How to say “Please speak slowly” in Thai
พูดช้าๆ หน่อยphoot cha cha noi
Please speak slowly
Ask someone to slow down. Reuses น from your nasal bite (หน่อย) and practices left-side vowels plus the Thai “say it twice” mark ๆ.
How to read it
พูดช้าๆ หน่อย → phoot chaa-chaa noi
พูด → phoot
- พ
/ph/
Low พ
- กู
uu
long u below
- ด
/t/
final ด → /t/
phoot
ช้าๆ หน่อย → chaa-chaa noi
- ช้
chaa-
ช + tone ก้
- า
with ช้
- ๆ
×2
mai yamok · repeat
- หน
no-
ห + น
- ก่อย
i
→ noi
chaa-chaa noi
ๆ means “say that syllable again”
พูด = speak. The long กู hangs under พ; final ด softens to unreleased /t/ (same ending family as final ส → /t/ in สวัสดี). ช้า = slow. Tone mark ก้ sits on ช. The little ๆ (ไม้ยมก) is not a letter — it means “repeat the word/syllable before it.” So ช้าๆ is “slowly” (slow-slow), not a new spelling. หน่อย softens the request (“a bit / please”). You already know น from the nasal bite — here it sits after ห. Whole line: “Speak slowly a bit.”
Reuse drill: point to น in หน่อย and ม in any number you know (มา / มี). Same Low nasals, new job.
Say it
phoot → chaa → chaa → noi. Hold ช้า evenly twice; don’t rush the second beat.
Where it comes from
พูด = speak; ช้า = slow; ๆ = repetition mark; หน่อย = a little / please soften.
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