Diaow Ja Jep Dtua Dtai Mai Chai Noi

[Pescator]

Many will have heard the expression Dtop Salop Salai.

"I shall slap you"

But this expression baffles me.

"Later you will be hurting but not slightly"

Or something to that effect.

What had me wondering how come they use Mai Chai as a negative in front of an adjective/adverb when Mai Chai is usually used as a negative in front of a substantive.

Is it just a slang expression ignoring the grammar or what?

 

cheers

hn

 

[khunsanuk]

Hi,

 

No clue about grammar rules, but yes, I hear the 'mai chai noi' quite often from my wife as well.

 

Sanuk!

 

[Boo Radley]

Hi,

I hadn't heard that expression before (�ม������อย). As you say, you would expect it to be used with a noun (or spelt �ม����ห��อย)...?

I asked a Thai about this and their explanation was similar to yours: มัà¸?à¹?à¸?à¹?à¸?à¸?ระà¹?ยà¸?สà¹Âลà¸? ภาษาà¹?à¸?ย à¸?ิà¹?à¸?à¹?à¸?à¹? (Its a slang phrase, the Thai language is hard to pin down/ambiguous/irregular).

Apparently it can be used in response to teasing eg

A: �ุ�อ�ว��ึ���ะ

B: ��ี�ยว�ะ����ม������อย.

[Pescator]

That was exactly the way it was used.

Thank you for the clarification.

 

cheers

hua nguu

 

[preahko]

"you gonna be hurtin', and I don't mean just a little..."

 

preahko

[Flashermac]

I wonder where folks hang out to be be told such things.

 

 

[khunsanuk]

Hi,

 

"I wonder where folks hang out to be be told such things."

 

Uh... like... at home

 

My wife uses this when she wants to make sure her son does what he is told.

 

Sanuk!

 

[Pescator]

I wonder where folks hang out to be be told such things.

 

And I wonder why is that relevant to a question concerning thai grammar and additionally what are you trying to imply?

 

 

 

[Mentors]

I wonder where folks hang out to be be told such things.

 

 

typical Central and Isarn slang style.

[luckyfarang]

Boo, good to see that you're still around.

 

My girlfriend has never heard the phrase quoted by the OP, but she and I have both heard the one that you quoted (from person :

 

DIO® JA DON, MAI(f) CHAI(f) NOI(h)

 

I translate this as "You're gonna get it" and the mai chai noi just adds emphasis.

 

The Isaan version of this is: DIO® HER!