Thai Vocabulary: Negation in Fast Speech
Recognise common spoken patterns involving ไม่, ยังไม่, ไม่ได้, and ไม่เป็นไร
ไม่
mâi
Adverb
not
Remember it by
my
A person dramatically shakes their head and pushes away a giant forbidden object.
ยังไม่
yang-mâi
mid-falling
not yet
ไม่ได้
mâi dâai
falling-falling Adv. phrase
did not, cannot, not able to
ไม่เอา
mâi-ao
falling-mid
don't want, no thanks
ไม่รู้
mâi-rúu
falling-high
don't know
ไม่เป็นไร
mâi-bpen-rai
falling-mid-mid
no problem, you're welcome
ไม่ค่อย
mâi-khɔ̂i
falling-falling
not really, not very
ไม่ต้อง
mâi dtɔ̂ng
falling-falling phrase
do not need to, don't have to
ไม่ใช่
mâi châi
falling-falling
no, that's not right
ไม่แน่
mâi nâe
falling-falling
maybe / not sure
Vocabulary (10 words)
- ไม่ mâi
- not
- ยังไม่ yang-mâi
- not yet
- ไม่ได้ mâi dâai
- did not, cannot, not able to
- ไม่เอา mâi-ao
- don't want, no thanks
- ไม่รู้ mâi-rúu
- don't know
- ไม่เป็นไร mâi-bpen-rai
- no problem, you're welcome
- ไม่ค่อย mâi-khɔ̂i
- not really, not very
- ไม่ต้อง mâi dtɔ̂ng
- do not need to, don't have to
- ไม่ใช่ mâi châi
- no, that's not right
- ไม่แน่ mâi nâe
- maybe / not sure