How Much Does An iPhone 5 Cost? (Thai: ไอโฟน 5 ราคาเท่าไหร่ [iphone ha raka thao-hrai])

If you had a chance to go to Thailand and you went any shopping place. Here, supposing you want to ask for price of iPhone 5 in a "Cell Phone Shop" in Thailand.

In Thailand, in the general shops, prices can be negotiated, except the big stores and hyper mart such as The Central, The Mall, Siam Paragon, Robinson and modern convenience stores for example 7-Eleven 24 hours service shop, Fresh Marts, the 108 shops, the V-Shops, etc.

Use these dialogue sentences below as your guidance for price negotiation.

ไอโฟน 5 ราคาเท่าไหร่
iphone ha raka thao-hrai 
How much does an iPhone 5 price?

ไอโฟนนี้ราคาเท่าไหร่ ครับ/คะ
Source: Amazon.com
iPhone ni rakha thoa-rai khrap/kha
How much is this iPhone please?

ราคา 21,752 บาทค่ะ
rakha songhmuen hnuengphan jetroi hasipsong Baht.
It costs 21,752 Baht. [ 30/US$]

ขอลดเหลือ 20,000 บาทได้ไหมครับ
kho lot hluea songh-muen Baht dai hmai khrap
Can you discount it to 20,000 Baht, please?

อ๋อ ได้ค่ะ เราลดให้เป็นพิเศษค่ะ
oh dai kha rao lot hai pen piset kha
Oh sure, we do a special discount for you.

ขอโทษค่ะ เราลดให้ไม่ได้จริงๆค่ะ
khothot kha rao lot hai mai-dai chingching kha
We're sorry, we're afraid that we can't do any discount for this item.

เราลดให้ 750 บาทแล้วกันค่ะ
rao lot hai jet roi ha sip Baht laew kan kha
We can make it at 750 Baht discount.

ฉะนั้นเหลือราคา 21,000 บาทค่ะ/ครับ
chanan hluea rakha song-hmuen-hnong-phan Baht kha/khrup
So the net price is at 21,000 Baht.

* 31.07 Baht = 1 $US as at 29 June'2013

คำศัพท์[khamsap] : Vocabulary 
เท่าไหร่[thoa-rai] = how much
ราคา[rakha] = price
ลดราคา[lot rakha] = discount
พิเศษ[piset] = special
ขอโทษ[khothot] = sorry
บาท[Baht] = Baht (Thailand money currency)

ค่ะ[kha or ka] This is a Thai particle for using at the end of sentences for expressing more polite for Female speaker only. It's also to indicate respect and deference of speakers to the listeners.

ครับ[khrup] It's the same Thai prefix particles as Kha above. But "Khrup" is for Male speaker only.

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