เพลินๆ
plern-plernMeaning
1AdverbB1
enjoyably; for fun
in an enjoyable and relaxed way, often to pass the time without a specific goal.
Examples
วันหยุดwan yùtวันหยุดwan yùt1day off; rest day2public holiday3regular closing day (of a shop/business)เขาkăoเขาkăo1he; him2she; her3they; them (context-dependent)4horn5mountain; hillมักจะmák jàมักจะmák jà1often; usually (habit/frequency)2tend to; be apt/prone to (general tendency)นอนnonนอนnon1[to] sleep2[to] lie down; recline3reclining; lying downอ่านàanอ่านàan1[to] read2[to] read aloud; pronounce3[to] interpret; make sense of4[to] read data (computing)หนังสือการ์ตูนnăng-sĕu gaa-dtoonหนังสือการ์ตูนnăng-sĕu gaa-dtooncomic book; comics; mangaเพลินๆplern-plernเพลินๆplern-plernenjoyably; for funอยู่yòoอยู่yòo1[to] live; reside; stay2to be (located); be at3progressive/continuative marker4to exist; remainบ้านbâanบ้านbâan1house; home2home (family unit)3village; hometown4classifier: หลัง5domestic; domesticated; cultivated
On holidays, he usually lies at home, enjoyably reading comics.
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Mom likes to sit and knit enjoyably while watching TV.
ระหว่างrá-wàangรอrorเพื่อนpêuuanฉันchănก็เลยgôr loeiเดินดูdern dooของkŏngในnaiร้านráanไปbpaiเพลินๆplern-plern
While waiting for my friend, I just browsed things in the shop to pass the time.
เขาkăoใช้เวลาchái way-laaช่วงบ่ายchûuang bàaiวาดwâatภาพทิวทัศน์pâap tiu tátไปbpaiเพลินๆplern-plernจนjonลืมleuumเวลากินข้าวway-laa gin kâaoเย็นyen
He spent the afternoon enjoyably painting a landscape, so absorbed that he forgot about dinner time.
Tones
See how the spelling sets each syllable's tone, step by step.
Why is เพลินๆ said เพลิน-เพลิน?
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Thai spelling does not always show how a word sounds. This is how it is said.
The tone rules below use the spoken syllables.
2 syllables · pick one to see its rule
How the tone is decided
- Consonant classLow classConsonant clusterIn the cluster พล, the first consonant พ sets the class.
- Tone markNo tone mark
- Syllable endingLive syllableEnds in -น, a sonorant, so it is live.
Low class consonants
คฅฆงชซฌญฑฒณทธนพฟภมยรลวฬฮ
Result
Mid tone
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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 | — | — |