ครั้งแล้วครั้งเล่า(kráng láeo kráng lâo)

Meanings

1AdverbB1

again and again; repeatedly

again and again; repeatedly; time after time.

Examples

แม่mâeแม่mâe1mother; mom2madam; ma’am (rural/archaic)3prefix: female; main; baseบอกbòkบอกbòk1[to] tell; inform2[to] ask/tell (someone to do something) (colloquial)3[to] indicate; show4[to] state; say (reporting speech)เขาkăoเขาkăo1he; him2she; her3they; them (context-dependent)4horn5mountain; hillครั้งแล้วครั้งเล่าkráng láeo kráng lâoครั้งแล้วครั้งเล่าkráng láeo kráng lâoagain and again; repeatedlyว่าwâaว่าwâa1[to] say; tell; say that2[to] think; consider; deem3that (clause marker)4about; regarding5[to] scold; reproach; criticizeอย่าyàaอย่าyàa1don’t; do not (negative imperative)2don’t … yet; hold offเล่นมือถือlên meu tĕuเล่นมือถือlên meu tĕu[to] use a mobile phoneตอนdtonตอนdton1episode; chapter2when; at the time (of)3section; part4time segment; periodกินข้าวgin kâaoกินข้าวgin kâao1[to] have a meal; eat (general)2[to] eat rice (literal)3[to] dine; go eat together
Mom told him again and again not to play on his phone while eating.

Related Words

Word Breakdown

ครั้งkrángครั้งkráng1classifier for occurrences or times2time; occasion; instance3turn (one’s turn to do something)Part 1
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แล้วláeoแล้วláeo1already; now (as of this point)2then; and then; after that3already (preverbal perfective)4and; and then (linking clauses)5already (sentence-final)Part 2
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ครั้งkrángครั้งkráng1classifier for occurrences or times2time; occasion; instance3turn (one’s turn to do something)Part 3
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เล่าlâoเล่าlâo1[to] tell; narrate; recount2particle (emphasis/insistence)Part 4
ครั้งแล้วครั้งเล่าkráng láeo kráng lâoครั้งแล้วครั้งเล่าkráng láeo kráng lâoagain and again; repeatedly