นึกว่า

néuk wâa

Meanings

1NounB1

[to] think/assume (that)

to think, assume, or suppose that something is the case, often implying the belief turns out to be wrong or is later revised.

Examples

ฉันchănฉันchăn1I; me (1st person pronoun)2[to] eat (polite/old-fashioned)นึกว่าnéuk wâaนึกว่าnéuk wâa1[to] think/assume (that)2I thought…! (exclam.)วันนี้wan néeวันนี้wan née1today (time of speech)2today; this day3nowadays; these days (informal)เป็นbpenเป็นbpen1to be (identity/category/state)2to become3[to] know how; be able to (skill)4[to] be + set expressionsวันหยุดwan yùtวันหยุดwan yùt1day off; rest day2public holiday3regular closing day (of a shop/business)
I thought today was a holiday.
2NounB1

I thought…! (exclam.)

exclamatory use introducing a mistaken expectation, e.g., ‘I thought… (but apparently not)’.

Examples

อ้าวâaoอ้าวâao1oh!; hey! (surprise/realization)2hey! (mild reproach/attention)มาแล้วmaa láewมาแล้วmaa láew[sb/sth] has arrived; is here; here it comes!เหรอrŏeเหรอrŏe1really?; is that so?2question particle (casual)นึกว่าnéuk wâaนึกว่าnéuk wâa1[to] think/assume (that)2I thought…! (exclam.)จะจะ1will; shall (future/intention marker)2about to; going to (near future, often w/ กำลังจะ)3then; would (result in conditionals)ไม่mâiไม่mâi1not (negator)2no (reply)มาmaaมาmaa1[to] come; arrive2come to (result/state)3past/as of now aspect markerซะซะ1softening/filler final particle (colloquial)2contraction of จะ (spoken; often written as "ซะจะ"/"ซะจะไป" in fast speech is nonstandard)3imperative/emphatic particleแล้วláeoแล้วláeo1already; now (as of this point)2then; and then; after that3already (preverbal perfective)4and; and then (linking clauses)5already (sentence-final)
Oh, you're here! I thought you weren't coming!