How To Say 'he/she Said....'?

[Eastender]

How to say 'he/she said....'?

Do I just say kao puut...................... Or is there something more?

(Please give western phonetics with tone.)

Thanks.

[penzman]

My wife always says something that sounds like " Koh Bohg"

Koh= mid tone

Bohg=falling tone

[Firefoxx]

kao+/ter/gae/tahn=

pood=/bog'/glao'/dtrud'

wa=

he/she/(informal)/(formal)

said/(informal)/(formal)/(very formal)

that

(+=high, ==rising, '=low)

[ProfessorFart]

'Kao Poot Wa......' is fine.

'Kao Bork Wa......' = He/She/They told me that.....

[meadish_sweetball]

Firefoxx 100% correct. Only one thing to add: In slangy speech, the word for "speak" or "say" is often totally ommitted, leaving

"khao waa" high + falling

only.

But for the all-purpose first one to memorize before the others, I think "khao bork waa" (high + low + falling) is best.

The pronoun "khao" meaning "he/she/they" is normally pronounced with a high tone in everyday speech even though its spelling in Thai dictates it should take the rising tone.

Edited December 13, 2004 by meadish_sweetball