A Little Slang Translation Help Please

[Alpinist]

so this is what is said

"kon nee laeee!!!" (about a picture of me)

i think what it is suppossed to be in khon nee as in "this person" but it is the lae that has me confused.

can anyone please help me with this use of "lae", it is confusing as either a verb or an adjectice.

thank you

Edited October 4, 2009 by Alpinist

[kikenyoy]

I'm guessing it's the particle...but I've never heard it drawn out like the way you wrote it. If it's the particle then it just gives emphasis.

"this person"

"which one?"

(pointing to the picture) "this one right here" kon nee lae

The last time I heard it, a friend had been out of town for a while and I ran into her. I asked when did you get back and she replied "wan nee lae" to emphasize that she just got back today.

Edited October 4, 2009 by kikenyoy

[SoftWater]

A couple of options

i.

Meaning: Yes! This guy!!

Context: A is talking to B about a third person. B asks A 'This guy?' and shows A a picture. A responds:

kon nee(3) leh:(1)

คนนี้แหละ

The 'leh:' is supposed to be pronounced short, but is often drawn out for emphasis or surprise.

ii.

Meaning: What a horrible picture!

Context: Here's one from real life - I got home after getting my new plastic Thai drivers licence, and proudly showed it off to my wife. "Check this out - cool eh?" She takes one look at the picture on the card and says

kee(2) lay(2)

ขี้เล่ห์

Literally 'lay' means something like 'crooked', and I guess kee(2) lay(2) means something like the picture makes you look like a criminal or bad in some way; I could be wrong about the connotation; I've never quite mastered it myself, but it is distinct from nar(2) kiat(1) which just means you look ugly!

The third possibility is the one mentioned above by kikenyoy. Can't think of any others without more context.

Softwater

Edited October 5, 2009 by SoftWater

[mangkorn]

Context: Here's one from real life - I got home after getting my new plastic Thai drivers licence, and proudly showed it off to my wife. "Check this out - cool eh?" She takes one look at the picture on the card and says

kee(2) lay(2)

ขี้เล่ห์

Literally 'lay' means something like 'crooked', and I guess kee(2) lay(2) means something like the picture makes you look like a criminal or bad in some way; I could be wrong about the connotation; I've never quite mastered it myself, but it is distinct from nar(2) kiat(1) which just means you look ugly!

She may have said ขี้เหร่

It means ugly, unattractive.

[tgeezer]

so this is what is said

"kon nee laeee!!!" (about a picture of me)

i think what it is suppossed to be in khon nee as in "this person" but it is the lae that has me confused.

can anyone please help me with this use of "lae", it is confusing as either a verb or an adjectice.

thank you

When I saw that it remided me of 'lor mak' used to describe people's looks, I always took it to mean handsome and have used it like this and seemed to be understood, this post gave me a chance to look it up. I think that it is perhaps ล่อ verb; meaning to 'use a device to attract' which sort of fits. So I would say it meant attractive.

[anothertorres]

so this is what is said

"kon nee laeee!!!" (about a picture of me)

i think what it is suppossed to be in khon nee as in "this person" but it is the lae that has me confused.

can anyone please help me with this use of "lae", it is confusing as either a verb or an adjectice.

thank you

let's be honest with eachother here... are you handsome or not?

[SoftWater]

She may have said ขี้เหร่

It means ugly, unattractive.

Thanks Mangkorn, that is indeed the word. I got the spelling wrong (which also helps explain why I couldn't master the connotation too).

Edited October 6, 2009 by SoftWater

[Alpinist]

so this is what is said

"kon nee laeee!!!" (about a picture of me)

i think what it is suppossed to be in khon nee as in "this person" but it is the lae that has me confused.

can anyone please help me with this use of "lae", it is confusing as either a verb or an adjectice.

thank you

let's be honest with eachother here... are you handsome or not?

haha well im not ugly, but this is deffinitly a positive thing because she likes me, the thing is i think it has less to do with the picture then with me in general because she posted the picture, you know that kind of thing, thank you everyone for the help.

[SimonN]

When I saw that it remided me of 'lor mak' used to describe people's looks, I always took it to mean handsome... I think that it is perhaps ล่อ

The word you are describing is หล่อ not ล่อ...

[mangkorn]

She may have said ขี้เหร่

It means ugly, unattractive.

Thanks Mangkorn, that is indeed the word. I got the spelling wrong (which also helps explain why I couldn't master the connotation too).

น่าเกลียด and ขี้เหร่ both mean ugly, but in terms of physical unattractiveness, ขี้เหร่ is more common. I tend to hear น่าเกลียด used more often in reference to loathsome situations, behavior, etc. The connotation seems stronger. If a person is a hateful sort, then that makes them ugly - no matter how pretty the face. But a very nice person who is homely would not generally be called น่าเกลียด (I don't think). In that sense, some people easily describe themselves as ขี้เหร่, but I doubt that those same folks would refer to themselves as น่าเกลียด.

[SoftWater]

some people easily describe themselves as ขี้เหร่, but I doubt that those same folks would refer to themselves as น่าเกลียด.

Negated positives are often used in this sort of situation, ผมไม่หล่อ

[tgeezer]

When I saw that it remided me of 'lor mak' used to describe people's looks, I always took it to mean handsome... I think that it is perhaps ล่อ

The word you are describing is หล่อ not ล่อ...

Thanks very much I found it eventually means 'to cast' as a verb, I see and งาม as a คำวิเศษณ์ in รูปหล่อ I was just about to complain that noone was reading my posts.

[SoftWater]

Sticking with the theme of ขี้เหร่ can anyone explain the meaning of this idiom:

น้ำอะไรขี้เหร่

Thanks in advance