perhaps to elaborate,

or not,

on a previous thread,

when speaking to my gf

i used spontaneously " jing, mai jing "

my meaning, "believe this or not" ; " crok'ocrap?"

did she immediately understand my Thaiglish?

or is this a construction used in the language?

last thread postulated "verb, mai verb"

ow gin , mai gin : "you eating, or not ": etc

truth, belief, etc are not verbs.

??xtg

yo

thanks for all the help

xtg

perhaps to elaborate,

or not,

on a previous thread,

when speaking to my gf

i used spontaneously " jing, mai jing "

my meaning, "believe this or not" ; " crok'ocrap?"

did she immediately understand my Thaiglish?

or is this a construction used in the language?

last thread postulated "verb, mai verb"

ow gin , mai gin : "you eating, or not ": etc 

truth, belief, etc are not verbs.

??xtg

Sounds more like Minglish, ie that construction verb-negative-verb is a hallmark of Mandarin. Doesn't really work in Thai, as there's no need to repeat the verb after the question tag.

One other thing, it's yaak kin (or gin if you will) not ow kin/gin. 'Ow' is for use with nouns not verbs.

Does that help?

sabai,

thanks,

more study

xtg

I would say "Kit nah cheu-a reu bplauo?" Think believable or not?

Edited December 22, 200421 yr by Ithailian

I would say "Kit nah cheu-a reu bplauo?"  Think believable or not?

If you skip the "khit" in the beginning, or change it into "khit waa" it sounds better.

For "believe it or not" you could try

"laew[HL] tae[LL] khun[MS] waa[FL] ja[LS] cheua[FL] reu[RL] mai[FS]..."

depend you /clause introducer/ /hypothetical and future marker/ believe or not

It is up to you whether to believe it or not...

or, simpler

"cheua[FL] reu[RL] mai[FS] cheua[FL]"

believe or not believe

or just

"naa[FL] cheua[FL] mai[FS] khrap[HS] waa[FL]" (Would you believe ...)

('naa cheua' means 'believable')

The first letter within the sqaure brackets represent the tone (H-high, L-low, F-falling, R-rising, M-mid) and the second represents the vowel length (L-long - S-short).

simpler still.....

Cheua rou Plao.....

Jing mai jing...really translates to ...true not true or really not really