Southern Slang. Mai Preua. (mai Pen Rai)

[everydaysthesame]

Can anyone spell the southern slang mai preua, meaning mai pen rai for me?

also in samui they say wah preua. as a greeting . would this be ว่า preua ?

thanks

ps anymore south slang would be appreciated.

[BambinA]

ไม๊พรื๋อ(ไม่พรื่อ)(mai preua) =ไม่เป็นไร (mai pen rai ,never mind)

ท่ำพรื๋อ(ทำพรื่อ) (tum preua)= ทำอย่างไร (Tum yang rai ,how to do)

ว่าพรื้อ (wah preua) = ว่างไง ว่าอย่างไร (kind of > how are you )

[everydaysthesame]

thanks so much!

[sbk]

There was a thread in here about Southern Thai-- check that out.

[BambinA]

To me, i think it is hard to spell the word preua because it has vary tones (as dialect) and it depends on a person who speaks so it can spell as พรื่อ พรื้อ พรื๋อ and all of them are correct

[everydaysthesame]

thanks for link sbk.

[DavidHouston]

Our pronunciation here in Phuket is a bit different, "ไม๊พรื๋อ" becomes "ไม๊พรื๋อย" "ไม๊พรื๋ออีย์". It's difficult to write in Thai because of the sliding "ee" sound which attaches on to the end of the basic syllable's vowel is not a separate syllable as is indicated by the writing pattern.. I think this is part of the Hokkien Chinese influence.

Edited January 7, 2008 by DavidHouston