15. A little/a few - How Thai people use “nidnoi & niddiaw” in different contexts

The words “a little, a little bit, a few” can be spoken in Thai language as the words “nidnoi (นิดหน่อย) and niddiaw(นิดเดียว)” นิดหน่อย (nidnoi) = use in the abstract concept when you want to focus on “fact” For example: ฉันกินเผ็ดได้ นิดหน่อย [chan gin ped dai nidnoi] I can eat spicy a little bit ฉันพูดภาษาไทยได้ นิดหน่อย [chan pood paasaa Thai dai nidnoi] I can speak Thai a little bit. นิดเดียว (niddiaw) = use in the abstract concept and you think that thing is less than your expectation/the standard, here is focused on “your opinion which is less than your expectation” For example: ฉันอยู่ไทย 5 ปี (แล้ว) แต่ พูดภาษาไทยได้ นิดเดียว [chan yoo Thai 5 bpee (laew), dtae pood paasaa Thai dai niddiaw] I lived (have been living) in Thailand for 5 years but I can speak Thai a little bit (less than expectation) ผมกินเผ็ดได้ นิดเดียว [pom gin ped dai niddiaw] I can eat spicy a little bit (less than expectation) นิดเดียว (niddiaw) = also use in “concret concepts” (which you see/touch) to explain as “little, a little bit, a few” For example: ผมไม่หิว เลยกิน นิดเดียว [pom mai-hiw loey gin niddiaw] I was not hungry, so I ate a little bit. ร้านกาแฟนั้น มีคนนั่งอยู่ นิดเดียว [Raan-gaafae nan, mee kon nang yoo niddiaw] That coffee shop, there are a few people sitting in the coffee shop. ——— To enquire for “Thai Private Lessons (tailor-made lessons)” both online and face-to-face lessons, please contact: thebeautyofthailanguage@gmail.com; visit our website www.btthai.net