Home and daily lifeplastic noun
- pláat high
- dtìk low
- High: start high and go a little higher, a bit tense; don’t let it fall.
- Low: flat and lower than your normal voice, dropping a little at the end.
How to use it
พลาสติกpláat-dtìk is high, then low. Big chains stopped handing out free plastic bags in 2020, so bring your own; where a shop still has them, you'll hear รับถุงไหมráp tǔng mǎi, do you want a bag? Markets still pack everything in little plastic bags, even drinks, with a straw. Something made of plastic is ทำจากพลาสติกtam jàak pláat-dtìk, and a plastic chair, the seat of every street stall, a เก้าอี้พลาสติกgâo-îi pláat-dtìk.
Other spellings you'll see
There's no single official way to write Thai in English letters. We mark the tone of every syllable; online you'll also find:
- plastic
- plat tik
- plastik
- pla sa tik
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