ชาติที่แล้ว(châat têe láaeo)

Meanings

1NounB1

past life; previous life

a previous life or incarnation, in the context of reincarnation.

Examples

บางคนbaang konบางคนbaang konsome people; some personsเชื่อว่าchêuua wâaเชื่อว่าchêuua wâa1[to] believe (that) ...2it is believed that ...เราraoเราrao1we; us2I; me (informal/regional)เคยkoeiเคยkoei1ever; used to (past experience)2[used to] (past experience/habit)เจอกันjer ganเจอกันjer gan1[!] see you; see you later2[to] meet each other; meet upในnaiในnai1in; inside; within2during; in (time)3of (formal/official)ชาติที่แล้วchâat têe láaeoชาติที่แล้วchâat têe láaeo1past life; previous life2a very long time ago
Some people believe we met in a previous life.
2AdverbB2

a very long time ago

a very long time ago; ages ago (used hyperbolically).

Examples

เธอterเธอter1you (informal; familiar)2term of address (affectionate)3she; herไปซื้อของbpai séu kŏngไปซื้อของbpai séu kŏng[to] go shoppingนานมากnaan mâakนานมากnaan mâakfor a very long timeฉันchănฉันchăn1I; me (1st person pronoun)2[to] eat (polite/old-fashioned)รอrorรอror1[to] wait2[to] wait for; awaitมาmaaมาmaa1[to] come; arrive2come to (result/state)3past/as of now aspect markerชาติที่แล้วchâat têe láaeoชาติที่แล้วchâat têe láaeo1past life; previous life2a very long time agoเนี่ยnîiaเนี่ยnîia1deictic/emphatic particle (‘this/that here/there’)2focus/emotion particle3discourse marker (framing)
She's been shopping for so long, I've been waiting for ages!

Related Words

Word Breakdown

ชาติchâatชาติchâat1nation; country2nationality3life; lifetime (Buddhism)4birth; lineage (lit.)Part 1
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ที่แล้วtêe láeoที่แล้วtêe láeo1last; previous (postposed)2ago (postposed after duration)Part 2
ชาติที่แล้วchâat têe láaeoชาติที่แล้วchâat têe láaeopast life; previous life