Guest Posted July 8, 2001 Report Share Posted July 8, 2001 "Thaan khao" is the polite expression for eating. "Kin khao" is just eat, not too polite but not coarse either - just neutral. "Daek" is very impolite for eating; if you use it you put yourself on par with the lowest strata of society. I've heard bar girls use the word quite often. "Savoey" is the royal form for the word, only used in connection with members of the royal family. It's part of a court language called Ratchasaap (from Sanskrit raja-shabda = royal words) and consists of words of Sanskrit and Khmer origin. Other Ratchasaap words which come to my mind are "banthom "(to sleep)and "sadet" (to travel, go away/about). Ever been in a taxi in Bangkok, the traffic comes to a complete halt and the driver says, "Sadet!" - there's a royal cavalcade on the way"? [ July 08, 2001: Message edited by: Scum_Baggio ] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samak Posted July 8, 2001 Report Share Posted July 8, 2001 when his majesty the king takes his meal it's savoeyphrakrayaraharn an often heard term in rachasarp is proklaoproklamom which can be translated as...graciously accepted... if you are interested in those terms, watch the news in thai tv, where they start usually with the news about the royal family, using those terms Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 9, 2001 Report Share Posted July 9, 2001 I sometimes use 'bpay suam' instead of 'bpay hong naam' just to piss people off (and it usually does). I think 'suam' is the equivalent of kharsi or shithouse LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckyfarang Posted July 9, 2001 Report Share Posted July 9, 2001 SB- Doesn't SADET mean "royal"? As in RAP SADET (have an audience with royalty) or SADET MAE (the way a prince would address his mother). Or is this different in Ratchasap? [ July 08, 2001: Message edited by: luckyfarang ] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brink15 Posted July 9, 2001 Author Report Share Posted July 9, 2001 Phil (or any of the other language experts), I know there are several levels of politeness for various words and forms of address. Ex: Ton khao (eat polite) Gin khao (eat common) I read that there is almost an entire language that is only used with royalty. Does anyone know of any words on this level? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 14, 2001 Report Share Posted July 14, 2001 sadet เสด็จ means to come or go in rachasap for a king เสด็จพระราชดำเนิน sadetphraraachadamnern I read in book recently that the royal family usually talk with each other in english! because its much easier than royal language! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lamock Chokaprret Posted July 19, 2001 Report Share Posted July 19, 2001 "I sometimes use 'bpay suam' instead of 'bpay hong naam' just to piss people off (and it usually does). I think 'suam' is the equivalent of kharsi or shithouse" Bangkok Phil, I'm going to need to remember that one. I've been using 'tawn gahn yeow' or 'bpy yeow' but it doesn't always get the reaction I'm looking for when I use it. [ July 19, 2001: Message edited by: Lamock Chokaprret ] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lamock Chokaprret Posted July 20, 2001 Report Share Posted July 20, 2001 More on 'suam': Phil, did you know there are two pronunciations? Suam(l): shithouse Suam®: to put in When I tried it out on my tirac she thought I wanted to ao-gan! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chanchao Posted July 20, 2001 Report Share Posted July 20, 2001 quote: Originally posted by luckyfarang: Doesn't SADET mean "royal"? Perhaps you're cinfusing it with 'somdet' which is a royal title used for the King and his immediate family. Cheers, Chanchao Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 20, 2001 Report Share Posted July 20, 2001 Originally posted by Chanchao:"Perhaps you're cinfusing it with 'somdet' which is a royal title ..." ... and which is derived from Sanskrit sama-teja, "perfect splendour". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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