ก้าย
gâaiMeaning
1AdjectiveB2
bored; tired of
bored, tired of, or fed up with something (primarily used in the Northern Thai dialect, equivalent to 'เบื่อเบื่อbʉ̀ʉa1[to] poison [sb/sth]2[to] be bored with; be tired of3sick; nauseated (from food poisoning)4bored; fed up' in standard Thai)
Examples
วันนี้wan néeวันนี้wan née1today (time of speech)2today; this day3nowadays; at presentฝนตกfŏn dtòkฝนตกfŏn dtòkit is raining; [to] rainตึงdteungตึงdteung1tight; taut2stiff; tense (muscle/body)3expensive; steep (price)4to be tight; to become tight5thud; bang6with a heavy thud7tense; strained (situation)วันwanวันwan1day2daytime; daylight3classifier: daysไปbpaiไปbpai1[to] go2away; off (directional complement/particle)3on; onward; continuously (aspect marker)4(aspect) completed; already past5too; excessivelyแอ่วàewแอ่วàew1[to] travel; go sightseeing (Northern Thai)2[to] hang out; go out socially (Northern Thai)3[to] court; flirt (Northern Thai)ไหนnăiไหนnăi1which (asking to choose)2which one; which person/thing3where (question)4any; whichever (in indefinite constructions)ก็gâwก็gâw1also; too2then; so (sequence/result)3conditional marker (if… then…)4well; after all (emphasis/justification)5topic/resumption markerบ่bòบ่bò1not; no (Isan/Northern particle)2yes–no question particle (Isan/Northern)ได้dâiได้dâi1okay; sure; agreed2[to] get; obtain; receive3can; [to] be able to; may4[to] manage to; succeed in5actualized-action markerก้ายgâaiก้ายgâaibored; tired ofขนาดkà-nàatขนาดkà-nàat1size; dimension; magnitude2degree; extent3to such an extent; that much4even; to the extent that5as; to the extent of6very; extremely (Northern Thai)
It's been raining all day today, I can't go anywhere. I'm so bored.
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กิ๋นข้าวgǐn-kâaoนึ่งnʉ̂ngกับgàpน้ำพริกหนุ่มnáam-prík-nùmกุ๊gúวันwanก้ายgâaiแล้วเน้อlɛ́ɛo-nə́əอยากyàakกิ๋นgǐnอย่างอื่นyàang-ʉ̀ʉnพ่องpɔ̂ɔng
Eating sticky rice with Nam Prik Num every day, I'm bored of it. I want to eat something else for a change.
I'm tired of talking about the same old things over and over again. Enough already.
ยะyáการgaanซ้ำซากจำเจsám sâak jam jayมาmaaหลายlăaiปี๋bpĕeต๋อนนี้dtŏn néeฮู้hûuสึกsèukก้ายgâaiแต้dtâeๆ-อยากyàakลาออกlaa òkไปbpaiเปิดbpèrtร้านกาแฟráan gaa-fae
Doing the same monotonous work for years, now I feel truly fed up. I want to quit and open a coffee shop.
Tones
See how the spelling sets each syllable's tone, step by step.
How the tone is decided
- Consonant classMid class
- Tone markMai tho
- Syllable endingLive syllableNot needed here: the tone mark decides.
Mid class consonants
กจฎฏดตบปอ
Result
Falling tone
gâai
Starts high, rises a little, then drops clearly.
Mid class + Mai tho → Falling
Tone chart
Every class and spelling pattern, with this syllable outlined.
| Mid class | High class | Low class | |
|---|---|---|---|
| No mark + live | Mid | Rising | Mid |
| No mark + dead short | Low | Low | High |
| No mark + dead long | Low | Low | Falling |
| Mai ek | Low | Low | Falling |
| Mai tho | Falling | Falling | High |
| Mai tri | High | — | — |
| Mai chattawa | Rising | — | — |