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á¤è  khaaeF
pronunciation guide
Phonemic Thaiá¤è
IPAkʰæ̂ː
Royal Thai General Systemkhae

 [adverb]
definition
as far as; to the extent that; only; merely

examples
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khaaeF saehnM cheuuF naiM sanR yaaM chaL bapL neeH aL thipH deeM gawF fanM bpaiM laayR laanH baatL laaeoH
"He only needs to sign this contract and the chief official will get many millions of baht."
á¤èà·èÒ¹Ñé¹khaaeF thaoF nanHonly; just
á¤è¹Ñé¹khaaeF nanHonly
á¤è¹ÕékhaaeF neeHthat's enough; that's all; that is it
á¤è¹Õé¹ÐkhaaeF neeH naHgoodbye (said on telephone)
á¤èä˹khaaeF naiR[an inquiry about quantity, as in] "how far?" — "how much?" — etc. [a colloquial variation of à¾Õ§äà used in both written and spoken Thai]
¾Íá¤è¹Õé¡è͹¹ÐphaawM khaaeF neeH gaawnL naHgoodbye (said on telephone)
à¾Õ§á¤èphiiangM khaaeFonly
sample
sentences
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gaanM leuuakF dtangF maiF chaiF saaR haehtL bpenM aaM gaanM haakL khaoF jaiM khaaeF neeH maiF daiF gawF kheuuM raiH diiangM saaR nanF aehngM
"Elections are not the cause [of disagreements], they are only the symptoms. Those who do not understand this, are simply naïve."
á¤è¡ÒÅÔàÅâͤԴÇèÒ...âÅ¡äÁèãªèÈÙ¹Âì¡ÅÒ§¢Í§ÃкºÊØÃÔ¨ѡÃÇÒÅ ¡çá·º¨Ð¶Ù¡à¼Ò·Ñé§à»ç¹ à¾ÃÒж×ÍÇèÒ¤ÇÒÁ¤Ô´àªè¹¹Õéà»ç¹ÍѹµÃÒµèÍÈÒʹÒ
khaaeF gaaM liH laehM ohM khitH waaF lohkF maiF chaiF suun[y]R glaangM khaawngR raH bohpL sooL riH yaH jakL raH waanM gawF thaaepF jaL thuukL phaoR thangH bpenM phrawH theuuR waaF khwaamM khitH chehnF neeH bpenM anM dtraayM dtaawL saatL saL naaR
"Galileo believed that the earth was not the center of the solar system and was almost burned alive because it was believed that this ideas was dangerous to religion."
á¤è¤Ô´¡ç¹éÓÅÒÂË¡áÅéÇ!
khaaeF khitH gawF naahmH laayM hohkL laaeoH
"Just thinking (of it) makes my mouth water."
ÁÕá¤èÊÔººÒ·¤ÃѺ
meeM khaaeF sipL baatL khrapH
[spoken by male] "I have only 10 bahts."
äÁèà¡èÒ¤ÃѺ...à¾Ôè§ÊÃéÒ§ÁÒä´éá¤èËéÒ»Õàͧ
maiF gaoL khrapH pheerngF saangF maaM daiF khaaeF haaF bpeeM aehngM
[spoken by a male] "No, not old, (built) only about five years."
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maiF jahmM bpenM dtaawngF thaehkF khaae[r]M ganM geernM haehtL phrawH bpenM khaaeF gikH
You don't have to take very good care of him or her; after all, he or she is only a ¡Ôê¡ .
äÁè¹èÒàª×èÍÇèÒà¾Õ§á¤èàÇÅÒäÁè¶Ö§à´×͹ËÅѧ¡ÒÃàÅ×Í¡µÑé§¾Ãä¹Ñé¹ä´éª¹ÐàÅ×Í¡µÑé§ áµè¡ÅѺµéͧà»ç¹½èÒµÑé§ÃѺ·Ò§¡ÒÃàÁ×ͧª¹Ô´¶Í¡ÃÙ´
maiF naaF cheuuaF waaF phiiangM khaaeF waehM laaM maiF theungR deuuanM langR gaanM leuuakF dtangF phakH nanH daiF chaH naH leuuakF dtangF dtaaeL glapL dtaawngF bpenM faayL dtangF rapH thaangM gaanM meuuangM chaH nitH thaawyR gruutL
"It is unbelievable that not even one month after winning the election, the party was put on the defensive in the political arena and was retreating in disarray."
àÃÒ´ÙºéÒ¹¡Ñ¹ÍÕ¡á¤èÊͧËÅѧ´Õ¡ÇèÒ
raoM duuM baanF ganM eekL khaaeF saawngR langR deeM gwaaL
"We had better have a look at just two more houses."
áËÁ...á¤èá«ÇàÅè¹ æ ÍÂèÒ¤Ô´ÁÒ¡¹èÒ
maaeR khaaeF saaeoM lehnF lehnF yaaL khitH maakF naaF
"Hey...I was only pulling your leg! Don't take it personally!"

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