{"id":1693,"date":"2013-04-30T10:01:48","date_gmt":"2013-04-30T10:01:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/thai\/?p=1693"},"modified":"2013-04-29T00:06:40","modified_gmt":"2013-04-29T00:06:40","slug":"gaw-and-more-gaw","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/thai\/gaw-and-more-gaw\/","title":{"rendered":"Gaw, and more Gaw"},"content":{"rendered":"

The word \u2018Gaw3\u2019 \u0e01\u0e47 is one of the top 100 Thai words you should learn, given how common it is. I\u2019ve already written a detailed article on the uses of gaw3 here:<\/span><\/p>\n

https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/thai\/the-word-gaw\/<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The word has another case which I didn\u2019t mention before. In this case, it\u2019s as if you are determining the answer to a question half-way through your answer. By saying it this way, you are implying you hadn\u2019t thought about the answer before being asked about it.<\/p>\n

For example, let\u2019s say in English I ask,<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201dAre you hungry?\u201d<\/p>\n

If you hadn\u2019t thought through the answer before speaking, you\u2019d say something like,<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201dWell . . . uh . . . yea I guess so.\u201d<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

In Thai, it\u2019ll be:<\/span><\/p>\n

\u0e2b\u0e34\u0e27\u0e44\u0e2b\u0e21?<\/p>\n

Hew5 maai5<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\u0e2b\u0e34\u0e27…\u0e01\u0e47\u0e2b\u0e34\u0e27<\/p>\n

Hew5 gaw3 hew5<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

You simply take the word from the question, repeat it once to acknowledge the question, follow it with \u2018gaw\u2019, and then finally give your answer.<\/p>\n

If you weren\u2019t hungry, then you\u2019d say:<\/span><\/p>\n

\u0e2b\u0e34\u0e27…\u0e01\u0e47\u0e44\u0e21\u0e48\u0e2b\u0e34\u0e27<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

More examples . . . words in brackets are understood through context:<\/p>\n

[Is she] beautiful?<\/span><\/p>\n

\u0e2a\u0e27\u0e22\u0e44\u0e2b\u0e21?<\/p>\n

Suay5 mai5<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

[Is she] beautiful? Ummm, sure!<\/p>\n

\u0e2a\u0e27\u0e22\u0e01\u0e47\u0e2a\u0e27\u0e22<\/p>\n

Suay5 gaw3 suay5<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

[Do you] want to go?<\/p>\n

\u0e2d\u0e22\u0e32\u0e01\u0e44\u0e1b\u0e44\u0e2b\u0e21?<\/p>\n

Yaak2 bpai1 mai5<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Yea, [I will] go.<\/p>\n

\u0e44\u0e1b\u0e01\u0e47\u0e44\u0e1b<\/p>\n

Bpai1 gaw3 bpai1<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

[Do you] love [me \/ her \/ him]?<\/p>\n

\u0e23\u0e31\u0e01\u0e44\u0e2b\u0e21?<\/p>\n

Rak4 mai5<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

[Ummmm, yea, I] love [you \/ her \/ him].<\/p>\n

\u0e23\u0e31\u0e01\u0e01\u0e47\u0e23\u0e31\u0e01<\/p>\n

Rak4 gaw3 rak4<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Sometimes you can even cut out the first word \u2013 why repeat the question anyway?<\/p>\n

[You] really love him?<\/span><\/p>\n

\u0e23\u0e31\u0e01\u0e40\u0e02\u0e32\u0e40\u0e2b\u0e23\u0e2d?<\/p>\n

Rak4 kow5 laaw5<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Um, yes!<\/p>\n

\u0e01\u0e47\u0e23\u0e31\u0e01<\/p>\n

Gaw3 rak4<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Isn\u2019t [that] correct?<\/p>\n

\u0e43\u0e0a\u0e48\u0e44\u0e2b\u0e21?<\/p>\n

Chai3 maai5<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Well, yes.<\/p>\n

\u0e01\u0e47\u0e43\u0e0a\u0e48<\/p>\n

Gaw3 chai3<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

[You] really aren\u2019t going?<\/p>\n

\u0e44\u0e21\u0e48\u0e44\u0e1b\u0e40\u0e2b\u0e23\u0e2d?<\/p>\n

Mai3 bpai1 laaw5<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Well, no.<\/p>\n

\u0e01\u0e47\u0e44\u0e21\u0e48<\/p>\n

Gaw3 mai3<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

One last thing before I finish this article . . . I have no idea why \u0e01\u0e47 is spelled as it is. It totally violates Thai spelling rules. If I were to invent the Thai language, I would have spelled it as \u0e01\u0e49\u0e2d. My guess is, like most words that violate the rules, that it was transliterated from Sanskrit\/Bali and something was lost in the transliteration process . . .<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The word gaw3 \u0e01\u0e47 has another case which I didn\u2019t mention before. In this case, it\u2019s as if you are determining the answer to a question half-way through your answer. By saying it this way, you are implying you hadn\u2019t thought about the answer before being asked about it.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":59,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":""},"categories":[10208],"tags":[254659,10177],"class_list":["post-1693","post","type-post","status-publish","hentry","category-beginner","tag-gaw","tag-thai"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t