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| ไง ngaiM |  |
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| 1. | [implying a question] how; what |
| 2. | [colloquial shortening of] ยังไง  |
| 3. | [particle referencing earlier indicated element] |
| pronunciation guide | |
| Phonemic Thai | ไง |
| IPA | ŋaj |
| Royal Thai General System | ngai |
| alternate spelling | งัย | ngaiM | |
| 1. [adverb] | |||
| definition | [implying a question] how; what | ||
| related word | งัย | ngaiM | Howdy? |
| examples | ยังไง | yangM ngaiM | [a colloquial way of saying] "how?" or "in what way?" |
| เป็นไงบ้าง | bpenM ngaiM baangF | [informal, colloquial] "How's it going?" | |
| sample sentences | แล้วไง? laaeoH ngaiM "[indicating that the previous remark seems unimportant, uninteresting or irrelevant] So what?; What of it?" | ||
| 2. [adverb] | |||
| definition | [colloquial shortening of] ยังไง | ||
| related words | ยังไง | yangM ngaiM | [a colloquial way of saying] "how?" or "in what way?" |
| อย่างไร | yaangL raiM | like what; anyhow; how | |
| 3. [adverb, particle] | |||
| definition | [particle referencing earlier indicated element] | ||
| notes | This thing I just said is what that other thing was about. It’s what I (or someone) was talking about. That’s what it was. Here’s what I mean. That which I just now said is what I or someone meant earlier. | ||
| sample sentences | |||
น้ำต้มจากรากของต้นไม้ ที่เพื่อนของเขานำมาขายให้เขาเป็นยารักษาอาการปวดเอว น้ำต้มก็จริงอยู่ แต่มันมีการตกตะกอนของรากต้นไม้ไง naamH dtohmF jaakL raakF khaawngR dtohnF maaiH theeF pheuuanF khaawngR khaoR namM maaM khaaiR haiF khaoR bpenM yaaM rakH saaR aaM gaanM bpuaatL aayoM naamH dtohmF gaawF jingM yuuL dtaaeL manM meeM gaanM dtohkL dtaL gaawnM khaawngR raakF dtohnF maaiH ngaiM "It was water boiled with tree roots, which a friend of his had sold him as a medication to treat his lower-back pain. The water was boiled, all right, but it contained the sediment of the tree roots, you see. [That’s how it was.]." | |||
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