บัลลาด

ban-lâat

Meanings

1NounA2

ballad (song)

a slow, sentimental song, often focusing on love or emotion; common in pop and rock music

Examples

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2NounB2

ballad (poem/story song)

a narrative poem or song that tells a story, traditionally in short stanzas with repetition

Examples

คุณยายkun yaaiคุณยายkun yaaimaternal grandmother; respectful term for an elderly womanเล่าให้ฟังlâo hâi fangเล่าให้ฟังlâo hâi fang[to] tell [sb]; [to] recount (to [sb]); [to] share what happened (with [sb])ว่าwâaว่าwâa1[to] say; tell2that (clause marker)3[to] think; consider; deem4[to] scold; reproach; criticizeในสมัยก่อนnai sà-măi gònในสมัยก่อนnai sà-măi gònin the past; formerlyคนkonคนkon1person; human2classifier: people3[to] stir; mix by stirringในnaiในnai1in; inside; within2during; in (time)3of; belonging to (formal)หมู่บ้านmòo bâanหมู่บ้านmòo bâan1village; hamlet2housing estate; gated communityร้องróngร้องróng1[to] cry; weep2[to] sing3[to] shout; call out4[to] complain; lodge a complaintบัลลาดban-lâatบัลลาดban-lâat1ballad (song)2ballad (poem/story song)ที่têeที่têe1place; spot; seat; space2at; in; to (a place)3classifier: places; seats; individual servings4that/which/who (relative marker)5when; the time that (time marker)6ordinal markerเล่าlâoเล่าlâo1[to] tell; narrate; recount2particle (emphasis/insistence)3question or topic particle (literary)เรื่องราวrêuuang raaoเรื่องราวrêuuang raao1story; tale2matter; affair; incidentของkŏngของkŏng1of; belonging to2thing; item; stuff3property; goodsนักรบnák rópนักรบnák róp1warrior; fighter2fighter (figurative)กับgàpกับgàp1with; together with2and (informal)3side dish; accompaniment4against; versus5to; toward (recipient/target)6classifier: sets/pairs (spoon and fork)หญิงสาวyĭng săaoหญิงสาวyĭng săaoyoung womanโดยdoiโดยdoi1by; via; through2in a ... way; -ly3according to; in accordance withแบ่งเป็นbàeng bpenแบ่งเป็นbàeng bpen[to] divide [sth] intoท่อนtônท่อนtôn1section; piece (long, solid part)2classifier (sections/lengths)3stanza; verse; passage4section (of the body)5classifier: passages; verse sectionsสั้นsânสั้นsân1short (length)2short (time; brief)3conciseๆ-และláeและláeand (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; repeatedly2[to] repeat; do again3duplicate; repeated; identical4on 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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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

  1. Consonant classMid class
  2. Tone markNo tone mark
  3. Syllable endingLive syllableEnds in -ล, a sonorant, so it is live.

Mid class consonants

กจฎฏดตบปอ

Result

Mid tone

ban

Level, in your normal speaking voice.

Mid class + No tone mark + Live syllable → Mid

Tone chart

Every class and spelling pattern, with this syllable outlined.

Mid classHigh classLow class
No mark + liveMidRisingMid
No mark + dead shortLowLowHigh
No mark + dead longLowLowFalling
Mai ekLowLowFalling
Mai thoFallingFallingHigh
Mai triHigh——
Mai chattawaRising——