ยะก๋าน
yá-gǎanMeaning
1VerbA2
[to] work
to work; to do a job or task (Northern Thai dialect)
Examples
วันนี้wan-níiวันนี้wan-níi1today (time of speech)2today; this day3nowadays; at presentเฮาhaoเฮาhao1we; us; our (regional)2I; me (informal, regional)ต้องdtɔ̂ngต้องdtɔ̂ng1must; have to2must; bound toไปbpaiไปbpai1[to] go2away; off (directional complement/particle)3on; onward; continuously (aspect marker)4(aspect) completed; already past5too; excessivelyยะก๋านyá-gǎanยะก๋านyá-gǎan[to] work
Today I have to go to work.
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What time do you get off work today, brother?
I don't want to go to work because it's raining heavily.
Every day after getting off work, dad will go buy food at the market.
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
- 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
yá
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 | — | — |
Word Breakdown
ยะyáยะyá1[to] do; make (Northern Thai)2(colloq.) emphatic sentence-final particle[to] do; make (Northern Thai)Part 1
+
ก๋านgǎanก๋านgǎan1nominalizer; ‘the act of …’2affair; matter; activity; worknominalizer; ‘the act of …’Part 2
ยะก๋านyá-gǎanยะก๋านyá-gǎan[to] work[to] workWord