เป็นตา(bpen dtaa)
Meanings
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[Isan/Lao-influenced] so; very; extremely (before adjectives)
Regional colloquial intensifier meaning “so/very/extremely,” placed before adjectives, e.g., เป็นตาแซบ ‘so delicious’, เป็นตาน่าสงสาร ‘so pitiful’.
Examples
แกงgaengแกงgaeng1Thai curry (soup/stew)2[to] make curry; cook a curry dish3classifier: types/varieties of curry dishesนี้néeนี้née1this (near speaker)2this one3this; the present (time/topic)เป็นตาbpen dtaaเป็นตาbpen dtaa[Isan/Lao-influenced] so; very; extremely (before adjectives)แซบsâepแซบsâep1spicy-tasty (Isan/Lao)2delicious (slang)3sexy/attractive (slang)กินginกินgin1[to] eat2[to] drink (colloquial/with some nouns)3[to] consume; use up4[to be] corrosive; erode5[to] take (a bribe); pocketแล้วláeoแล้วláeo1already; now (as of this point)2then; and then; after that3already (preverbal perfective)4and; and then (linking clauses)5already (sentence-final)หายhăaiหายhăai1[to] disappear; be gone2be missing; lost3[to] recover; get better4[to] stop; cease (of a symptom/state)คิดkítคิดkít1[to] think; consider2[to] calculate; figure out3[to] charge (a price)4[to] intend; planฮอดบ้านhôt bâanฮอดบ้านhôt bâan[to] arrive home (Isan/Lao)เลยloieเลยloie1so; thus; then (immediate result)2completely; absolutely (emphasis)3past; beyond; exceed4at all; whatsoever (often in negatives)
This curry is so delicious; eating it makes me stop missing home.
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เป็นตาbpen dtaaเป็นตาbpen dtaa[Isan/Lao-influenced] so; very; extremely (before adjectives)