ผู้ใดผู้หนึ่ง(pôo dai pôo nèung)

Meanings

1PronounB2

someone; somebody (formal)

an unspecified person; someone (formal/literary; equivalent to ‘ใครคนหนึ่งใครคนหนึ่งkrai kon nèungsomeone; somebody’)

Examples

มีmeeมีmee1[to] have; possess2there is/are; exist3[to] experience; undergoผู้ใดผู้หนึ่งpôo dai pôo nèungผู้ใดผู้หนึ่งpôo dai pôo nèung1someone; somebody (formal)2a certain (person) (formal)ลืมleuumลืมleuum1[to] forget2[to] leave behind (by forgetting)3forget to; omit unintentionallyกระเป๋าสตางค์grà-bpăo sà-dtaangกระเป๋าสตางค์grà-bpăo sà-dtaangwallet; coin purseไว้บนwái bonไว้บนwái bon[to] leave [sth] on top (of [sth]); [to] keep [sth] on topโต๊ะdtóโต๊ะdtó1table2deskนี้néeนี้née1this (near speaker)2this one3this; the present (time/topic)
Someone forgot their wallet on this table.
2determinerB2

a certain (person) (formal)

used after a noun to indicate an unspecified person (e.g., ‘บุคคลผู้ใดผู้หนึ่ง’ = a certain person; some individual)

Examples

ตำรวจdtam-rùuatตำรวจdtam-rùuatpolice; police officerกำลังgam-langกำลังgam-lang1power; strength2power; force (physics)3troops; forces4currently; in the middle ofตามหาdtaam hăaตามหาdtaam hăa1[to] look for; search for; seek; track down2[to] seek to obtain (a specific item)ชายchaaiชายchaai1man; male person2male; man (person/animal)3male; masculine4edge; brim; hem; shoreผู้ใดผู้หนึ่งpôo dai pôo nèungผู้ใดผู้หนึ่งpôo dai pôo nèung1someone; somebody (formal)2a certain (person) (formal)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/slotสวมsŭuamสวมsŭuam1[to] put on; wear (clothes, shoes, rings)2[to] assume a role3[to] slip on; fit over; sheathเสื้อsêuuaเสื้อsêuua1shirt; top2jacket; coat (outerwear) — regional/colloquial3classifier: ตัวสีแดงsĕe daengสีแดงsĕe daeng1the color red2red; red-coloredซึ่งsêungซึ่งsêung1which; that (relative pronoun)2which/and this; introducing explanationอยู่ในyòo naiอยู่ในyòo nai[to] be in [somewhere]ที่เกิดเหตุtêe gèrt hètที่เกิดเหตุtêe gèrt hèt1scene of the incident2at the scene; on-site
The police are looking for a certain man wearing a red shirt who was at the scene of the incident.

Related Words

Word Breakdown

ผู้ใดpôo daiผู้ใดpôo dai1who?; which person? (formal)2whoever; anyone who (formal)Part 1
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ผู้pôoผู้pôo1person; one who … (agentive prefix)2person; people (as a standalone noun in formal/register-bound uses)Part 2
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หนึ่งnèungหนึ่งnèung1one (number)2a; one (single)3certain; particular4first; top; foremost5one (with classifier)Part 3
ผู้ใดผู้หนึ่งpôo dai pôo nèungผู้ใดผู้หนึ่งpôo dai pôo nèungsomeone; somebody (formal)