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Use of จ้ะ ja and นะ na

Women use จ้ะ ja more than men. จ้ะ ja replaces ค่ะ ka.

นะ na makes a sentence sound softer and more friendly. However, it should be used very carefully:

You say นะ na when

You're inviting or asking someone to do something. e.g.

ไปกินข้าวกันนะ ?
bai gin kao gan na
Shall we eat ?
At the end of the sentence to make it soft and friendly.
When you want to let someone know something (like a stand alone statement), e.g.

ไปขับรถเล่นนะ
bai kap rot len na
I'm going for a drive.

Let's expand that example: Suppose you're going out for a drive and you want to let your mother know where you're going.

[เก๋] ไปขับรถเล่นกับคุณลินนะคะคุณแม่
[คุณแม่] จะกลับมากี่โมง
[เก๋] ประมาณ 3 ทุ่ม
[คุณแม่] จ้ะ

[Kay] bai kap rot len gap khun Lyn na ka khun Mair
[Khun Mair] ja glap ma gee mong
[Kay] braman 3 tum
[Khun Mair] ja

[Kay] I'm going for a drive with Mr Lyn, mum
[Mother] What time will you be back ?
[Kay] About 9 pm.
[Mother] OK. (You can go)