow it)
-- not a question, more like an imploring “please let me borrow (a little) ”.
the “noy” in those phrases is a softening, cute-ifying addition, something to cajole the person you’re addressing.
om noy (hold me)
-- more like, "put it in your mouth (a little) ", or "suck it (a little) ", or did you mean “oom noy”, as in “lift up (the baby) a little”?
this one’s pretty literal:
lot noy daai maai (can u reduce it)
-- “can you reduce it/drop the price a little”
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Bangkok Women : Meet Sensual Bangkok Women
Posted on: 8:14 pm on Oct. 28, 2005
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