Chapter 28 of 34

Complaints & Requests

Play your first phrase

มีปัญหาmee bpan hǎa

There's a problem

Say something's broken, ask for a fix, a refund, or file a complaint politely.

17 terms 5 lessons audio on 17 of 17 Upper intermediate

Every line, in the order the app teaches it

17 across 5 lessons

Something's Wrong

3 lines

มีปัญหาmee bpan hǎa

There's a problem

เสียsǐa

Broken / spoiled

ใช้ไม่ได้chái mâi dâi

Doesn't work

Exchanges & Refunds

3 lines

ขอเปลี่ยนได้ไหมkhǒr bplìan dâi mǎi

Can I exchange this?

ขอคืนเงินได้ไหมkhǒr kheun ngern dâi mǎi

Can I get a refund?

ขอใบรับประกันkhǒr bai ráp bprà gan

Warranty card, please

Mistakes & Dissatisfaction

3 lines

ผิดพลาดphìt phlâat

Mistake

ไม่พอใจmâi phor jai

Not satisfied

ไม่ถูกต้องmâi thòok dtôrng

Incorrect

Asking for a Fix

3 lines

แก้ไขให้หน่อยได้ไหมgâe khǎi hâi nòi dâi mǎi

Can you fix this for me?

ต้องแก้ไขdtôrng gâe khǎi

This needs fixing

รอนานเกินไปror naan gern bpai

Waited too long

Complaints Review

11 lines

ขอร้องเรียนkhǒr rórng rian

I'd like to file a complaint

ผิดสัญญาphìt sǎn yaa

Broke a promise/contract

ขอโทษด้วยนะkhǒr thôht dûai ná

Apologies / sorry about that

อันนี้ เสีย ขอ คืนเงินan née sǐa khǒr kheun ngern

This is broken, I want a refund

มีปัญหาmee bpan hǎa

There’s a problem

เสียsǐa

Broken / spoiled

ขอเปลี่ยนได้ไหมkhǒr bplìan dâi mǎi

Can I exchange this?

ไม่พอใจmâi phor jai

Not satisfied

ขอคืนเงินได้ไหมkhǒr kheun ngern dâi mǎi

khǒ khuun ngern dâi mǎi

อันนี้ เสีย ขอ ___an ni sia kho ___

ใช้ไม่ได้chái mâi dâi

It doesn't work

Work down the page and you are following the same path as the course, lesson by lesson. Press play on any line to hear it.

Culture note

What a phrasebook will not tell you about complaints & requests

The part that is not vocabulary: who speaks first, what is rude, and what a smile changes.

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