Please listen to the Thai to learn how to pronounce the word.
Kun Hiew Kahw Mai Krap (Male)
Kun Hiew Kahw Mai Ka (Female)
(Click on the word above and you can hear it in Thai.)
[Explanation]
- Meaning = Are you hungry ?
- Let's try to check word-by-word.
Kun = You
Hiew = hungry, want
Kahw = meal, rice
Mai = interrogative
Krap= to be polite.
A literal translation is,
Do you want a meal ?
- How to use.
- When Japanese meets a friend, usually they tend to talk about weather at first.
When Thai meets a friend, they tend to talk about hunger or not at first.
If you visit a Thai friend, you shall have a question about hunger or not.
If you have eaten enough, please say as
Im Leaw Krap (Male) = I have eaten enough.
Im Leaw Ka (Female)
If you are hungry, please say as
Hiew Leaw Krap (Male) = I'm hungry.
Hiew Leaw Ka (Female)
And if you are full when eating with friends,
please say as
Im Leaw Krap = I have eaten enough, I cannot eat more.
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