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by taimysho0 » Tue Mar 26, 2013 11:57 pm
by claude06thailand » Wed Mar 27, 2013 4:27 am
taimysho0 wrote:Hello, in this example, why is there a "im sorry/excuse me" in the phrase?
สวัสดีครับ ผมชื่อประภาสขอโทษ คุณชื่ออะไรครับ
the translation shown is : "Hello. My name is Prapat. What is your name?" and doesnt conatin "excuse me/sorry" in the translation
thanks!
by tach.skypethaiteacher » Thu Mar 28, 2013 6:53 pm
claude06thailand wrote:taimysho0 wrote:Hello, in this example, why is there a "im sorry/excuse me" in the phrase?
สวัสดีครับ ผมชื่อประภาสขอโทษ คุณชื่ออะไรครับ
the translation shown is : "Hello. My name is Prapat. What is your name?" and doesnt conatin "excuse me/sorry" in the translation
thanks!
I think that ขอโทษ is more polite to introduce the question, and the sentence should be parsed like this :
สวัสดีครับ ผมชื่อประภาส
ขอโทษ คุณชื่ออะไรครับ
And you can just drop it too, it's not necessary 
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