ซาวสี่
saao-sìiMeaning
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twenty-four
twenty-four (used primarily in Northern and Northeastern Thai dialects)
Examples
ตอนนี้dtɔɔn-níiตอนนี้dtɔɔn-níi1now; at the moment2this time/this moment (time noun)อ้ายâaiอ้ายâai1I (older male); you (to an older male) (Isan)2older brother (Isan/Lao; also male slightly older)3you (rude/insulting; dialectal)4insulting prefix before a nounอายุaa-yúอายุaa-yú1age2[to] be X years old3lifespan; service lifeซาวสี่saao-sìiซาวสี่saao-sìitwenty-fourปีbpiiปีbpii1year2classifier: yearsแล้วlɛ́ɛoแล้วlɛ́ɛo1already; now (as of this point)2then; and then; after that3already; completed-action marker4and; and then (linking clauses)กำลังจะgam-lang-jàกำลังจะgam-lang-jàabout to (imminent future)เรียนจบriian-jòpเรียนจบriian-jòp[to] graduate; complete one's studiesปริญญาโทbpà-rin-yaa-tooปริญญาโทbpà-rin-yaa-too1master's degree2master's-level; postgraduate (master's)
I am now twenty-four years old and about to graduate with a master's degree.
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The female vendor said this bunch of morning glory costs twenty-four baht.
คำว่าkam-wâaซาวsaaoในnaiภาษาถิ่นpaa-sǎa-tìnแปลว่าbplɛɛ-wâaยี่สิบyîi-sìpดังนั้นdang-nánซาวสี่saao-sìiจึงjʉngหมายถึงmǎai-tʉ̌ngจำนวนjam-nuuanยี่สิบสี่yîi-sìp-sìi
The word "sao" in the regional dialect means twenty, therefore "sao si" means the number twenty-four.
เดือนหน้าdʉʉan-nâaวันที่wan-tîiซาวสี่saao-sìiหมู่เฮาmùu-haoจะjàนัดnátรวมญาติruuam-yâatกันganที่tîiบ้านเกิดbâan-gə̀ətในnaiต่างจังหวัดdtàang-jang-wàt
Next month on the twenty-fourth, we will gather for a family reunion at our hometown in the province.
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 -ว, a sonorant, so it is live.
Low class consonants
คฅฆงชซฌญฑฒณทธนพฟภมยรลวฬฮ
Result
Mid tone
saao
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
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ซาวสี่saao-sìiซาวสี่saao-sìitwenty-fourtwenty-fourWord