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Thai Vocabulary: Hypotheticals & What-Ifs

Talk about possibilities, imagined situations, consequences, and alternative choices

ถ้า
thâa
falling tonefalling
Conjunction
if
ถ้าเป็นแบบนั้น
thâa bpen bàep-nán
falling tone — syllable 1 of 4mid tone — syllable 2 of 4low tone — syllable 3 of 4high tone — syllable 4 of 4falling-mid-low-high
if that's the case
ถ้าอย่างนั้น
thâa-yàang-nán
falling tone — syllable 1 of 3low tone — syllable 2 of 3high tone — syllable 3 of 3falling-low-high
if that's the case, then
ถ้าเป็นผม
thâa bpen phǒm
falling tone — syllable 1 of 3mid tone — syllable 2 of 3rising tone — syllable 3 of 3falling-mid-rising
if I were you
ถ้าเป็นฉัน
thâa bpen chǎn
falling tone — syllable 1 of 3mid tone — syllable 2 of 3rising tone — syllable 3 of 3falling-mid-rising
if I were you
ถ้าเป็นคุณ
thâa bpen khun
falling tone — syllable 1 of 3mid tone — syllable 2 of 3mid tone — syllable 3 of 3falling-mid-mid
if it were you
สมมติว่า
sǒm-mót wâa
rising tone — syllable 1 of 3high tone — syllable 2 of 3falling tone — syllable 3 of 3rising-high-falling
suppose that / let's say
สมมติว่าเป็นแบบนี้
sǒm-mót wâa bpen bàep-níi
rising tone — syllable 1 of 6high tone — syllable 2 of 6falling tone — syllable 3 of 6mid tone — syllable 4 of 6low tone — syllable 5 of 6high tone — syllable 6 of 6rising-high-falling-mid-low-high
suppose it's like this
ถ้าเกิดว่า
thâa gə̀ət-wâa
falling tone — syllable 1 of 3low tone — syllable 2 of 3falling tone — syllable 3 of 3falling-low-falling
if it happens that
ถ้าหากว่า
thâa hǎak-wâa
falling tone — syllable 1 of 3rising tone — syllable 2 of 3falling tone — syllable 3 of 3falling-rising-falling
if / supposing that
ถ้าไม่มี
thâa mâi mii
falling tone — syllable 1 of 3falling tone — syllable 2 of 3mid tone — syllable 3 of 3falling-falling-mid
if there isn't / if you don't have
ถ้ามี
thâa mii
falling tone — syllable 1 of 2mid tone — syllable 2 of 2falling-mid
if there is / if you have
ถ้าไม่
thâa mâi
falling tone — syllable 1 of 2falling tone — syllable 2 of 2falling-falling
if not
ถ้าได้
thâa dâi
falling tone — syllable 1 of 2falling tone — syllable 2 of 2falling-falling
if possible / if you can
ถ้าทำได้
thâa tham dâi
falling tone — syllable 1 of 3mid tone — syllable 2 of 3falling tone — syllable 3 of 3falling-mid-falling
if you can do it
จะทำยังไง
jà tham yang-ngai
low tone — syllable 1 of 4mid tone — syllable 2 of 4mid tone — syllable 3 of 4mid tone — syllable 4 of 4low-mid-mid-mid
what would you do?
จะเลือกอะไร
jà lʉ̂ak à-rai
low tone — syllable 1 of 4falling tone — syllable 2 of 4low tone — syllable 3 of 4mid tone — syllable 4 of 4low-falling-low-mid
what would you choose?
จะเกิดอะไรขึ้น
jà gə̀ət à-rai khʉ̂n
low tone — syllable 1 of 5low tone — syllable 2 of 5low tone — syllable 3 of 5mid tone — syllable 4 of 5falling tone — syllable 5 of 5low-low-low-mid-falling
what will happen?
ผลจะเป็นยังไง
phǒn jà bpen yang-ngai
rising tone — syllable 1 of 5low tone — syllable 2 of 5mid tone — syllable 3 of 5mid tone — syllable 4 of 5mid tone — syllable 5 of 5rising-low-mid-mid-mid
what will the result be?
อาจจะเกิดขึ้น
àat-jà gə̀ət-khʉ̂n
low tone — syllable 1 of 4low tone — syllable 2 of 4low tone — syllable 3 of 4falling tone — syllable 4 of 4low-low-low-falling
might happen
ถ้าอย่างนั้นก็คง
thâa yàang-nán gɔ̂ɔ khong
falling tone — syllable 1 of 5low tone — syllable 2 of 5high tone — syllable 3 of 5falling tone — syllable 4 of 5mid tone — syllable 5 of 5falling-low-high-falling-mid
then it would probably

Vocabulary (21 words)

ถ้า thâa
if
ถ้าเป็นแบบนั้น thâa bpen bàep-nán
if that's the case
ถ้าอย่างนั้น thâa-yàang-nán
if that's the case, then
ถ้าเป็นผม thâa bpen phǒm
if I were you
ถ้าเป็นฉัน thâa bpen chǎn
if I were you
ถ้าเป็นคุณ thâa bpen khun
if it were you
สมมติว่า sǒm-mót wâa
suppose that / let's say
สมมติว่าเป็นแบบนี้ sǒm-mót wâa bpen bàep-níi
suppose it's like this
ถ้าเกิดว่า thâa gə̀ət-wâa
if it happens that
ถ้าหากว่า thâa hǎak-wâa
if / supposing that
ถ้าไม่มี thâa mâi mii
if there isn't / if you don't have
ถ้ามี thâa mii
if there is / if you have
ถ้าไม่ thâa mâi
if not
ถ้าได้ thâa dâi
if possible / if you can
ถ้าทำได้ thâa tham dâi
if you can do it
จะทำยังไง jà tham yang-ngai
what would you do?
จะเลือกอะไร jà lʉ̂ak à-rai
what would you choose?
จะเกิดอะไรขึ้น jà gə̀ət à-rai khʉ̂n
what will happen?
ผลจะเป็นยังไง phǒn jà bpen yang-ngai
what will the result be?
อาจจะเกิดขึ้น àat-jà gə̀ət-khʉ̂n
might happen
ถ้าอย่างนั้นก็คง thâa yàang-nán gɔ̂ɔ khong
then it would probably