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1.  [adverb]
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| definition | [indicating a question] what
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| related word | äà  | raiM | [colloquial shortening of] ÍÐäà  |
| examples | ¤Ø³ª×èÍÍÐäÃ  | khoonM cheuuF aL raiM | What is your name?; What's your name? |
·ÓÍÐäáç·Ó | thahmM aL raiM gawF thahmM | to do whatever you like |
à»ç¹ÍÐäùèÐ  | bpenM aL raiM naF | "What's up?" — "How's it going?" |
à¾ÃÒÐà˵ØÍÐäÃ | phrawH haehtL aL raiM | [questioning] ...for what reason? |
à¾ÃÒÐÍÐäÃ | phrawH aL raiM | [questioning] ...why |
àÃÕ¡ÇèÒÍÐäÃ  | riiakF waaF aL raiM | "What do you call ... (in Thai)?" |
ÍÐäáçä´é  | aL raiM gawF daiF | anything will do; that option would also be fine; whatever; anything will be okay |
ÍÐäáçµÒÁ | aL raiM gawF dtaamM | "Whatever." |
ÍÐäùÐ?  | aL raiM naH | "What?" — "Huh?" — "What did you say?" — "What was that?" |
ÍÐäÃà¹ÕèÂ | aL raiM niiaF | "What?!?" |
ÍÐäÃÇÐ | aL raiM waH | [rude interjection] "What?" — "Huh?" |
ÍÐäÃàÍèÂ | aL raiM eeuyL | utter; mention |
àÍÒÍÐäÃ | aoM aL raiM | "What would you like?" |
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¡Ô¹ÍÐäÃÍÂÙè¹Ð ginM aL raiM yuuL naH"What are you eating?" |
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à¢Ò·ÓÍÐäÃÍÂÙè¡çäÁèÃÙé khaoR thahmM aL raiM yuuL gawF maiF ruuH[spoken by a male] "I don’t know what he is doing." |
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¤ÓÇèÒ...ÎÕâÁ¿ÔàÅÕÂà¹ÕèÂ...ÀÒÉÒä·ÂÇèÒÍÐäÃ khahmM waaF heeM mohM fiH liiaM niiaF phaaM saaR thaiM waaF aL raiM"What is the word for 'hemophilia' in Thai?" — "What is the Thai translation of 'hemophilia?' — "How do I say 'hemophilia' in Thai?" |
¤Ô´ÍÐäÃÍÂÙè khitH aL raiM yuuL"What are you thinking?" |
¤Ø³à¢éÒã¨äËÁ¤ÃѺÇèÒ à¢Ò¾Ù´ÇèÒÍÐäÃ? khoonM khaoF jaiM maiR khrapH waaF khaoR phuutF waaF aL raiM[spoken by a male] "Do you understand what he said?" |
¤Ø³¨Ðà¢Õ¹ÍÐääÐ khoonM jaL khiianR aL raiM khaH[spoken by female] "What are you going to write?" |
¤Ø³µéͧ¡Òë×éÍÍÐääÃѺ khoonM dtaawngF gaanM seuuH aL raiM khrapH[spoken by male] "What do you want to buy." |
¤Ø³µéͧ¡ÒÃÍÐääÃѺ khoonM dtaawngF gaanM aL raiM khrapH[spoken by male] "What do you want?" |
¤Ø³·ÓÍÐäÃà¾×èͤÇÒÁʹء khoonM thahmM aL raiM pheuuaF khwaamM saL nookL"What do you do for fun?" |
¤Ø³à»ç¹Ëèǧà¡ÕèÂǡѺÍÐäÃ khoonM bpenM huaangL giaaoL gapL aL raiM"What are you worrying about?" — "What are you worried about?" |
¤Ø³ÂÔéÁÍÐäà khoonM yimH aL raiM"Why are you smiling?" |
¤Ø³ÍÂÒ¡(¨Ð)´×èÁÍÐääÐ khoonM yaakL jaL deuumL aL raiM khaH[spoken by female] "What would you like to drink?" |
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©Ñ¹äÁèµéͧ¡ÒÃÍÐääèÐ chanR maiF dtaawngF gaanM aL raiM khaF[spoken by female] "I don’t want anything." |
ªÍº·Ò¹ÍÐääÃѺ chaawpF thaanM aL raiM khrapH"What (type of food) would you like to eat?" |
«×éÍÍÐäÃ seuuH aL raiM"What did you buy?" |
«×éÍÍÐäÃÁÒ seuuH aL raiM maaM"What have you been buying?" |
·ÓÍÐäÃ thahmM aL raiM"What are you doing?" — "What is he doing?" — "What are they doing?" |
¹Ñè¹µÖ¡ÍÐäùèÐ? nanF dteukL aL raiM naF"What are those buildings?" |
¹ÕèàÃÕ¡ÇèÒÍÐäÃ neeF riiakF waaF aL raiM"What is this called?" |
¹ÕèÍÐäÃ neeF aL raiM"What is this?" |
àºÍÃìÍÐäùФÃѺ buuhrM aL raiM naH khrapH[spoken by male] "What (telephone) number is that?" |
»Ä¨©ÒÇÔàÈÉ³ì ¤×Í ¤ÓÇÔàÈɳì·Õè»ÃСͺà¹×éͤÇÒÁ·Õèà»ç¹¤Ó¶ÒÁ ËÃ×ͤÇÒÁʧÊÑ àªè¹ ã´ ä˹ äà ¡Õè ÍÐäà ·ÓäÁ ©Ñ¹ã´ àªè¹äà äËÁ Íѹ㴠ÍÂèÒ§äà à·èÒäà ä ËÃ×ÍË¹Í ÏÅÏ bpritL chaaR wiH saeht[n]L kheuuM khahmM wiH saeht[n]L theeF bpraL gaawpL neuuaH khwaamM theeF bpenM khahmM thaamR reuuR khwaamM sohngR saiR chehnF daiM naiR raiM geeL aL raiM thahmM maiM chanR daiM chehnF raiM maiR anM daiM yaangL raiM thaoF raiM yaiM reuuR naawR “Interrogative modifier” is a modifier which is part of a question sentence structure or a structure indicating doubt, for example, “whichever,” “which,” “what,” “how many,” “what,” “why,” “why,” “how,” “(interrogatory),” “whichever,” “which way,” “how many,” “why,” “or what,” etc. Examples are: |
à»ç¹ÍÐäÃÂÐ bpenM aL raiM yaH"What's going on?" |
ä»·ÓàÇ÷ӡÃÃÁÍÐäÃÁÒ˹ÍàÃÒ ¶Ö§µéͧÁÒà¨ÍẺ¹Õé!? bpaiM thahmM waehnM thahmM gamM aL raiM maaM naawR raoM theungR dtaawngF maaM juuhrM baaepL neeH[self-pity, wonder] "What have I done to deserve this?!!!" |
¼ÁäÁè·ÃÒºÇèÒ à¢Ò·ÓÍÐäÃÍÂÙè phohmR maiF saapF waaF khaoR thahmM aL raiM yuuL[spoken by a male] "I don’t know what he is doing." |
¼ÙéªÒÂÍÐäÃ...»Ò¡¤Í¨Ñ´¨éÒ¹¨ÃÔ§! phuuF chaayM aL raiM bpaakL khaawM jatL jaanF jingM"What kind a man are you to be so sharp-tongued?!" |
¾Ç¡¢Ò»ÃШÓà»ç¹¡ÃÇ´ã¹Ãͧà·éÒ äÁè·ÓãËéà¢Òµéͧ¡Ñ§ÇÅÍÐäà áµèÁѹÃÓ¤Ò phuaakF khaaR bpraL jahmM bpenM gruaatL naiM raawngM thaaoH maiF thahmM haiF khaoR dtaawngF gangM wohnM aL raiM dtaaeL manM rahmM khaanM"My regular customers are a real pain. I don’t want them to worry about anything but they are annoying." |
ÁÕÁÐÁèǧÍÐäâÒºéÒ§¤Ðà¹ÕèÂ? meeM maH muaangF aL raiM khaayR baangF khaH niiaF[spoken by a female] "What sort of mangoes do you have?" "What kind of mangoes are you selling?" |
ÁÕÊÕÍÐäÃÍÕ¡? meeM seeR aL raiM eekL"What other colors do you have?" |
ÁÕÍÐäÃà¡Ô´¢Öé¹ meeM aL raiM geertL kheunF"What happened?" |
ÁÕÍÐäÃãËé¼Á·ÓºéÒ§äËÁ¤ÃѺ meeM aL raiM haiF phohmR thahmM baangF maiR khrapH"Is there anything I can do for you?" |
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äÁèãªè¸ØÃС§¡ÒÃÍÐäâͧ¤Ø³! maiF chaiF thooH raH gohngM gaanM aL raiM khaawngR khoonM"None of your business." |
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äÁèÁÕÍÐäÃÊÒÂà¡Ô¹á¡é maiF meeM aL raiM saayR geernM gaaeF"It’s never too late to mend." — "Nothing that was done cannot be undone." |
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Çѹ¹ÕéÁÕÍÐäáԹ wanM neeH meeM aL raiM ginM"What food do you have today?" |
Çѹ¹ÕéÇѹÍÐääÃѺ wanM neeH wanM aL raiM khrapH[spoken by male] "What day is today?" |
˹ØèÁ¤¹¹Ñ鹪×èÍÍÐääÃѺ? noomL khohnM nanH cheuuF aL raiM khrapH[spoken by a male] "What is that young man’s name?" |
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ËÁÒäÁè¡Ô¹¢éÒÇàÅ ©Ñ¹äÁèÃÙéÇèÒÁѹà»ç¹ÍÐäÃ maaR maiF ginM khaaoF leeuyM chanR maiF ruuH waaF manM bpenM aL raiM"The dog won’t eat at all. I don’t know what is the matter with him." |
͹ÔÂÁÇÔàÈÉ³ì ¤×Í ¤ÓÇÔàÈɳì·Õè»ÃСͺºÍ¡¤ÇÒÁäÁèªÕé੾ÒÐ ËÃ×ͨӡѴŧä»ÇèÒà»ç¹àªè¹¹Ñé¹ àªè¹¹Õé ËÃ×Í ÊÔè§¹Õé ÊÔè§¹Ñé¹ àªè¹ ã´ äà ä˹ ¡Õè ÍÐäà ·ÓäÁ ©Ñ¹ã´ àªè¹äà ÏÅÏ áµè¾Ö§ÊѧࡵÇèÒ ¤Ó¾Ç¡¹Õé¨ÐµéͧäÁèãªéã¹¢éͤÇÒÁ·Õèà»ç¹¤Ó¶ÒÁËÃ×ÍʧÊѨ֧¨Ð¹ÑºÇèÒ à»ç¹Í¹ÔÂÁÇÔàÈÉ³ì ¶éÒãªéã¹¢éͤÇÒÁ·Õèà»ç¹¤Ó¶ÒÁ ËÃ×ÍʧÊѨ֧¨Ð¹ÑºÇèÒ à»ç¹Í¹ÔÂÁÇÔàÈÉ³ì ¶éÒãªéã¹¢éͤÇÒÁ·Õèà»ç¹¤Ó¶ÒÁËÃ×ÍʧÊÑ àÃÕ¡ÇèÒ »Ä¨©ÒÇÔàÈÉ³ì µÑÇÍÂèÒ§ aL niH yaH maH wiH saeht[n]L kheuuM khahmM wiH saeht[n]L theeF bpraL gaawpL baawkL khwaamM maiF cheeH chaL phawH reuuR jahmM gatL lohngM bpaiM waaF bpenM chehnF nanH chehnF neeH reuuR singL neeH singL nanH chehnF daiM raiM naiR geeL aL raiM thahmM maiM chanR daiM chehnF raiM dtaaeL pheungM sangR gaehtL waaF khahmM phuaakF neeH jaL dtaawngF maiF chaiH naiM khaawF khwaamM theeF bpenM khahmM thaamR reuuR sohngR saiR jeungM jaL napH waaF bpenM aL niH yaH maH wiH saeht[n]L thaaF chaiH naiM khaawF khwaamM theeF bpenM khahmM thaamR reuuR sohngR saiR jeungM jaL napH waaF bpenM aL niH yaH maH wiH saeht[n]L thaaF chaiH naiM khaawF khwaamM theeF bpenM khahmM thaamR reuuR sohngR saiR riiakF waaF bpritL chaaR wiH saeht[n]L dtuaaM yaangL“Indefinite modifiers” are modifiers which express non-specificity or provide a delimiter that something is like this or that, or this thing or that thing; for example, the words “whatever,” “whichever,” “wherever,” “how,” “any,” “how many,” “which,” “why,” “why so ever,” and “how so ever.” However, one should observe that these words, in order to be indefinite modifiers, should not be used in interrogatory sentences or in sentences which indicate doubt; if these words are used in sentences which indicate interrogatories or doubts, they are called, “interrogatory modifiers.” [See below.] Examples include, |
ÍÂÒ¡·Ò¹ÍÐääÃѺ yaakL thaanM aL raiM khrapH"What do you feel like eating?" |
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ÍÐä÷ÓãË館³ÁÒ·Õè¹Õè aL raiM thahmM haiF khoonM maaM theeF neeF"What brings you here?" |
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| as a suffix | ¹Ñº»ÃÐÊÒÍÐäÃ | napH bpraL saaR aL raiM | What can you expect? |
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2.  [noun]
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| definition | something; anything; things; stuff
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| examples | ä»ËÒÍÐäô×èÁ  | bpaiM haaR aL raiM deuumL | go someplace to have drinks |
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äÁèÁÕÍÐäÃ  | maiF meeM aL raiM | nothing |
sample sentences | à¢ÒäÁèä´éãËéÍÐäüÁàÅÂ khaoR maiF daiF haiF aL raiM phohmR leeuyM"He did not give me anything at all." |
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¤×¹¹Õé ¤Ø³¨Ð·ÓÍÐäÃËÃ×Íà»ÅèÒ¤ÃѺ kheuunM neeH khoonM jaL thahmM aL raiM reuuR bplaaoL khrapH[spoken by male] "Are you doing anything tonight?" |
à¸ÍäÁèä´éÂÔ¹àÊÕ§ÍÐäÃàÅÂ thuuhrM maiF daiF yinM siiangR aL raiM leeuyM"She can't hear any sound at all." |
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