กระท่อนกระแท่น
grà-tôn grà-tâen
Meanings
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halting; jerky; choppy
done in a way that is not smooth or steady; stopping and starting; uneven.
Examples
ช่วงแรกๆchûuang râek râekช่วงแรกๆchûuang râek râekin the beginning; at firstเขาkăoเขาkăo1he; him2she; her3they; them (context-dependent)4horn5mountain; hillพูดpôotพูดpôot1[to] speak; talk2[to] say; speak3[to] tell; talk aboutภาษาไทยpaa-săa taiภาษาไทยpaa-săa tai1Thai language2Thai (school subject)3Thai-language; in Thaiได้dâiได้dâi1get; obtain; receive2may (polite permission/request)3able to (postverbal/resultative)4manage to; succeed in (achievement)5can; be able to; may (possibility/permission)กระท่อนกระแท่นgrà-tôn grà-tâenกระท่อนกระแท่นgrà-tôn grà-tâenhalting; jerky; choppyแต่dtàeแต่dtàe1but; however (contrast)2only; just (restriction)3from; since (starting point)4even; despite (emphatic concessive)ตอนนี้dton néeตอนนี้dton née1now; at the moment2this time/this moment (time noun)คล่องklôngคล่องklông1fluent; nimble2liquid; having liquidity (finance)3unobstructed; free-flowing; smooth4nimble; deftแล้วláeoแล้วláeo1already; now (as of this point)2then; and then; after that3already (preverbal perfective)4and; and then (linking clauses)5already (sentence-final)
At first, he spoke Thai unevenly, but now he's fluent.
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ตะกุกตะกักdtà-gùk dtà-gàkตะกุกตะกักdtà-gùk dtà-gàk1halting; awkward; hesitant (esp. speech/motion)2[to] stammer; falter; move/proceed jerkily
- halting; awkward; hesitant (esp. speech/motion)
- [to] stammer; falter; move/proceed jerkily
ติดๆdtìt dtìtติดๆdtìt dtìtintermittent; on and off
intermittent; on and off
ไม่ต่อเนื่องmâi dtò-nêuuangไม่ต่อเนื่องmâi dtò-nêuuang1discontinuous; intermittent; sporadic2intermittently; discontinuously
- discontinuous; intermittent; sporadic
- intermittently; discontinuously
ถูๆ ไถๆtŏo tŏo tăi tăiถูๆ ไถๆtŏo tŏo tăi tăibarely; roughly; in a makeshift way
barely; roughly; in a makeshift way
ขาดตอนkàat dtonขาดตอนkàat dton1intermittent; discontinuous2[to] be interrupted; break continuity
- intermittent; discontinuous
- [to] be interrupted; break continuity
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แท่นtâenแท่นtâen1platform; base; stand; pedestal2altar; ceremonial pedestal3printing press bed/platePart 4
กระท่อนกระแท่นgrà-tôn grà-tâenกระท่อนกระแท่นgrà-tôn grà-tâenhalting; jerky; choppy