สองยาม
sɔ̌ɔng-yaamMeaning
1NounC1
midnight
midnight, marking the end of the second night watch in traditional Thai timekeeping.
Examples
เมื่อคืนmʉ̂ʉa-kʉʉnเมื่อคืนmʉ̂ʉa-kʉʉn1last night (the night before today)2last nightเราraoเราrao1we; 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)จนถึงjon-tʉ̌ngจนถึงjon-tʉ̌nguntil; up to; as far as (time/place)สองยามsɔ̌ɔng-yaamสองยามsɔ̌ɔng-yaammidnightกว่าจะgwàa-jàกว่าจะgwàa-jànot until; by the time (introducing a clause)ได้dâaiได้dâai1okay; sure; agreed2[to] get; obtain; receive3can; [to] be able to; may4[to] manage to; succeed in5actualized-action markerนอนnɔɔnนอนnɔɔn1[to] sleep2[to] lie down; recline3reclining; lying downก็gɔ̂ก็gɔ̂1also; too2then; so (sequence/result)3conditional marker (if… then…)4well; after all (emphasis/justification)5topic/resumption markerดึกdʉ̀kดึกdʉ̀k1late at night; late2late at nightมากmâakมากmâak1very; extremely2much; a lot; greatly3many; numerousแล้วlɛ́ɛoแล้วlɛ́ɛo1already; now (as of this point)2then; and then; after that3already; completed-action marker4and; and then (linking clauses)
Last night we talked until midnight, so it was very late by the time we went to bed.
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ยายyaaiบอกให้bɔ̀ɔk-hâiกลับบ้านglàp-bâanก่อนgɔ̀ɔnสองยามsɔ̌ɔng-yaamเพราะprɔ́หลังเที่ยงlǎng-tîiangคืนkʉʉnถนนtà-nǒnแถวนี้tɛ̌ɛo-níiจะjàเงียบngîiapจนjonแทบtɛ̂ɛpไม่มีmâi-miiคนkonผ่านpàan
Grandma told me to come home before midnight because the streets around here become almost deserted after that.
ล่วงlûuangเข้าkâoสองยามsɔ̌ɔng-yaamแล้วlɛ́ɛoแม่mɛ̂ɛยังคงyang-kongนั่งnângเงี่ยหูngîia-hǔuฟังfangเสียงsǐiangรถrótหน้าบ้านnâa-bâanด้วยdûuaiหวังว่าwǎng-wâaลูกlûukจะjàกลับมาglàp-maaทันtanก่อนgɔ̀ɔnฝนตกfǒn-dtòk
It was already midnight, yet Mother still sat listening for the sound of a vehicle outside the house, hoping her child would return before the rain began.
แม้mɛ́ɛจะjàเหน็ดเหนื่อยnèt-nʉ̀ʉaiมาmaaทั้งวันtáng-wanพอถึงpɔɔ-tʉ̌ngสองยามsɔ̌ɔng-yaamเขาkǎoกลับglàpตาสว่างdtaa-sà-wàangนอนnɔɔnคิดkítวนเวียนwon-wiianถึงtʉ̌ngคำพูดkam-pûutที่tîiยังyangติดค้างdtìt-káangอยู่ในyùu-naiใจjai
Despite being exhausted from the day, he found himself wide awake at midnight, lying there turning over the words that still weighed on his mind.
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 classHigh class
- Tone markNo tone mark
- Syllable endingLive syllableEnds in -ง, a sonorant, so it is live.
High class consonants
ขฃฉฐถผฝศษสห
Result
Rising tone
sɔ̌ɔng
Dips low first, then rises clearly.
High class + No tone mark + Live syllable → Rising
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
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ยามyaamยามyaam1guard; watchman2time; period; at the time of (formal/lit.)3watch duty; guard shift4quarter of the night (traditional)guard; watchmanPart 2
สองยามsɔ̌ɔng-yaamสองยามsɔ̌ɔng-yaammidnightmidnightWord