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EDIT: Bugger! The thai script has turned into ? marks!

How do I spell ??????/bunkhun (u as in good not as in bun) properly please?

I understand it to mean something like an obligation.....can anyone verify/criticize that with an example or two perhaps?

thankyou

Reasonstobecheerful

Yes I am using a MAC....could anyone put me right as to why the Thai script, which I can type perfectly well on my MACBOOK becomes ? marks?

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From Sethaputra and other sources:

BOON KHUN บุญคุณ - favour, benefit, service or help peformed, which puts the receiver under obligation.

eg ผมเป็นหนี้บุญคุณเขา - I am under an obligation to him.

เขามีบุญคุณต่อผมมาก - He has done much for me.

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Sorry I tried pasting in Thai this time and it didn't work again...I shall amend to transliteration:

Thankyou very much indeed....

in your first example ???????????????????

you have [haw heep naw nu with sara ee and mai to] before the word in question....I have never seen it before.....what does it sound like in english script and tone.....and what would it mean alone or in other situations?

In your second example ???????????????????

you use [dtaw dtao sara aw] and that's another one I don't know....could you enlighten me and also confirm it's tone?

Thanx again

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you have [haw heep naw nu with sara ee and mai to]before the word in question....I have never seen it before.....what does it sound like in english script and tone.....and what would it mean alone or in other situations?

หนี้ = debt Falling tone, long vowel, nii/nee

หนี้บุญคุณ = debt of gratitude

เขาเป็นหนี้ธนาคาร สองล้านบาท = He owes the bank 2 million baht.

you use [dtaw dtao sara aw]and that's another one I don't know....could you enlighten me and also confirm it's tone?

ต่อ = in this context, used as a preposition meaning 'towards' Low tone, long vowel, 'taw'

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