How do you say "it's too expensive" in Thai?

แพงไป (phɛɛng pai). Add the polite ending: a man says แพงไปครับ phɛɛng pai khráp, a woman says แพงไปค่ะ phɛɛng pai khâ. For a question, a woman uses คะ khá, as in ลดหน่อยได้ไหมคะ.

How to say "it's too expensive" in Thai (with phonetics)

แพงไป

phɛɛng pai

It's too expensive.

When you are bargaining at a market, this is the everyday way to say "it's too expensive" in Thai.

Tips

Add the polite ending: a man says แพงไปครับ phɛɛng pai khráp, a woman says แพงไปค่ะ phɛɛng pai khâ. For a question, a woman uses คะ khá, as in ลดหน่อยได้ไหมคะ.
Tone tip: แพง and ไป are both mid tone, so say them flat and even. Don't let the voice rise at the end. The only tone comes on the ending: khráp is high, khâ is falling.
To bargain, follow up with ลดหน่อยได้ไหม lót nɔ̀i dâai mǎi, "can you lower it a bit?" Add ครับ or ค่ะ to the end.

Word by word

แพง phɛɛng: expensive (Mid tone, so keep your voice flat.)
ไป pai: too (much) (Literally "go". After an adjective it means "too". Mid tone.)

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