Thai Vocabulary: Time and sentence building
Talk about sequence, obligation, ongoing actions, past experience, and future plans
แล้ว
láeo
Adverb; Conjunction; Particle
then, and then, already, [sentence-final particle indicating completion or change of state]
ก่อน
gɔ̀ɔn
Adverb; Preposition
before, ago, first, beforehand
หลังจาก
lǎng-jàak
rising-low Adv. phrase; Prep. phrase
after, afterwards
ต้อง
dtâwng
Auxiliary verb; Verb
must, have to, to touch, hit, require
ควร
khuan
Adjective; Auxiliary verb
should, ought to, appropriate, suitable
อาจจะ
àat-jà
low-low auxiliary
might, maybe
กำลัง
gam-lang
mid-mid Auxiliary verb; Noun; Verb
to be doing [progressive aspect marker], power, strength, force, energy
จะ
jà
Auxiliary verb
[marks future tense or intention] will, shall
ยัง
yang
Adverb; Auxiliary verb
still, yet, not yet [when used with ไม่]
เพิ่ง
phə̂ng
adverb
just, only just
เคย
khoei
Adverb; Auxiliary verb
ever, once, used to [indicates past experience]
ที่สุด
thîi-sùt
falling-low Adv. phrase; N. phrase
the most, -est [superlative marker], the end, utmost point
Vocabulary (12 words)
- แล้ว láeo
- then, and then, already, [sentence-final particle indicating completion or change of state]
- ก่อน gɔ̀ɔn
- before, ago, first, beforehand
- หลังจาก lǎng-jàak
- after, afterwards
- ต้อง dtâwng
- must, have to, to touch, hit, require
- ควร khuan
- should, ought to, appropriate, suitable
- อาจจะ àat-jà
- might, maybe
- กำลัง gam-lang
- to be doing [progressive aspect marker], power, strength, force, energy
- จะ jà
- [marks future tense or intention] will, shall
- ยัง yang
- still, yet, not yet [when used with ไม่]
- เพิ่ง phə̂ng
- just, only just
- เคย khoei
- ever, once, used to [indicates past experience]
- ที่สุด thîi-sùt
- the most, -est [superlative marker], the end, utmost point