ยังไม่ได้(yang mâi dâai)
Meanings
1AdverbA2
not yet; haven’t yet
used before a verb to say that something has not happened yet but may happen later
2NounB1
not yet allowed/able to
used before a verb when ได้ได้dâi1get; obtain; receive2may (polite permission/request)3able to (postverbal/resultative)4manage to; succeed in (achievement)5can; be able to; may (possibility/permission)6okay; sure; agreed means 'can' or 'be allowed to', to say someone is not yet able or not yet allowed to do something
Examples
น้องชายnóng chaaiน้องชายnóng chaai1younger brother2penis (euphemistic)ฉันchănฉันchăn1I; me (1st person pronoun)2[to] eat (polite/old-fashioned)ยังyangยังyang1not yet (with ไม่)2yet? (question use)3still; continuing4still/even (emphatic degree)ว่ายน้ำwâai námว่ายน้ำwâai nám[to] swimไม่ได้mâi dâaiไม่ได้mâi dâai1cannot; not allowed; impossible2did not3[to] fail to get/receive [sth]4unacceptable; not allowed (won’t do)5No way!; absolutely not6not really/actually (corrective)
My younger brother can't swim yet.
Word Breakdown
ยังyangยังyang1not yet (with ไม่)2yet? (question use)3still; continuing4still/even (emphatic degree)Part 1
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ยังไม่ได้yang mâi dâaiยังไม่ได้yang mâi dâainot yet; haven’t yet