Three ways of moving a conversation along — understand them by ear here. ช่างเถอะ drops the subject ("never mind, forget it"), แล้วกัน settles it ("let's just do it that way then"), and ว่าแต่ changes it altogether ("anyway…", "by the way…").
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1ช่างเถอะNever mind…
ช่างเถอะ
châang thùh
Never mind.
ช่างเถอะ/ châang thùh=never mind
ช่างเถอะ = 'never mind, let it go'. A complete utterance on its own, and one of the most useful two-word phrases in the language.
2คิดมากthought about it a lot…
คิดมากแต่สุดท้ายก็ช่างเถอะค่ะ
khít mâak dtàae sùt-tháai gâw châang thùh khâ
I thought about it a lot but in the end just let it go.