I don't know if this has been talked about before.

But I am trying to figure out if it's a small selection of vocabulary with the combination of low consonants, "long" vowel, live ending consonant and falling tone, that actually sounds like a short vowel - or if it's a general rule.

Examples: เล่น, ซ่อม.

ซ่อม is my favourite, because it should be pronounced exactly like ส้อม considering the spelling, but at least to my ears ซ่อม has a shorter vowel.

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I want to ask the advanced speakers here and the natives and I want to share my theory about ก็... now this word has many meanings but I want to look at one meaning today. I will put now two sentences that have ก็

1. ถ้าจะวาดไม่ค่อยสวยก็สนุกดี - Even if I dont draw good, I have fun

now I know ถ้า...ก็ are together but for me ก็ looks more like a comma to me. You can debate that its not a comma but the next sentence it surely looks like a comma

Second sentence: คนมีสมองใครอ่านก็ออก > (Anyone with a brain can read/understand it)

In this case, ก็ doesn't really have a "meaning" It’s a** structural bridge.
**The Difference:
• In English/Western languages: We use a comma or a physical pause in our breath to show where one idea ends and the next begins.
• In Thai: Instead of just a silent pause, Thai uses a small sound (ก็) to act as a signpost.
It tells the listener: "Okay, that was the setup... here comes the result." It’s basically a verbal comma that keeps the rhythm of the sentence moving!

TL;DR: Don't always look for a translation for "kô." Sometimes it's just there to give the sentence its "shape" where English would use a pause.

It just crazy that no one came up with this when explaining ก็ in sentences. Maybe I am wrong but I just wanted to share this with people who struggle with ก็

We all know that "already" is usually translated as แล้ว, but at the same time they're not exactly the same.

Imagine you're in some app and you try to enter "fast mode". If you get a messagebox saying "already in fast mode", that means that you have not just entered it. It is an error message saying your attempt to enter fast mode didn't do anything. In Thai, am I right that คุณได้เข้าแฟสท์โมดแล้ว would mean that you have just entered fast mode? If so, how would it be phrased if you wanted to say that nothing happened because you were already in fast mode when you tried to make the change?

To be clear, this is just an example. I'm not actually working on an app.

i am learning thai on the mondly app and ive noticed a few things along the way that dont seem quite right but after some googling i can make some sense of it. but i cannot figure out or comprehend how the app came up with this one or if theres something im missing that google cannot answer for me.

the translation is
we have thirteen pencils
rao mee din-sǒr sìp sǎam tâeng.

what is tâeng and how does it make sense here??

I’m learning Thai and I’m confused about the spelling of ไทย. Since ไ already represents the sound “ai”, why does the word ไทย also include ย at the end?

Is there a spelling/orthographic rule behind this? Or is it because the word ไท means something else entirely?

Both can mean "too," but are they interchangeable? I can never tell which one to use.

Can I use this word on its own to mean "just in case" or do I have to specify the "in case of what?" For example, can I just say กดเงินไว้เผื่อ or do I have to add something meaning "...they don't take cards", "...it turns out to be more than we thought" etc.

I came across this in a Netflix series that I am going through with subs. The speaker is talking about two photos she has just taken using an old camera that prints a physical photo right away.

Apparently it means that there is only one of each in the world, but I don't get why there is no หนึ่ง or เดียว. Can anyone explain how this sentence works?

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I thought I understood this but I got a text message that confused me. I use them like this:

Present or future tense: ไม่ไป or จะไม่ไป

Past tense: ไม่ได้ไป

Her message: พรุ่งนี้อาจจะไม่ได้ไปเพราะวันนี้ไม่สบาย

I would have written that without the ได้. Is it necessary in this instance? How does it change the meaning?

Can anyone help me understand when to use ใน and when to use ที่?

Examples:

ผัดไทที่นี่ไม่เหมือนผัดไทที่ไทย - could this be ใน?

ยาตัวนี้ไม่มีในไทย - could this be ที่?

Ello yall, I wanna know why ไป is used in the sentence เปิดไปกี่โมง. I understand the meaning, but why would ไป be used here tho

Edit: the context for this is like till when is the shop open, my aunt asked in English then i heard the thai person ask his friend that and he asked his friend เปิดไปกี่โมง

Ello yall, so ive been reading a book that I bought in Thailand last year and I came across this sentence แล้วเขาก็บังคับให้คอยช่วยเหลือมนุษย์แถวนี้ heres some context if needed, its the whole page from the light novel เดิมทีฉันก็เป็นแค่จิ้งจอกกินคน ต้องมาปักหลักอยู่ที่นี่ เพราะถูกพระรูปนึงจับตัวเองได้ แล้วเขาก็บังคับให้คอยช่วยเหลือมนุษย์แถวนี้

Now im abit confused as to why ให้ is paired with บังคับ. Cant บังคับ js stand alone? And im abit confused about ให้ in general. I understand the ones where it means to give, to allow, for and when its paired with ทำให้ and ขอให้. But sometimes its used in ways I really dont understand, like in a song title, ถ้าเธอให้เต้น ฉันจะเต้นตามเธอ i dont know why ให้ is used here either. Could it mean if u let/allow me dance ill dance with u? Im unsure. And in the song there's a lyric line like ให้บ้าให้บอเท่าไร. Which just confuses me even more. I've tried looking uses of ให้ up but its as if my brain refuses to let it click. If any1 can help me it'd be greatly appreciated!

I've seen a few cases where sentences are formed with a word that means the same. Examples I found มองไม่ละสายตาเลย (mentioned in a video of thai native) or คุณสามารถเดินบนกำแพงได้ไหม (example I found on the internet)

Context of the video: it was a video where one of the people looked at the other person and the editor wrote (มองไม่ละสายตาเลย👀) on top of the head of the person that was staring

I know มอง means to see/look and ละสายตา means look away/take eyes off something or someone. And สามารถ and ได้ both mean can/able to so why are they used double in these sentences? Is there any explanation to it?

I know ให้ has different meaning like ex. give, let,... but sometimes I see it near the end of a sentnece and it's confusing me a little. I'm not sure if it's meant to be translated, it's adding emphasis, is used as a directional verb or is just there to make it sound more fluent

The most recent sentence with it I saw was: ให้หนูแกะให้เถอะ

But then there are also sentences where it goes paired with another verb ex. มีอะไรให้ฉันช่วยไหม? which also confuses me quite a bit

Honestly whenever I see ให้ without it meaning give or let it confuses me a lot

Only I got an answer that said อาบน้ำพึ่งเสร็จ and I don't know if that's a correction or just an alternative. Or maybe it means something slightly different.

I know most of the question words in Thai are put at the end of the sentence except for ทำไม which I see in the front 70-80% of the time. But I saw and heard it at the end a few times, I'm wondering if it has a different function when it's put in the front or the end of a sentence?

So today I spoke with a teacher and she said that hte following word is F and M tone

ท้าทาย

I've learn thai for a long time, the rules are ingrained in me and I questioned this and said ท้า is High.............. ท อยู่ในหมู่ต่ำ + ้ = High.

I cheked my tone rule chat......... I'm correct
I checked Thai-language.com (welcome back!) and thai2english........ I'm correct.

cGPT - agrees with the teacher............ is this just another ChatGPT misunderstanding? I even sent cGPT the tone chat.

http://www.thai-language.com/ref/tone-rules

If ท้า is falling then what is ท่า? the same?

I came across a sentence today that confuses me: “ผมยาวจนมัดผมขึ้นไปได้แบบนี้แล้ว”. I think it’s saying that the person’s hair is so long that it can be tied up in a certain way now, but what is the purpose of ไปได้ here—shouldn’t it be เป็นไปได้ to state that it (tying the hair up) is possible? I looked around and couldn’t find examples of this happening so I thought I might ask here. Is it stylistic or am I seeing it wrong completely?

Hi. Ive seen several times this sort of word. Why is the second vowel not pronounced?

I see Hethu. But it is pronounced like Het. Why?

Name is Morgan, I am trying to figure out which way is the most normal/common way my name would be spelled in Thai. I am not sure if I should use Mโรงะน (this way doesn't make much sense to me) or มลรัแกน or to use another way. Please give some feedback it is appreciated

Like the name of the post say. What's the difference between ต่อ and เพื่อ

Hello! I'm somewhat intermediate at Thai, but I struggle often with figuring out the grammar and cadence of speaking/writing Thai. I've learned from a variety of sources, some classes, some videos, some apps, some Italki, and some just Thai people correcting me, which makes this a bit difficult for me.

As an example, I came across this sentence on thai-language: "ตอนเป็นแฟนกัน อะไร ๆ มันก็ดีอย่างนี้"

I understand it of course, but I wouldn't have formulated the sentence like this. I'd probably have left out the กัน, ๆ, and ย่างนี้. I also wouldn't have used อะไร but rather ทุกอัน (which I believe is an error on my part).

Are these mistakes? Does the sentence sound more natural with or without the word changes? (Sometimes thai-language has archaic or written or formal examples). If it sounds better without - do you guys have any tips on how to improve? Is it just a matter of reading/listening to/memorizing a large number of examples? Thanks!

I recently saw a post on Instagram saying ไหนพี่ดินลองยิ้มดูสิคะ but I'm having a little struggle translating it. I know the meaning of every word (ไหน - where, ลองดู - try, ยิ้ม - smile) but I genuinely don't know how to put it in a sentence, does ไหน serve another function here?

I have another question which is only a little bit related, when you want to say "try" do you always have to say ลอง...ดู or is it possible to only say ลอง?