ริ(ri)

Meanings

1VerbB2

[to] dare; [to] venture

to dare or attempt (often with a slightly reproachful or presumptuous tone, as in starting to do something one is not ready for)

Examples

ยังyangยังyang1not yet (with ไม่)2yet? (question use)3still; continuing4still/even (emphatic degree)อ่านàanอ่านàan1[to] read2[to] read aloud; pronounce3[to] interpret; make sense ofคู่มือkòo-meuuคู่มือkòo-meuu1user guide; instruction manual2guidebook (how-to)3manual; handbookไม่mâiไม่mâi1not (negator)2no (reply)จบjòpจบjòp1[to] end; be over2[to] complete; finish (an activity/task)3[to] graduate4finished; over; done5[to] drop it; end (discussion/argument)ก็gâwก็gâw1also; too2then; so (sequence/result)3even; after all (emphasis/justification)4conditional marker (if… then…)5topic/resumption markerจะjàจะjà1will; shall (future/intention marker)2about to; going to (near future, often w/ กำลังจะ)3then; would (result in conditionals)ริriริri1[to] dare; [to] venture2[to] begin to; [to] start to (slightly)ซ่อมsômซ่อมsôm1[to] repair; fix2repair; fixing; repair workเครื่องkrêuuangเครื่องkrêuuang1machine; engine; device2appliance; electrical device3equipment; gear4aircraft (colloq.); engine (aircraft)5classifier: machines/devices6embellishment/attire (classical)7assortment/set (pref.)แล้วláeoแล้วláeo1already; now (as of this point)2then; and then; after that3already (preverbal perfective)4and; and then (linking clauses)5already (sentence-final)หรือrĕuหรือrĕu1or (choice/alternative)2or?; really? (question/finality particle)3otherwise; or else (formal)
You haven’t even finished reading the manual and you already dare to try fixing the machine?
2VerbB2

[to] begin to; [to] start to (slightly)

to begin to do something a little; often used with a nuance that the attempt is premature or overreaching

Examples

เพิ่งpêrngเพิ่งpêrng1just; recently2only just now; only now3only/merely (just now starting)หัดhàtหัดhàt1measles (rubeola)2rubella; German measles3[to] practice; train; learn (by doing)เล่นlênเล่นlên1[to] act; perform (role)2casually; for fun (manner marker)3[to] tease; kid; mess with4[to] use; operate; take up (colloquial extension)5seriously; to a great degree (intensifier, often negative)6[to] play; have fun7[to] play (game/sport/instrument)กีตาร์gee-dtaaกีตาร์gee-dtaaguitarไม่กี่mâi gèeไม่กี่mâi gèe1a few; not many2only a few (of them)วันwanวันwan1day2daytime; daylight3classifier: daysก็ริgâw ríก็ริgâw ríew; icky; gross (Thai slang)จะjàจะjà1will; shall (future/intention marker)2about to; going to (near future, often w/ กำลังจะ)3then; would (result in conditionals)แต่งเพลงdtàeng playngแต่งเพลงdtàeng playng[to] compose a songซะsáซะsá1softening/filler final particle (colloquial)2contraction of จะ (spoken; often written as "ซะจะ"/"ซะจะไป" in fast speech is nonstandard)3imperative/emphatic particleแล้วláeoแล้วláeo1already; now (as of this point)2then; and then; after that3already (preverbal perfective)4and; and then (linking clauses)5already (sentence-final)
He’s only been learning guitar for a few days and already starts to compose songs.

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