Learn Thai with Kruu Jiab
นกพิราบหลงเข้ามาในบ้าน และหาทางออกไม่ได้ เจี๊ยบช่วยตั้งนาน
Nó’k~Pí-râab + Lŏ’ng + Kâo + Maa + Nai + Bâan + Láe’ + Hăa + Taang~Òrk + Mâi + Dâi
Jíab + Chûai + Dtûng + Naan
bird~pigeon + to lose one’s way/be infatuated/ be mistaken + to enter/get into + to (come) + in(side) + house/home + and + to look/search for + way~out + no/not + can/possible/be able to.
Jiab + to help + so much as (quantity) + long (time)
This Pigeon lost its way into my house and couldn’t find the way out.
I, Jiab, help it for such a long time.
Grammar point:
When talking about direction in Thai, the speaker needs to use their current location as a centre of direction and direction is either away (ไป : Bpai) from oneself or comes towards (มา : Maa) oneself.
For example, the clause ‘to get into’, in Thai it would depend on the directions
เขาเข้ามาในบ้าน : Kăo Kâo Maa Nai Bâan = He/She comes into the house. เขาเข้ามากินข้าวในบ้าน : Kăo Kâo Maa Gin Kâaw Nai Bâan = He/She comes into the house to eat food/rice.(Context: You are inside the house and the person is coming into the house)
เขาเข้าไปในบ้าน : Kăo Kâo Bpai Nai Bâan = He/She goes into the house. เขาเข้าไปกินข้าวในบ้าน : Kăo Kâo Bpai Gin Kâaw Nai Bâan = He/She goes into the house to eat food/rice.(Context: You are outside the house and the person is going inside the house)
Vocabulary:
Note: Modifier = adverb/adjective
นก : Nó’k = [noun] bird, fowl พิราบ : Pí-râab = [noun] pigeon นกพิราบ : Nó’k~Pí-râab = [noun] pigeon หลง : Lŏ’ng = [action verb] to lose one’s way [feeling verb] be infatuated [perception verb] be mistaken, be misunderstood [verb] to remain, be left behindหา : Hăa = [action verb] to look/search for [preposition] to (a person)
ข้าว : Kâaw = [noun] rice, food
ขาว : Kăaw = [noun] white colour [modifier] be white
ข้าวขาว : Kâaw Kăaw = [noun] white rice
คาว : Kaaw = [sense modifier] fishy smell
ข่าว : Kàaw = [noun] news
ข่าวคราว : Kàaw~Kraaw = [noun] news, message, information เข่า : Kào = [noun] knee เขา : Kăo (proper pronunciation) เค้า : Káo (informal pronunciation) = [personal pronoun] he/she, him/her, his/hers (the person we are talking about) เข้า Kâo = [direction verb] to enter, to get intoออก : Òrk = [direction verb] be out [preposition] out
มา : Maa = [direction verb] to come [preposition] to (from another place to one’s current location)
ไป : Bpai = [direction verb] to go [preposition] to (away from one’s current location to another place)
ใน : Nai = [preposition] in, inside, indoor, internal
นอก : Nôrk = [preposition] outside, outdoor, external
เมือง : Mueang = [noun] large habitation as in town, city, country
ในเมือง : Nai~Mueang = [noun] downtown
นอกเมือง : Nôrk~Mueang = [noun] suburb, outlying distric, outskirtsเมืองนอก : Mueang~Nôrk = [noun] country outside native country, non-native country, foreign country
ทาง : Taang = [noun] way, route, path, trail, passage [preposition] by, via
ทางเข้า : Taang~Kâo = [noun] way in, entrance
ทางออก : Taang~Òrk = [noun] way out, exit
บ้าน : Bâan = [noun] house, home
และ : Láe’ = [conjunction] to enter, to get into
ไม่ : Mâi = [negative modifier] no, not
ได้ : Dâi = [ability/possibility modifier] can, be possible, be able to [verb] to obtain [tense] past tense (did action)
ช่วย : Chûai = [verb] to help, to aid
ตั้ง : Dtûng = [quantity modifier] so much as (quantity) [verb] to establish, to form, to set up, to initiate [action verb] to erect [classifier/unit word] pile, wad, pack, stack, slab
นาน : Naan = [time modifier] be long (time)
เร็ว : Re’w = [time modifier] be quick, be fastBy Kruu Jiab
