klons Posted August 23, 2012 Share Posted August 23, 2012 (edited) Are there any guidelines for the usage of อั๊ว and ลื้อ ? I’m assuming they are a matched pair like ผม and คุณ or กู and มึง . In one dictionary it say’s used among friends, but that is not the way I’m seeing it. Nothing familiar or friendly in the example I have, as the 2 people just met and are having a spat over who gets handtruck service first. The young man says: ใครมาก่อนก็ต้องได้ก่อน ไม่ใช่เกิดก่อนได้ก่อน first come first serve, not who was born first gets it first The middle age lady says: อั๊วจะเอาก่อนลื้อจะทำไม อั๊วอยู่ที่นี่มาตั้งเท่าไหร่ รู้ไหม อั๊วเป็นใคร I get served first before you, I’ve been here forever, do you know who I am? If I were to address myself as อั๊ว to someone I don’t know well, would there be any problem with that ? Not that I’m going to use อั๊ว and ลื้อ I’m just curious if there are any guidelines. TIA for any response. Edited August 23, 2012 by klons Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peppy Posted August 23, 2012 Share Posted August 23, 2012 They're Teochew Chinese pronouns, so you'd only want to use them if you're of Teochew Chinese heritage, or want to pretend to be. Also, they aren't considered particularly polite: they're not nearly as vulgar as กู-มึง or even ข้า-เอ็ง, but you'd still only use them informally, with people who you either know aren't going to be offended, or people you don't care about offending. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mole Posted August 25, 2012 Share Posted August 25, 2012 Actually, these words are pretty archaic today. Only older people still use it and ONLY if you're Chinese. If you're a farang, I don't recommend you ever using it. It would just sound goofy coming from a farang. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZeroDesire Posted August 27, 2012 Share Posted August 27, 2012 Peppy is right. อั๊ว and ลื้อ aren't polite Chinease pronouns. You may use them only if you're an older Chinese talking to younger people. If you're a Farang, I would recommend avoid using it (unless you want to make people laugh :-) hee hee Patrick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mole Posted August 28, 2012 Share Posted August 28, 2012 Actually, if you're a Chinese and use them, it's equivalent to the English you and I, so they aren't really neither polite or impolite. Just neutral since Chinese like English only have one word for you and I. Even my aunts and father doesn't use it when they speak Thai. Only my grandparents would use it, but they didn't even speak Thai so very well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
klons Posted September 2, 2012 Author Share Posted September 2, 2012 (edited) อั๊ว and ลื้อ are used in the soap รักเกิดในตลาดสด by young and older. So I was thinking maybe they are used mostly by people of Chinese lineage though the lineage is not known to me for this show. I think a couple of sisters are also calling their Mom ม้า instead of แม่ . I haven't seen that before. Thanks all for the input. Edited September 2, 2012 by klons Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mole Posted September 3, 2012 Share Posted September 3, 2012 (edited) They're supposed to be Chinese ancestry, that's why they are using these terms so it is clear for a Thai viewer that they are Chinese family. But it's either a comedy sitcom or a period drama (decades back in time) which they'll use these terms. They use these terms for the comic value of it to stereotype Chinese family. In real life, modern Chinese families never use these terms anymore. Only grandparents would. Edited September 3, 2012 by Mole Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
klons Posted September 4, 2012 Author Share Posted September 4, 2012 (edited) It’s a sitcom type show. I used google translate for Mom in Chinese. 媽 = Mom and the soundclip is like ม้า. They also use เจ๊ in the show. It all adds up to " the comic value of it to stereotype Chinese family.." Edited September 4, 2012 by klons Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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