ฮร้า
hráaMeanings
1ParticleB2
playful question particle
a playful, sassy, or exaggerated final particle used to ask for confirmation or show doubt, like “really?” or “is that so?”
Examples
แกgaeแกgae1you (familiar)2he; she (familiar)ซื้อséuซื้อséu1[to] buy; purchase2[to] bribe; buy offกระเป๋าgrà-bpăoกระเป๋าgrà-bpăo1bag; handbag; purse2pocket3walletใบbaiใบbai1leaf2sheet; slip; card; ticket; bill; receipt3classifier for leaves, paper items, containers, and certain other objects4license; permit; certificate5bladeนั้นnánนั้นnán1that (distal demonstrative)2that one; that thing3(topic-marking or emphatic particle)มาmaaมาmaa1[to] come; arrive2[to] come to (a state or situation)3past/as of now aspect markerจริงjingจริงjing1true; real; genuine2really; truly; indeed3intensifier particle (final)4truth; reality (rare as noun)ฮร้าhráaฮร้าhráa1playful question particle2really?; is that so?
Did you really buy that bag?
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Are you really wearing this outfit to the party tonight?
เดินdernจับมือjàp meuuกันganขนาดนั้นkà-nàat nánจะjàให้hâiเชื่อว่าchêuua wâaเป็นbpenแค่kâeเพื่อนpêuuanกันganจริงjingฮร้าhráa
Holding hands like that, you really expect me to believe you're just friends?
บอกว่าbòk wâaกำลังgam-langลดน้ำหนักlót nám nàkแต่dtàeมาmaaนั่งnângกินginเค้กkékตอนเที่ยงdton tîiangคืนkeunเนี่ยนะnîa náจริงjingฮร้าhráa
You said you were on a diet, but you're sitting here eating cake at midnight? Really?
2InterjectionB2
really?; is that so?
an exclamation expressing surprise, disbelief, or playful sarcasm, similar to “really?” or “is that so?”
Examples
ฮร้าhráaฮร้าhráa1playful question particle2really?; is that so?แกgaeแกgae1you (familiar)2he; she (familiar)จะjàจะjà1will; shall (future/intention marker)2about to; going to (near future, often w/ กำลังจะ)3will; would (in conditional results)แต่งงานdtàeng ngaanแต่งงานdtàeng ngaan[to] get married; marryเดือนหน้าdeuuan nâaเดือนหน้าdeuuan nâa1next month2next month (time adverbial)แล้วláeoแล้วláeo1already; now (as of this point)2then; and then; after that3already; completed-action marker4and; and then (linking clauses)เหรอเนี่ยrŏe nîaเหรอเนี่ยrŏe nîareally?; is that so?
Gasp! You're getting married next month?
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Seriously?! Don't tell me you actually won the first prize in the lottery.
Tones
See how the spelling sets each syllable's tone, step by step.
Why is ฮร้า said ฮอ-ร้า?
hráa
The tone rules below use the spoken syllables.
2 syllables · pick one to see its rule
How the tone is decided
- Consonant classLow class
- Tone markNo tone mark
- Syllable endingLive syllableA long vowel with no final consonant, so it is live.
Low class consonants
คฅฆงชซฌญฑฒณทธนพฟภมยรลวฬฮ
Result
Mid tone
Level, in your normal speaking voice.
Low class + No tone mark + Live syllable → Mid
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 | — | — |