ความ(kwaam)
Meanings
1NounB1
abstract noun prefix
prefix forming abstract nouns from adjectives or stative verbs (e.g., ความสุขความสุขkwaam sùk1happiness; contentment2pleasure; enjoyment3well-being ‘happiness’, ความสวยความสวยkwaam sŭuaibeauty ‘beauty’).
Examples
ฉันchănฉันchăn1I; me (1st person pronoun)2[to] eat (polite/old-fashioned)ตามหาdtaam hăaตามหาdtaam hăa1[to] look for; search for; seek; track down2[to] seek to obtain (a specific item)ความสุขkwaam sùkความสุขkwaam sùk1happiness; contentment2pleasure; enjoyment3well-beingแบบbàepแบบbàep1model; pattern; design; template2style; type; kind; manner3form; questionnaire4in a ... way; -ly (pre-head adverbial marker)5prototype; sampleเรียบง่ายrîiap ngâaiเรียบง่ายrîiap ngâai1simple; plain2modest; unpretentious3minimalistในnaiในnai1in; inside; within2during; in (time)3of (formal/official)ทุกวันtúk wanทุกวันtúk wan1every day; daily2everyday (attributive); daily
I seek simple happiness every day.
2NounB2
fact; matter; affair (formal)
a matter, affair, or fact; formal or legal style when prefixed to a base word to denote the concept (e.g., ความผิดความผิดkwaam pìt1fault; blame; guilt2offense; violation (legal) ‘offense’, ความจริงความจริงkwaam jing1truth; fact2actually; in fact; to tell the truth ‘truth’).
Examples
ศาลsăanศาลsăan1court (of law)2shrine; spirit house3royal court; court of a monarchกำลังgam-langกำลังgam-lang1power; strength2power; force (physics)3troops; forces4currently; in the middle ofพิจารณาpí-jàa-rá-naaพิจารณาpí-jàa-rá-naa1[to] consider; examine; deliberate2[to] adjudicate; rule onความผิดkwaam pìtความผิดkwaam pìt1fault; blame; guilt2offense; violation (legal)ของkŏngของkŏng1of; belonging to2thing; item; stuff3property; goodsผู้ต้องหาpôo dtông hăaผู้ต้องหาpôo dtông hăasuspect (criminal case)ในnaiในnai1in; inside; within2during; in (time)3of (formal/official)คดีká-deeคดีká-dee1legal case2criminal case; police caseนี้néeนี้née1this (near speaker)2this one3this; the present (time/topic)
The court is considering the offense of the suspect in this case.