gawguy Posted March 22, 2010 Report Share Posted March 22, 2010 This has bugged me for a long time. When Thai's say something is pretty, some people, maybe Issan people, ad a syllable before the word suai. I could never get them to repeat it. If I ask "what did you say?" They kind of don't understand the question, but then they say "suai." For a while I thought they might be saying "sow" suai, which would mean pretty young woman. But a few days ago I heard this in reference to something else - not a woman or girl. It sounds like "sah" suai. It seems to just be a little something added before suai for emphasis maybe, or maybe it's cute Issan talk. Help! This bugs me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chuckwoww Posted March 22, 2010 Report Share Posted March 22, 2010 Could be suhm suay....beauty treatment? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nervous God Posted March 22, 2010 Report Share Posted March 22, 2010 Not Far Suay? Beautiful sky? Hope not Sah Sua I am told that at times about some of my hobbies Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WorldFun Posted March 22, 2010 Report Share Posted March 22, 2010 'sud' suay (the most) beautiful? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WorldFun Posted March 22, 2010 Report Share Posted March 22, 2010 yeah good chance 'suay' is not the 'beautiful' variant, but one of the other when using different tone (no idea what other options exist with suay)? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khunsanuk Posted March 23, 2010 Report Share Posted March 23, 2010 Hi, Could it be 'suay suay'? Thais (esp women) have a tendency to say a word twice to put more emphasis on it. Sanuk! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julian2 Posted March 23, 2010 Report Share Posted March 23, 2010 Sao suay? Pretty girl? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flashermac Posted March 23, 2010 Report Share Posted March 23, 2010 Suay low tone means bad luck! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chelseafan Posted March 23, 2010 Report Share Posted March 23, 2010 I hear it too sometimes in the village it almost sounds like sa-sooay. The "sa" is said quickly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bar4 Posted March 23, 2010 Report Share Posted March 23, 2010 I think one variant is "prostitute". Better be careful ;-) cheers, Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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