bhoydy Posted December 23, 2007 Share Posted December 23, 2007 (edited) What is the difference between ไม่ได้นั่ง and นั่งไม่ได้? Edited December 23, 2007 by bhoydy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rikker Posted December 23, 2007 Share Posted December 23, 2007 "did not sit" vs. "cannot sit" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chinnotes Posted December 23, 2007 Share Posted December 23, 2007 What is the difference between ไม่ได้นั่ง and นั่งไม่ได้? I understand the difference as follows (but my Thai is by no means perfect): If somevody invites you to sit down (and to stay a while), but you have no time to do so, you may answer "นั่งไม่ได้" I can't sit down, I have no time... If you go somewhere by bus and later you tell somebody ไม่ได้นั่ง that means "I didn't sit down (because there were no free seats) Erwin (อัศวิน) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bhoydy Posted December 23, 2007 Author Share Posted December 23, 2007 What is the difference between ไม่ได้นั่ง and นั่งไม่ได้? I understand the difference as follows (but my Thai is by no means perfect): If somevody invites you to sit down (and to stay a while), but you have no time to do so, you may answer "นั่งไม่ได้" I can't sit down, I have no time... If you go somewhere by bus and later you tell somebody ไม่ได้นั่ง that means "I didn't sit down (because there were no free seats) Erwin (อัศวิน) Nice, thanks, i can be sure of what i'm saying now and i can start right away because i was on a bus today and there were no free seats Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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