เคย
koei
Meanings
1NounA2
ever; used to (past experience)
marks that something has happened before or that one has had prior experience doing it
Examples
ฉันchănฉันchăn1I; me (1st person pronoun)2[to] eat (polite/old-fashioned)เคยkoeiเคยkoei1ever; used to (past experience)2[used to] (past experience/habit)ไปbpaiไปbpai1[to] go2away; off (directional complement/particle)3(aspect) continuation into the future4gone; past (serial verb use)เชียงใหม่chiiang màiเชียงใหม่chiiang mài1Chiang Mai (city in northern Thailand)2Chiang Mai Province
I have been to Chiang Mai before.
2NounB1
[used to] (past experience/habit)
marks that someone used to do or be something in the past; often shows prior experience or habitual action
Examples
ฉันchănฉันchăn1I; me (1st person pronoun)2[to] eat (polite/old-fashioned)เคยkoeiเคยkoei1ever; used to (past experience)2[used to] (past experience/habit)อยู่yòoอยู่yòo1to be (located); be at2progressive/continuative marker3[to] live; reside; stay4to exist; remainเชียงใหม่chiiang màiเชียงใหม่chiiang mài1Chiang Mai (city in northern Thailand)2Chiang Mai Provinceสองsŏngสองsŏng1two; 22secondปีbpeeปีbpee1year2years old3zodiac year; animal year
I used to live in Chiang Mai for two years.