งานเยอะ
ngaan-yə́Meaning
1AdjectiveA2
a lot of work; busy (with work)
having a lot of work to do; being busy with work.
Examples
วันนี้wan-níiวันนี้wan-níi1today (time of speech)2today; this day3nowadays; at presentฉันchǎnฉันchǎn1I; me2[to] eat (of Buddhist monks and novices)3like; as (in the manner of)งานเยอะngaan-yə́งานเยอะngaan-yə́a lot of work; busy (with work)มากmâakมากmâak1very; extremely2much; a lot; greatly3many; numerous
I have a lot of work today.
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ช่วงนี้chûuang-níiฉันchǎnงานเยอะngaan-yə́เลยləəiไม่มีmâi-miiเวลาwee-laaออกกำลังกายɔ̀ɔk-gam-lang-gaaiเลยləəi
Recently I've had a lot of work, so I haven't had any time to exercise.
พรุ่งนี้prûng-níiเธอtəəจะjàมาmaaปาร์ตี้bpaa-dtîiไหมmǎiคงไม่kong-mâiได้dâaiน่ะnâพอดีpɔɔ-diiงานเยอะngaan-yə́
Are you coming to the party tomorrow? Probably not, I have a lot of work.
เขาkǎoต้องdtɔ̂ngทำงานtam-ngaanล่วงเวลาlûuang-wee-laaเกือบgʉ̀ʉapทุกวันtúk-wanเพราะprɔ́ช่วงปลายchûuang-bplaaiปีbpiiงานเยอะngaan-yə́เป็นพิเศษbpen-pí-sèet
He has to work overtime almost every day because there's an exceptional amount of work at the end of the year.
Tones
See how the spelling sets each syllable's tone, step by step.
2 syllables · pick one to see its rule
How the tone is decided
- Consonant classLow class
- Tone markNo tone mark
- Syllable endingLive syllableEnds in -น, a sonorant, so it is live.
Low class consonants
คฅฆงชซฌญฑฒณทธนพฟภมยรลวฬฮ
Result
Mid tone
ngaan
Level, in your normal speaking voice.
Low class + No tone mark + Live syllable → Mid
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 | — | — |
Word Breakdown
งานngaanงานngaan1work; job; employment2task; assignment; duty3event; fair; function4work (product); creation5unit (classifier) for events6work (physics)7ngan (land unit: 400 m², a quarter of a rai)work; job; employmentPart 1
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เยอะyə́เยอะyə́1many; much; a lot (of)2a lot; much (colloq.)3excessive; too muchmany; much; a lot (of)Part 2
งานเยอะngaan-yə́งานเยอะngaan-yə́a lot of work; busy (with work)a lot of work; busy (with work)Word