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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 | ||