How do you say "not spicy, please" in Thai?

ไม่เผ็ดนะ (mâi phèt ná). Add the polite ending: a man says ไม่เผ็ดนะครับ mâi phèt ná khráp, a woman says ไม่เผ็ดนะคะ mâi phèt ná khá. In a question the woman's particle is คะ khá, high tone. In a statement it is ค่ะ khâ, falling tone.

How to say "not spicy, please" in Thai (with phonetics)

ไม่เผ็ดนะ

mâi phèt ná

Not spicy, please.

When you are ordering food at a street stall, this is the everyday way to say "not spicy, please" in Thai.

Tips

Add the polite ending: a man says ไม่เผ็ดนะครับ mâi phèt ná khráp, a woman says ไม่เผ็ดนะคะ mâi phèt ná khá. In a question the woman's particle is คะ khá, high tone. In a statement it is ค่ะ khâ, falling tone.
Tone tip: mâi is falling, phèt is low and short, ná is high. The pitch goes down, low, then up: ไม่ (↘) เผ็ด (↓) นะ (↗). Say the final particle lightly.
You can also say ไม่เอาเผ็ด mâi ao phèt (I don't want it spicy), or ไม่ใส่พริก mâi sài phrík (don't put chilli in). All of them work at a stall.

Word by word

ไม่ mâi: not (Falling tone. Don't mix it up with ใหม่ mài (new) or ไหม mǎi (question word).)
เผ็ด phèt: spicy (Low tone. It is a short syllable ending in a stop 't', so say it short and sharp.)
นะ ná: softening particle: 'okay?', 'please' (High tone. It makes the request soft and friendly, like 'please' or 'okay?'.)

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