บัลลาด
ban-lâat
Meanings
1NounA2
ballad (song)
a slow, sentimental song, often focusing on love or emotion; common in pop and rock music
Examples
ฉันchănฉันchăn1I; me (1st person pronoun)2[to] eat (polite/old-fashioned)ชอบchôpชอบchôp1[to] like; be fond of2tend to; usually3be proper; be fitting (formal)ฟังfangฟังfang1listen2heed3[to] sound; seem (to the ear)บัลลาดban-lâatบัลลาดban-lâat1ballad (poem/story song)2ballad (song)ช้าๆcháa cháaช้าๆcháa cháaslowly; unhurriedlyเกี่ยวกับgìiao gàpเกี่ยวกับgìiao gàp1about; regarding; concerning2[to] relate to; concern; be aboutความรักkwaam rákความรักkwaam rák1love; affection2romance; romantic relationship
I like listening to slow ballads about love.
2NounB2
ballad (poem/story song)
a narrative poem or song that tells a story, traditionally in short stanzas with repetition
Examples
คุณยายkun yaaiคุณยายkun yaaigrandmother; respectful term for elderly womanเล่าให้ฟังlâo hâi fangเล่าให้ฟังlâo hâi fang[to] tell [sb]; [to] recount (to [sb]); [to] share what happened (with [sb])ว่าwâaว่าwâa1[to] say; tell; say that2[to] think; consider; deem3that (clause marker)4about; regarding5[to] scold; reproach; criticizeในสมัยก่อนnai sà-măi gònในสมัยก่อนnai sà-măi gònin the past; formerlyคนkonคนkon1person; human2people (as a group)3person; human being (as prefix-like element)4classifier: peopleในหมู่nai mòoในหมู่nai mòoamong; amidst; within (a group)บ้านbâanบ้านbâan1house; home2home (family unit)3village; hometown4classifier: houses/buildings (residences)ร้องróngร้องróng1[to] cry; weep2[to] sing3[to] shout; call out4[to] complain; lodge a complaintบัลลาดban-lâatบัลลาดban-lâat1ballad (poem/story song)2ballad (song)ที่têeที่têe1place; spot; seat; space2that/which/who (relative marker)3at; in; to (before place/recipient)4when; the time that (time marker)5ordinal/degree marker6classifier: place/seat/slotเล่าlâoเล่าlâo1[to] tell; narrate; recount2particle (emphasis/insistence)เรื่องราวrêuuang raaoเรื่องราวrêuuang raao1story; tale2matter; affair; incidentของkŏngของkŏng1of; belonging to2thing; item; stuff3property; goodsนักรบnák rópนักรบnák róp1warrior; fighter2fighter (figurative)กับgàpกับgàp1with; together with2and (informal)3against; versus4to; toward (recipient/target)5side dish; accompaniment6classifier: sets/pairs (spoon and fork)หญิงสาวyĭng săaoหญิงสาวyĭng săaoyoung womanโดยdoiโดยdoi1by (transport/communication)2in a ... way; -ly3by (passive marker in formal style)4by; via; throughแบ่งเป็นbàeng bpenแบ่งเป็นbàeng bpen[to] divide [sth] intoท่อนtônท่อนtôn1stanza; verse; passage2classifier (sections/lengths)3section (of the body)4section; piece (long, solid part)สั้นๆsân sânสั้นๆsân sân1briefly; in short2curtly; terselyและláeและláeand (coordinating)มีmeeมีmee1[to] have; possess2there is/are; exist3[to] experience; undergoการร้องgaan róngการร้องgaan róng1singing; vocal performance2crying; weeping (tears)3crying out; calling/shouting4filing a complaint/petition (legal/administrative)ซ้ำsámซ้ำsám1again; repeatedly2duplicate; repeated; duplicate copy3[to] repeat; do again4on top of that; moreover (worsening)
Grandma told me that in the past, villagers sang ballads telling the story of a warrior and a maiden, divided into short verses with repeated lines.
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บัลลาดban-lâatบัลลาดban-lâatballad (song)