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<div style = "font-size: 300%;">Thai Conjugation: Tenses </div>
<div style="font-size: 300%;">Thai Conjugation: Tenses </div>


The verb in Thai is invariable.
The verb in Thai is invariable.
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Since it is invariable, it is used directly:
Since it is invariable, it is used directly:


* I'm eating / changin / ฉัน กิน
* <code>I'm eating / changin / ฉัน กิน</code>


* I'm going / chanpaï / ฉัน ไป
* <code>I'm going / chanpaï / ฉัน ไป</code>


== The past tense ==
== The past tense ==
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if we pass the sentence in negative it becomes:
if we pass the sentence in negative it becomes:


* I did not eat: chanmaïdaïgin
* <code>I did not eat: chanmaïdaïgin</code>


Attention: maïdaï placed after the verb means "cannot":
Attention: maïdaï placed after the verb means "cannot":
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Here are some examples of past sentences:
Here are some examples of past sentences:


* I went to school / chanpaïrong rieanlèo / ฉันไปโรงเรียนแล้ว
* <code>I went to school / chanpaïrong rieanlèo / ฉันไปโรงเรียนแล้ว</code>


* Yesterday, I went to school / meua wanchanpaïrong riean / เมื่อวานฉันไปโรงเรียน
* <code>Yesterday, I went to school / meua wanchanpaïrong riean / เมื่อวานฉันไปโรงเรียน</code>


Here is the context that marks the past.
Here is the context that marks the past.
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The future is marked by the little word จะ dja, placed in front of the verb.
The future is marked by the little word จะ dja, placed in front of the verb.


* I will eat / chandjagin / ฉันจะกิน
* <code>I will eat / chandjagin / ฉันจะกิน</code>


* I will go / chandjapaï / ฉันจะไป
* <code>I will go / chandjapaï / ฉันจะไป</code>


==Sources==
==Sources==
http://www.thailande-guide.com/zone-thailande/cours-thai-temps.html
http://www.thailande-guide.com/zone-thailande/cours-thai-temps.html

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