ฟะ
fáMeaning
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informal final particle for irritation or emphasis
An informal, sometimes rude sentence-ending particle used in casual speech to show irritation, surprise, confusion, or emphasis. It is a softer or playful variant of วะวะwá1particle: adds force to a statement (very informal, rough)2particle (question; very informal, rough): used at sentence end to add bluntness/attitude.
Examples
นี่nîiนี่nîi1this (colloq.)2this; this one (pronoun)3here4here is…; look/listen (attention-getter)5you see; after all (colloq.)แกgɛɛแกgɛɛ1you (familiar)2he; she (familiar)กำลังgam-langกำลังgam-lang1currently; in the middle of2power; strength3power (physics)4troops; forcesทำอะไรtam-à-raiทำอะไรtam-à-raiwhat are you doing?ของkɔ̌ɔngของkɔ̌ɔng1of; belonging to2thing; item; stuff3property; goodsแกgɛɛแกgɛɛ1you (familiar)2he; she (familiar)อยู่yùuอยู่yùu1[to] live; reside; stay2to be (located); be at3progressive/continuative marker4to exist; remainฟะfáฟะfáinformal final particle for irritation or emphasisเนี่ยnîiaเนี่ยnîia1deictic/emphatic particle (‘this/that here/there’)2focus/emotion particle3discourse marker (framing)
What on earth are you doing?
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Who secretly ate my snacks in the fridge?
ข้อสอบkɔ̂ɔ-sɔ̀ɔpวิชานี้wí-chaa-níiมันmanจะjàยากyâakอะไรà-raiขนาดนี้kà-nàat-níiฟะfáฉันchǎnทำtamไม่ได้mâi-dâaiเลยləəiสักsàkข้อkɔ̂ɔเดียวdiiao
How did the exam for this subject get this hard? I can't answer a single question.
ฉันchǎnยืนรอyʉʉn-rɔɔมาmaaเกือบgʉ̀ʉapสองsɔ̌ɔngชั่วโมงchûua-moongแล้วlɛ́ɛoเมื่อไหร่mʉ̂ʉa-ràiรถเมล์rót-meeมันmanจะjàมาถึงmaa-tʉ̌ngสักทีsàk-tiiฟะfá
I've been standing here waiting for almost two hours, when is the bus finally going to arrive?
Tones
See how the spelling sets each syllable's tone, step by step.
How the tone is decided
- Consonant classLow class
- Tone markNo tone mark
- Syllable endingDead syllableShort vowelA short vowel with no final consonant, so it is dead.
Low class consonants
คฅฆงชซฌญฑฒณทธนพฟภมยรลวฬฮ
Result
High tone
fá
Starts high and keeps climbing.
Low class + No tone mark + Dead syllable · Short vowel → High
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 | — | — |