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The Thai Word ‘bang’, Part 2 Posted by on Feb 28, 2012 in Beginner

In the previous lesson I taught the adjective baang3 บ้าง, which roughly translates to mean ‘some’. Thai has one other similar word, baang1 บาง, which also roughly translates to mean ‘some’ but is used differently.

Before we start, please understand that บาง can also be found as syllables of other words, such as various names of districts and even Bangkok บางกอก.

Generally, baang1 บาง means ‘some’.

บางครั้ง baang1 krang4 sometimes
บางที baang1 tee1 sometimes
บางคน baang1 kon1 some people
บางที่ baang1 tee3 some places
บางวัน baang1 wan1 some days
บางสิ่ง baang1 sing2 some things
บางอย่าง baang1 yaang2 some things

 

Sometimes I travel to Bangkok.

บางครั้งผมไปเที่ยวกรุงเทพฯ

Baang1 krang4 pom5 bai1 tiew3 grung1 tep3

 

Some days he comes at 1pm.

บางวันเขามาบ่ายโมง

Baang1 wan1 kaow5 maa1 baai2 mong1

 

Note that in the next example I say ‘something’ twice. It’s not neccessary, but it’s commonly done to emphasive that there is a lot of ‘something’. It must be done in this order, ie baang1 sing2 บางสิ่ง must always come before baang1 yaang2 บางอย่าง.

 

Some things just cannot be bought.

บางสิ่งบางอย่างซื้อไม่ได้

Baang1 sing2 baang1 yaang2 suue4 mai3 dai3

 

Some places [you] just cannot go at all.

บางที่ไปไม่ได้เลย

Baang1 tee3 bpai1 mai3 dai3 loi1

 

Some times [I] am not really hungry.

บางทีไม่ค่อยหิว

Baang1 tee1 mai3 kaaoy3 hew5

 

Tell him that some people do not want to go.

บอกเขาว่าบางคนไม่อยากไป

Bawk2 kao5 waa3 baang1 kon1 mai3 yaak2 bpai1

 

Some people like to travel Bangkok sometimes.

บางคนชอบไปเที่ยวบางกอกบางครั้ง

Baang1 kon1 chawb3 bpai1 tieow3 baang1gawk2 baang1 krang4

 

In this last example you’ll see the noun said twice. It just slighly changes the meaning, so don’t get hung up on it.

 

People, some of them, like to go to other countries.

คนบางคนชอบไปต่างประเทศ

Kon1 baang1 kon1 chawb3 bpai1 dtaang2 bra2 tet3

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