Laew4 \u0e41\u0e25\u0e49\u0e27 is one of the most common words you\u2019ll find in the Thai language, making it very important to fully understand. English doesn\u2019t have a word that directly translates, however \u2018already\u2019 can be used as an approximate meaning in most cases.<\/p>\n
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1a)<\/strong> \u0e41\u0e25\u0e49\u0e27 can be added to the end of a sentence to make it past tense.<\/p>\n \u0e17\u0e33\u0e41\u0e25\u0e49\u0e27 \u00a0I did it already. (\u2018I\u2019 is implied from context)<\/p>\n \u0e17\u0e33\u0e41\u0e25\u0e49\u0e27\u0e22\u0e31\u0e07?\u00a0 Did you do it yet?<\/p>\n \u0e1c\u0e21\u0e01\u0e34\u0e19\u0e41\u0e25\u0e49\u0e27\u00a0 I ate already.<\/p>\n \u0e40\u0e02\u0e32\u0e44\u0e1b\u0e41\u0e25\u0e49\u0e27 \u00a0He went already. He left.<\/p>\n \u0e08\u0e2d\u0e2b\u0e4c\u0e19\u0e01\u0e25\u0e31\u0e1a\u0e21\u0e32\u0e41\u0e25\u0e49\u0e27\u00a0 John returned. John already arrived.<\/p>\n \u0e04\u0e38\u0e13\u0e40\u0e23\u0e35\u0e22\u0e19\u0e20\u0e32\u0e29\u0e32\u0e44\u0e17\u0e22\u0e01\u0e35\u0e48\u0e1b\u0e35\u0e41\u0e25\u0e49\u0e27?\u00a0 How many years have you learned Thai?<\/p>\n <\/p>\n 1b)<\/strong> But don\u2019t think \u0e41\u0e25\u0e49\u0e27 is only for past tenses. If \u0e41\u0e25\u0e49\u0e27 is combined with the word for \u2018will\u2019 ja1 \u0e08\u0e30, you can make your sentence future tense. Even though it hasn\u2019t already happened, the implication of \u0e41\u0e25\u0e49\u0e27 is that in the future it will have already happened.<\/p>\n \u0e2d\u0e35\u0e01\u0e2a\u0e32\u0e21\u0e27\u0e31\u0e19\u0e08\u0e30\u0e2d\u0e22\u0e39\u0e48\u0e17\u0e35\u0e48\u0e40\u0e21\u0e37\u0e2d\u0e07\u0e44\u0e17\u0e22\u0e41\u0e25\u0e49\u0e27 \u00a0In three days I\u2019ll already be in Thailand.<\/p>\n \u0e1c\u0e21\u0e08\u0e30\u0e44\u0e21\u0e48\u0e44\u0e1b\u0e2d\u0e35\u0e01\u0e41\u0e25\u0e49\u0e27 \u00a0I will never go again.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n 2)<\/strong> \u0e41\u0e25\u0e49\u0e27 can be used as a break in a sentence containing an order of events, similar to \u2018then\u2019 in English.<\/p>\n \u0e27\u0e31\u0e19\u0e19\u0e35\u0e49\u0e1c\u0e21\u0e2d\u0e2d\u0e01\u0e44\u0e1b\u0e01\u0e34\u0e19\u0e02\u0e49\u0e32\u0e27 \u0e41\u0e25\u0e49\u0e27\u0e01\u0e25\u0e31\u0e1a\u0e1a\u0e49\u0e32\u0e19 \u00a0Today I went out to eat. Then I went home.<\/p>\n \u0e40\u0e15\u0e23\u0e35\u0e22\u0e21\u0e2d\u0e32\u0e2b\u0e32\u0e23\u0e41\u0e25\u0e49\u0e27\u0e01\u0e47\u0e01\u0e34\u0e19\u00a0 Prepare the food, then eat.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n 3)<\/strong> If you see \u0e41\u0e25\u0e49\u0e27 at the beginning of a question, it can be similar to \u2018and\u2019 in English.<\/p>\n \u0e41\u0e25\u0e49\u0e27\u0e17\u0e33\u0e44\u0e21? \u00a0And why, exactly?<\/p>\n \u0e41\u0e25\u0e49\u0e27\u0e04\u0e38\u0e13\u0e25\u0e48\u0e30? \u00a0And what about you?<\/p>\n \u0e41\u0e25\u0e49\u0e27\u0e44\u0e07?\u00a0 And what about it? \/ So what?<\/p>\n <\/p>\n 4)<\/strong> \u0e41\u0e25\u0e49\u0e27 is also part of compound words that have little or nothing to do with \u2018already\u2019, so be careful to not get confused with these following examples.<\/p>\n \u0e41\u0e25\u0e49\u0e27\u0e41\u0e15\u0e48 \u2013 up to, dependent on<\/p>\n \u0e41\u0e25\u0e49\u0e27\u0e41\u0e15\u0e48\u0e04\u0e38\u0e13 \u00a0up to you<\/p>\n \u0e17\u0e35\u0e48\u0e41\u0e25\u0e49\u0e27 \u2013 ago<\/p>\n \u0e2b\u0e49\u0e32\u0e1b\u0e35\u0e17\u0e35\u0e48\u0e41\u0e25\u0e49\u0e27\u00a0 five years ago<\/p>\n \u0e08\u0e23\u0e34\u0e07\u0e46\u0e41\u0e25\u0e49\u0e27 \u2013 as a matter of fact<\/p>\n \u0e08\u0e23\u0e34\u0e07\u0e46\u0e41\u0e25\u0e49\u0e27\u0e44\u0e21\u0e48\u0e2d\u0e22\u0e32\u0e01\u0e44\u0e1b\u0e2d\u0e35\u0e01\u0e40\u0e25\u0e22 Actually, I don\u2019t want to go again.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Laew4 \u0e41\u0e25\u0e49\u0e27 is one of the most common words you\u2019ll find in the Thai language, making it very important to fully understand. English doesn\u2019t have a word that directly translates, however \u2018already\u2019 can be used as an approximate meaning in most cases.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":59,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":""},"categories":[10208,3],"tags":[39593],"class_list":["post-327","post","type-post","status-publish","hentry","category-beginner","category-culture","tag-laew-already-past-tense"],"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