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พูดอะไร เมื่อไหร่ : Expressions

ซะหน่อย sa noy

ซะหน่อย can be used as a replacement for นิดหน่อย nid noy to mean "well, alright then".

  1. นิดหน่อย nid noy : A little

    The simplest way to use it is when you directly replace นิดหน่อย with ซะน่อย. In the following example กินซะหน่อย gin sa noy = กินนิดนึง gin nid neung.


    [น้องจ๋า] กินขนมด้วยกันมั๊ยคะ
    [พี่อ้อม] กินซะหน่อยก็ดี

    [Nong Ja] gin kanom duay gan mai ka
    [Pee Aom] gin sa noy gor dee

    [Ja (younger)] Would you like to have some dessert ?
    [Aom (older)] Alright then.
  2. Doing something for someone.

    This is the more general case. As an example, consider the following situation using the formula

    ไป...ซะหน่อย
    bai ... sa noy
    OK, I'll go.

    Consider the following situation: Miss Ja is going to a wedding. Miss Aom doesn't really want to go but has to be polite, knowing that she was invited.

    [น้องจ๋า] พี่อ้อมจะไปงานแต่งงานมั๊ย
    [พี่อ้อม] ไปซะหน่อยก็ได้

    [Nong Ja] Pee Aom ja bai ngan dtairng ngan mai
    [Pee Aom] bai sa noy gor dai

    [Ja] Miss Aom, are you going to the wedding reception ?
    [Aom] I suppose so.

    At first, Aom might have decided that she's not going to go. When Ja asks her to make her mind up, Aom realises it's the polite thing to do as it's a wedding after all and therefore goes.


Vocabulary
นิดหน่อยa little
นิดนึงa little bit
ขนมsnack, sweet
งานแต่งงานwedding reception

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