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"you (impolite form)" in Thai

มึง
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Literal Breakdown

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The 33rd consonant of the Thai alphabet ม
vowel eu อึ
The 7th consonant of the Thai alphabet ง

Summary

The Thai translation for “you (impolite form)” is มึง. The Thai, มึง, can be broken down into 3 parts:"The 33rd consonant of the Thai alphabet" (ม), "vowel eu" (อึ) and "The 7th consonant of the Thai alphabet" (ง).

See also

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you คุณ
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss คุณ
she; her; you (female) เธอ
she; her; you (impolite form, female) แก
Mr. (loanword) มิสเตอร์
you (for people older than speaker) พี่
you (for a woman older than speaker’s mother) ป้า
you (for a woman younger than speaker’s mother) น้า
you (informal, for talking with male friends) นาย

Examples of "you (impolite form)" in use

There are 12 examples of the Thai word for "you (impolite form)" being used:
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Where are you going? (male impolite form) มึงจะไปไหนอะ?
Have you eaten yet? (male impolite form) มึงกินข้าวยัง?
I will address my friends using the impolite form of “you”. ผมก็จะเรียกเพื่อนว่ามึง
In a moment you can try to call other friends to meet up as we haven’t seen each other for a long time. เดี๋ยวมึงลองโทรตามเพื่อนคนอื่นๆ มาก็ได้นะ จะได้คุยกันไม่ได้เจอกันนาน
That is we don’t address a woman using the impolite form of “you”, something like this. คือเราไม่เรียกผู้หญิงว่า มึง อะไรอย่างงี้นะ
We don’t use the impolite form of “you” or “I” with a friend of opposite sex. เราไม่ใช้ มึง กู กับเพื่อนต่างเพศนะครับ
But to use the impolite form of the words “you” or “I” you must have a really close friendship with the people. แต่ว่าคำว่า มึง กู นี้ต้องใช้กับคนที่สนิทจริงๆ นะครับ
We might change the impolite form of the word “you”, to the impolite female form of “you”, when addressing women who are our friends. เราอาจจะเปลี่ยนคำว่า มึง เป็นคำว่า แก ก็ได้ เวลาเรียกผู้หญิงที่เป็นเพื่อนกันอะ
But mostly you will rarely see men addressing women using the impolite form of “you”, something like this. แต่ส่วนใหญ่จะไม่ค่อยเห็นผู้ชายเรียกผู้หญิงว่า มึง อะไรอย่างงี้นะ
The impolite forms of “you” and “I” are simply rude. คำว่า มึง กู มันหยาบไปไง

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But mostly you will rarely see men addressing women using the impolite form of “you”, something like this.,
But to use the impolite form of the words “you” or “I” you must have a really close friendship with the people.,
Have you eaten yet? (male impolite form),
I will address my friends using the impolite form of “you”.,
In a moment you can try to call other friends to meet up as we haven’t seen each other for a long time.,
Instead of us saying I and you, we will change to informal words for “you” or “I”.,
That is we don’t address a woman using the impolite form of “you”, something like this.,
The impolite forms of “you” and “I” are simply rude.,
Then you can use the impolite form of the words “you” and “I”.,
We don’t use the impolite form of “you” or “I” with a friend of opposite sex.,
We might change the impolite form of the word “you”, to the impolite female form of “you”, when addressing women who are our friends.,
Where are you going? (male impolite form)
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Somsak Thanathiwat