ลงมือทำ
long meuu tam
Meanings
1NounB1
[to] start doing; take action; get down to work
to begin doing something in a practical, hands-on way; to take action
Examples
เราraoเราrao1we; us2I; me (informal/regional)คุยกันkui ganคุยกันkui gan1[to] talk together; chat2[to] discuss; talk things through; negotiate3[to] be talking (romantically); be seeing each other (informal)มาmaaมาmaa1[to] come; arrive2come to (result/state)3past/as of now aspect markerเยอะyéhเยอะyéh1many; much; a lot (of)2very; a lot (informal intensifier)3excessive; too muchแล้วláeoแล้วláeo1already; now (as of this point)2then; and then; after that3already (preverbal perfective)4and; and then (linking clauses)5already (sentence-final)ถึงเวลาtĕung way-laaถึงเวลาtĕung way-laait's time [to do sth]ลงมือทำlong meuu tamลงมือทำlong meuu tam1[to] start doing; take action; get down to work2[to] carry out; execute; implementสักทีsàk teeสักทีsàk tee1finally; at last2already; for once (urging/complaint)
We've talked a lot already, it's time to start taking action.
2NounB2
[to] carry out; execute; implement
to perform or put a plan/task into practice oneself; to execute or implement an action
Examples
เมนูmay-nooเมนูmay-noo1menu (software interface)2menu (food/drink list)นี้néeนี้née1this (near speaker)2this one3this; the present (time/topic)ดูdooดูdoo1consult; get advice from2try; have a go3[to] divine; tell fortune4[to] examine; check; inspect5[to] seem; appear6[to] look; watch; seeทำtamทำtam1[to] do; make2[to] cook; prepare food3[to] cause; make4[to] work; be employed5[to] act; behaveยากyâakยากyâak1unlikely; hardly2poor; impoverished (dated/formal)3difficult; hardแต่dtàeแต่dtàe1but; however (contrast)2only; just (restriction)3from; since (starting point)4even; despite (emphatic concessive)พอporพอpor1enough; sufficient2enough; sufficiently3[to] suffice; be enough4quite; rather; fairly5as soon as; when6only; just; merelyได้dâiได้dâi1get; obtain; receive2may (polite permission/request)3able to (postverbal/resultative)4manage to; succeed in (achievement)5can; be able to; may (possibility/permission)ลงมือทำlong meuu tamลงมือทำlong meuu tam1[to] start doing; take action; get down to work2[to] carry out; execute; implementเองayngเองayng1oneself; personally; by oneself2exactly that/itself3emphatic particle (self/only)ก็gâwก็gâw1also; too2then; so (sequence/result)3even; after all (emphasis/justification)4conditional marker (if… then…)5topic/resumption markerไม่ยากmâi yâakไม่ยากmâi yâakeasy; not difficultอย่างที่yàang têeอย่างที่yàang têeas; like; the way thatคิดkítคิดkít1[to] think; consider2[to] calculate; figure out3[to] charge (a price)4[to] intend; plan
This dish looks difficult to make, but once I got to perform the task myself, it wasn't as hard as I thought.
Related Words
Similar Meaning
ลงมือlong meuลงมือlong meu1[to] start doing; get to work2[to] take action (often decisive)
- [to] start doing; get to work
- [to] take action (often decisive)
ลงมือทำงานlong meuu tam ngaanลงมือทำงานlong meuu tam ngaan[to] get to work; [to] start working
[to] get to work; [to] start working
ดำเนินการdam-nern gaanดำเนินการdam-nern gaan1[to] carry out; implement; proceed (with)2conduct (formal/official)
- [to] carry out; implement; proceed (with)
- conduct (formal/official)
ปฏิบัติbpà-dtì-bàtปฏิบัติbpà-dtì-bàt1[to] perform; carry out2[to] treat [sb]3(compound use only) operational; in operation4[to] practice; observe (rules)
- [to] perform; carry out
- [to] treat [sb]
- (compound use only) operational; in operation
- [to] practice; observe (rules)
Word Breakdown
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ลงมือทำlong meuu tamลงมือทำlong meuu tam[to] start doing; take action; get down to work