How to Say “Can you lower the price a bit?” in Thai
ลดหน่อยได้ไหม
lót nɔ̀y dâay-máy
Can you lower the price a bit?
ครับ (khráp) and คะ (khá) are polite particles — they depend on the speaker's gender. In a question the female particle is คะ (khá) (high tone), not the statement form ค่ะ (khâ).
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When to use it
The natural, casual way to ask for a discount at markets or small shops — shorter and more common in everyday speech than the fuller ลดราคาหน่อยได้ไหม (lót raa-khaa nɔ̀y dâay-máy) — Can you lower the price? หน่อย (nɔ̀y) "a bit" keeps it light and polite, not pushy.
Why you've seen it spelled differently
You may have seen ลดหน่อยได้ไหม written as: lot noi dai mai, lod noi dai mai, lot noy dai my.
There is no single standard for writing Thai in the Roman alphabet — phrasebooks, road signs, and tourist guides each follow a different system, and many just invent their own spellings. The romanization on this page uses a consistent IPA-based system that marks all five tones and distinguishes short from long vowels. The same word always gets the same spelling. Paste any Thai to see it romanized →
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