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[bifftastic]

Thanks for the reply SlickMan

Yes I know the meaning of ก่อน but I wondered why it was used here. Not important, just curious.

Looking forward to more of these phrases if you've got them. I think they're just about at 'my level'

[claude06thailand]

Thanks for the reply SlickMan

Yes I know the meaning of ก่อน but I wondered why it was used here. Not important, just curious.

you can hear ก่อน used idiomatically in a few phrases like :

นั่งก่อน > sit down first (and then we can chat a little)

ผมไปก่อนนะครับ > I will go now (before you)

[SlickMan]

Thanks for the reply SlickMan

Yes I know the meaning of ก่อน but I wondered why it was used here. Not important, just curious.

Looking forward to more of these phrases if you've got them. I think they're just about at 'my level'

Sure I will, as my Thai textbook is so badly written that I would have hard time get them right without any assistance.

[bifftastic]

Thanks for the reply SlickMan

Yes I know the meaning of ก่อน but I wondered why it was used here. Not important, just curious.

you can hear ก่อน used idiomatically in a few phrases like :

นั่งก่อน > sit down first (and then we can chat a little)

ผมไปก่อนนะครับ > I will go now (before you)

Thanks Claude

[bifftastic]

Sure I will, as my Thai textbook is so badly written that I would have hard time get them right without any assistance.

Thanks SlickMan

[Tgeezer]

Thanks for the reply SlickMan

Yes I know the meaning of ก่อน but I wondered why it was used here. Not important, just curious.

you can hear ก่อน used idiomatically in a few phrases like :

นั่งก่อน > sit down first (and then we can chat a little)

ผมไปก่อนนะครับ > I will go now (before you)

'Before you' is the fact, but ไปก่อนนะ means ไปล่วงหน้า early; before you would expect me to go.

Of course not everyone reads the dictionary, some may mean before you, but in my experience it seems almost apologetic. You use it only if people are going to remain after you.

This is the reason that I write replies and don't post them; the more I write, the more I destroy my argument.
eg. At a gathering where you are a guest, before you is another way of saying early.
Ah I know.
You say it to the host, and they are always the last to leave, so before you is redundant so, it must mean 'early'.

I can't remember if, once someone has departed saying this, the others just say thanks and good bye.

I would be interested if others feel the same way about this.
Is this true in your experience also Claude?

[bifftastic]

Thanks for the reply SlickMan

Yes I know the meaning of ก่อน but I wondered why it was used here. Not important, just curious.

This is the reason that I write replies and don't post them; the more I write, the more I destroy my argument.

Ah, but this is the reason I like your posts so much! I think it's the case that often there isn't necessarily a definitive single use for something. As you say, not everyone reads the dictionary!

I hope you resist the temptation to delete before you post they add to the discussions and thereby, my learning!

Thanks Tgeezer!

[Birtha03]

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