จับประเด็น

jàp bprà-den

Meanings

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[to] grasp the main point; identify the key issue

to understand, extract, or pinpoint the central idea or key points from what is said, written, or discussed

Examples

วิทยากรwít-tá-yaa-gonวิทยากรwít-tá-yaa-gon1speaker; lecturer2instructor; trainer3panelist/resource personพูดpôotพูดpôot1[to] speak; talk2[to] say; speak3[to] tell; talk aboutตั้งนานdtâng naanตั้งนานdtâng naanfor a long time; for ages (already)แต่dtàeแต่dtàe1but; however (contrast)2only; just (restriction)3from; since (starting point)4even; despite (emphatic concessive)ฉันchănฉันchăn1I; me (1st person pronoun)2[to] eat (polite/old-fashioned)จับประเด็นjàp bprà-denจับประเด็นjàp bprà-den[to] grasp the main point; identify the key issueไม่ได้mâi dâaiไม่ได้mâi dâai1cannot; not allowed; impossible2did not3[to] fail to get/receive [sth]4unacceptable; not allowed (won’t do)5No way!; absolutely not6not really/actually (corrective)เลยloieเลยloie1so; thus; then (immediate result)2completely; absolutely (emphasis)3past; beyond; exceed4at all; whatsoever (often in negatives)ว่าwâaว่าwâa1[to] say; tell; say that2[to] think; consider; deem3that (clause marker)4about; regarding5[to] scold; reproach; criticizeเขาkăoเขาkăo1he; him2she; her3they; them (context-dependent)4horn5mountain; hillต้องการdtông gaanต้องการdtông gaan1[to] want; desire2[to] need; require3[to] seek; requestจะjàจะjà1will; shall (future/intention marker)2about to; going to (near future, often w/ กำลังจะ)3then; would (result in conditionals)สื่อsèuuสื่อsèuu1media; the media; mass media2medium; means; channel of communication3medium (spiritual/occult)4[to] convey; communicateอะไรà-raiอะไรà-rai1what2which; what (modifier)3something; anything (unspecified)4what? (interjection of surprise/confusion)
The speaker talked for a long time, but I couldn't grasp the main point of what he was trying to communicate.

Related Words

Word Breakdown

จับjàpจับjàp1[to] hold; grasp2[to] touch; feel3[to] catch; seize; capture4[to] arrest5[to] detect; pick up; sense6[to] assign; pair up; match7[to be] chilled; feel cold (body part)8[to] set; fix (price, time, etc.)Part 1
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ประเด็นbprà-denประเด็นbprà-den1point; issue2topic; subject3legal point; matter at issuePart 2
จับประเด็นjàp bprà-denจับประเด็นjàp bprà-den[to] grasp the main point; identify the key issue