กาล

gaan

Meanings

1NounB2

time; period; era [formal/literary]

time as an abstract concept, or a span such as a period or era; used in formal or literary style

Examples

ทุกสิ่งtúk sìngทุกสิ่งtúk sìngeverything; all thingsล้วนlúuanล้วนlúuan1pure; unmixed; whole2entirely; all; nothing butเปลี่ยนไปbplìian bpaiเปลี่ยนไปbplìian bpai[to] change; become differentตามdtaamตามdtaam1[to] follow; go after2[to] comply with; abide by; obey3according to; in accordance with4along; along (a path); following (direction)5after; behind; in pursuit of6as; in the capacity of (ตามที่/ตามฐานะ)กาลgaanกาลgaan1time; period; era [formal/literary]2tense (grammar) [formal/literary]ไม่มีmâi meeไม่มีmâi mee1to not have; lack2there is/are not; does/do not exist3[reply] we don't have it; out of stockสิ่งใดsìng daiสิ่งใดsìng dai1what (thing)?; which (thing)?2anything; whatever (thing)คงอยู่kong yòoคงอยู่kong yòo[to] remain; persist; endure; surviveตลอดไปdtà-lòt bpaiตลอดไปdtà-lòt bpaiforever; permanently; for good
Everything changes with time; nothing lasts forever.
2NounC1

tense (grammar) [formal/literary]

a grammatical category showing the time of an action or state (e.g., past, present, future); formal/literary term

Examples

ในnaiในnai1in; inside; within2during; in (time)3of (formal/official)ไวยากรณ์wai-yaa-gonไวยากรณ์wai-yaa-gongrammarไทยtaiไทยtai1Thai (language)2Thai; of Thailand3Thai personเราraoเราrao1we; us2I; me (informal/regional)มักmákมักmák1often; usually2[to] tend to; usually [do sth]3fond of; inclined toระบุrá-bùระบุrá-bù1[to] specify; state explicitly2[to] identify; pinpointความหมายkwaam măaiความหมายkwaam măai1meaning; sense; definition2significance; implicationของkŏngของkŏng1of; belonging to2thing; item; stuff3property; goodsกาลgaanกาลgaan1time; period; era [formal/literary]2tense (grammar) [formal/literary]ด้วยdûuayด้วยdûuay1with; together with2also; too; as well3by; by means of; using4because; since (formal/literary)5polite/softening sentence particle (formal)6because of; due toคำkamคำkam1word; term2speech; saying; utterance3classifier for words/utterancesบอกเวลาbòk way-laaบอกเวลาbòk way-laa[to] tell the timeแทนtaenแทนtaen1[to] replace; substitute for2instead; rather3in place of; on behalf ofการผันgaan pănการผันgaan păn1conjugation; inflection2diversion; turningคำกริยาkam grì-yaaคำกริยาkam grì-yaaverb (part of speech)
In Thai grammar, we often indicate tense with time expressions rather than verb conjugation.

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