How do you say "can you make it a bit cheaper?" in Thai?

ลดหน่อยได้ไหม (lót nɔ̀ɔi dâai mǎi). Add a polite particle at the end. A man says ลดหน่อยได้ไหมครับ (lót nɔ̀ɔi dâai mǎi khráp). A woman says ลดหน่อยได้ไหมคะ (… mǎi khá). In questions a woman uses khá (high tone), and she uses khâ (falling tone) in statements like 'ได้ค่ะ'.

How to say "can you make it a bit cheaper?" in Thai (with phonetics)

ลดหน่อยได้ไหม

lót nɔ̀ɔi dâai mǎi

Can you reduce it a bit? / Can you make it a bit cheaper?

When you are bargaining at a market, this is the everyday way to say "can you make it a bit cheaper?" in Thai.

Tips

Add a polite particle at the end. A man says ลดหน่อยได้ไหมครับ (lót nɔ̀ɔi dâai mǎi khráp). A woman says ลดหน่อยได้ไหมคะ (… mǎi khá). In questions a woman uses khá (high tone), and she uses khâ (falling tone) in statements like 'ได้ค่ะ'.
Tone tip: ไหม (mǎi, rising, the question word) is not ไม่ (mâi, falling, 'not'). Say 'mǎi' with a rising voice, as if asking. Also say lót short and sharp, and dâai falling.
Another common way to say it is ถูกกว่านี้หน่อยได้ไหม (thùuk gwàa níi nɔ̀ɔi dâai mǎi, 'a bit cheaper than this?'). ลดหน่อย is shorter and very common at markets.

Word by word

ลด lót: to reduce, to give a discount (High tone. This is the key bargaining word.)
หน่อย nɔ̀ɔi: a little, a bit (Softens the request and makes it sound polite and friendly.)
ได้ dâai: can, is it possible (Falling tone.)
ไหม mǎi: question particle (yes/no question) (Rising tone. Put it at the end to make a yes/no question.)

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