Don't let the aunties talk smack about you
Use ครับ/ ค่ะ/ คะ at the end of each sentence
I know everyone already knows this about the Thai language that you should use ครับ/ ค่ะ/ คะ at the end of sentenses to make things more polite, but there are some rules on how to use these.
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is for when the speaker is male , identifying as a male, when you're feeling masculine that day, or when you're speaking to a male child (it's like calling your mom grandma to your kids, same concept. It's what they use so you use it too). I'm a woman and I've used ครับ all the time, both ironically and unironically.
/ are for when the speaker is female , identifying as a female, when you're feeling feminine that day, or when you're speaking to a female child, talking to your girlfriend, because ค่ะ/ คะ just makes you sound sweeter. Some straight guys just use ค่ะ/ คะ when they're talking to girls or just in general to seem more approachable.
You might notice that there are 2 ways to say the feminine version. As if being a woman is not already hard enough, let's add more rules for the girlies.
| How to use | Example | |
|---|---|---|
| ค่ะ | used at the end of a statment | ขอบคุณค่ะ (Thank you) |
| คะ | use at the end of a question or after นะ | ห้องน้ำอยู่ไหนคะ(Where is the bathroom?) ขอบคุณนะคะ |
นะ can be used both for ครับ and คะ. It can be used for both statements and questions. It adds a little more gentleness and passiveness with your sentence, so you'll hear Thai people say naka, nakrub all the time.