ชั่วกัปชั่วกัลป์(chûua gàp chûua gan)

Meanings

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for ages; almost forever

for an extremely long time that seems to have no end; for ages; almost forever

Examples

ฉันchănฉันchăn1I; me (1st person pronoun)2[to] eat (polite/old-fashioned)รู้สึกrúu-sèukรู้สึกrúu-sèuk1[to] feel; sense2[to] feel (linking verb use)3[to] feel that…; think (impression/opinion)เหมือนว่าmĕuuan wâaเหมือนว่าmĕuuan wâait seems that; as ifรอrorรอror1[to] wait2[to] wait for; awaitเขาkăoเขาkăo1he; him2she; her3they; them (context-dependent)4horn5mountain; hillมานานmaa naanมานานmaa naanfor a long time (up to now)ชั่วกัปชั่วกัลป์chûua gàp chûua ganชั่วกัปชั่วกัลป์chûua gàp chûua ganfor ages; almost foreverแล้วláeoแล้วláeo1already; now (as of this point)2then; and then; after that3already (preverbal perfective)4and; and then (linking clauses)5already (sentence-final)
I feel like I've been waiting for him for ages.

Related Words

Word Breakdown

ชั่วchûuaชั่วchûua1evil; wicked2bad; poor (quality)3for a short time; temporarily (prefix)4classifier for periods of timePart 1
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กัปgàpกัปgàpaeon; vast age (cosmology)Part 2
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ชั่วกัลป์chûua ganชั่วกัลป์chûua gan1forever; for eternity2eternal; everlastingPart 3
ชั่วกัปชั่วกัลป์chûua gàp chûua ganชั่วกัปชั่วกัลป์chûua gàp chûua ganfor ages; almost forever