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Time is expressed either by context or by a small word placed before or after the verb. | Time is expressed either by context or by a small word placed before or after the verb. | ||
== The | == The Present Simple Tense in Thai == | ||
===How to | ===How to construct Present Simple Tense in Thai=== | ||
This is the easiest, since the verb is used without any additives. | This is the easiest, since the verb is used without any additives. | ||
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===Beginner Thai Grammar - Present Tense=== | ===Beginner Thai Grammar - Present Tense=== | ||
<youtube>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KefeaoC23Mw</youtube> | <youtube>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KefeaoC23Mw</youtube> | ||
==The Present Continuous Tense: Kamlang กำลัง== | ==The Present Continuous Tense: Kamlang กำลัง== | ||
===How to construct the Present Continuous in Thai=== | ===How to construct the Present Continuous in Thai=== | ||
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===Video=== | ===Video=== | ||
== The | == The Future Simple Tense== | ||
===How to construct the Future Tense in Thai=== | |||
The future is marked by the little word จะ dja, placed in front of the verb. | |||
===How to construct the Past Tense in Thai=== | * <code>I will eat / chandjagin / ฉันจะกิน</code> | ||
* <code>I will go / chandjapaï / ฉันจะไป</code> | |||
===Thai Lesson: Future Tense | Basic Thai Grammar=== | |||
<youtube>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gdVw-s5jGmE</youtube> | |||
==The Past or Future intention: Kamlang Dja กำลัง จะ== | |||
Kamlang Dja กำลัง จะ placed before the verb means the intention to do the action. | |||
* I'm going to go to Phom / Djan Kamlang Dja Pai Krap / Kaa ผม / ฉัน กำลัง จะ ไป ครับ / ค่ะ | |||
* I was going to go to Phom / Djan Kamlang Dja Pai Laew Krap / Kaa ผม / ฉัน กำลัง จะ ไป แล้ว ครับ / ค่ะ | |||
== The Past Simple Tense == | |||
===How to construct the Past Simple Tense in Thai=== | |||
The past is marked: | The past is marked: | ||
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==Conjugation in all Tenses: to eat== | ==Conjugation in all Tenses: to eat== | ||
Revision as of 15:24, 5 January 2022
Thai Conjugation: Tenses
The verb in Thai is invariable.
Time is expressed either by context or by a small word placed before or after the verb.
The Present Simple Tense in Thai
How to construct Present Simple Tense in Thai
This is the easiest, since the verb is used without any additives.
Since it is invariable, it is used directly:
I'm eating / changin / ฉัน กิน
I'm going / chanpaï / ฉัน ไป
Beginner Thai Grammar - Present Tense
The Present Continuous Tense: Kamlang กำลัง
How to construct the Present Continuous in Thai
Kamlang กำลัง placed before the verb means in the process of ...
- I'm going to Phom / Djan Kamlang Pai Krap / Kaa ผม / ฉัน กำลัง ไป ครับ / ค่ะ
[Intensive Thai] Present Continuous Tense in Thai language
The Present Perfect Tense in Thai
How to construct the Present Perfect Tense in Thai
Video
The Future Simple Tense
How to construct the Future Tense in Thai
The future is marked by the little word จะ dja, placed in front of the verb.
I will eat / chandjagin / ฉันจะกิน
I will go / chandjapaï / ฉันจะไป
Thai Lesson: Future Tense | Basic Thai Grammar
The Past or Future intention: Kamlang Dja กำลัง จะ
Kamlang Dja กำลัง จะ placed before the verb means the intention to do the action.
- I'm going to go to Phom / Djan Kamlang Dja Pai Krap / Kaa ผม / ฉัน กำลัง จะ ไป ครับ / ค่ะ
- I was going to go to Phom / Djan Kamlang Dja Pai Laew Krap / Kaa ผม / ฉัน กำลัง จะ ไป แล้ว ครับ / ค่ะ
The Past Simple Tense
How to construct the Past Simple Tense in Thai
The past is marked:
- by the word แล้ว lèo (already) placed after the verb, at the end of the sentence,
- either by the auxilliare ได้ daï always placed before the verb,
- simply by the context of the sentence.
Note: lèo is used if there is no notion of date, contrary to dai.
lèo is never used in negative forms which is logical since it means already.
I ate translates as changinlèo which literally means I am already eating.
if we pass the sentence in negative it becomes:
I did not eat: chanmaïdaïgin
Attention: maïdaï placed after the verb means "cannot":
Changinmaidai = I cannot eat.
For the negative form passed, maïdaï is always in front of the verb.
Here are some examples of past sentences:
I went to school / chanpaïrong rieanlèo / ฉันไปโรงเรียนแล้ว
Yesterday, I went to school / meua wanchanpaïrong riean / เมื่อวานฉันไปโรงเรียน
Here is the context that marks the past.
Beginner Thai Grammar Lesson - Past Tense and Present Perfect Tense
Conjugation in all Tenses: to eat
- Present Simple: เรากินที่ร้านอาหารแห่งนี้ประจำ "raow gin tee rahn ahaan haeng nee pra-jam" We regularly eat at this eatery.
- Present Continuous (progressive):ฉันกำลังกินอาหารเช้าอยู่ "chan gamlang gin ahaan chaow yoo" I am eating breakfast.
- Present Perfect: วันนี้เราได้กินสองมื้ออาหารแล้ว "wan nee raow dai gin song meuw ahaan laeow" We have already eaten twice today.
- Future Simple: เราจะไปกินที่นั่นวันพรุ่งนี้ "raow ja pai gin tee nan wan prong-nee" We will eat there tomorrow.
- Present Continuous Tense for Future: เรากำลังจะกินอาหารเย็นกัน "raow gahm-lang ja gin ahaan yen gun" We are going to eat dinner together.
- Past Simple Tense: ฉันกินแล้วจึงไม่หิวเลย "chan gin laeow jeung mai he-oh ley" I ate so I'm not hungry at all.
Sources
- http://www.thailande-guide.com/zone-thailande/cours-thai-temps.html
- https://www.apprendrelethai.com/lecon-9-temps/
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KefeaoC23Mw
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4g4VJ_R7B-s
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9TFh4E2XDRM
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gdVw-s5jGmE
- https://aseannow.com/topic/14302-expressing-verb-tenses-in-thai/