เมื่อนั้น(mêuua nán)
Meanings
1AdverbB1
then; at that time
Then; at that specific time in the past.
Examples
ฉันchănฉันchăn1I; me (1st person pronoun)2[to] eat (polite/old-fashioned)ย้ายyáaiย้ายyáai1[to] move; relocate2[to] transfer (jobs; schools; departments)3[to] move houseมาmaaมาmaa1[to] come; arrive2come to (result/state)3past/as of now aspect markerอยู่ที่yòo têeอยู่ที่yòo têe1[to] be at; be located at2[to] depend on; be up to3[to] be at (a level/amount)นี่nêeนี่nêe1this (near the speaker)2this; this one (pronoun)3here is…; look/listen (attention-getter)ปีbpeeปีbpee1year2years old3zodiac year; animal year2550เมื่อนั้นmêuua nánเมื่อนั้นmêuua nán1then; at that time2thereupon (literary)แถวนี้tăeo néeแถวนี้tăeo née1around here; nearby2this area; this neighborhood3approximately; around this time/amountยังyangยังyang1not yet (with ไม่)2yet? (question use)3still; continuing4still/even (emphatic degree)ไม่mâiไม่mâi1not (negator)2no (reply)เจริญjà-rernเจริญjà-rern1prosper; flourish; develop2advance; progress3blessed; auspicious (formal)เท่าไหร่tâo ràiเท่าไหร่tâo rài1how much/how many (amount/price)2how (to what degree/extent)3not much/many (after negation)4no matter how much/many
I moved here in 2007. At that time, this area wasn't very developed.
2AdverbB2
thereupon (literary)
A word used in literature, poetry, or traditional plays to introduce the next part of the story, often a character's speech or action; thereupon.
Examples
ในnaiในnai1in; inside; within2during; in (time)3of (formal/official)นิทานní-taanนิทานní-taan1tale; story (traditional/children’s)2folk tale; fableเมื่อmêuuaเมื่อmêuua1when; at the time that2when (past time marker)เจ้าชายjâo chaaiเจ้าชายjâo chaai1prince2Prince (title; before name)ได้ยินdâi-yinได้ยินdâi-yin1[to] hear2[to] hear of; be told; learn (by hearing)ดังนั้นdang nánดังนั้นdang nántherefore; thus; soก็gâwก็gâw1also; too2then; so (sequence/result)3even; after all (emphasis/justification)4conditional marker (if… then…)5topic/resumption markerดีใจdee jaiดีใจdee jaiglad; happyมากmâakมากmâak1very; extremely2many; numerous3much; a lot; greatlyเมื่อนั้นmêuua nánเมื่อนั้นmêuua nán1then; at that time2thereupon (literary)จึงjeungจึงjeung1therefore; so; thus2only then; then (as a result)รีบrêepรีบrêep1[to] hurry; rush2in a hurry; rushed3hastily; quickly (due to urgency)เดินทางdern taangเดินทางdern taang1[to] travel; make a journey2travel; a journey (act of traveling) [formal/literary as noun]ไปbpaiไปbpai1[to] go2away; off (directional complement/particle)3(aspect) continuation into the future4gone; past (serial verb use)ปราสาทbpraa-sàatปราสาทbpraa-sàat1castle; palace2sanctuary tower (Khmer/Angkor-style)ทันทีtan teeทันทีtan tee1immediately; at once2as soon as; the moment that (ทันทีที่)
In the fairy tale, when the prince heard that, he was very happy. Thereupon, he immediately rushed to the castle.
Related Words
Similar Meaning
ตอนนั้นdton nánตอนนั้นdton nán1then; at that time2that time; that moment
- then; at that time
- that time; that moment
ในตอนนั้นnai dton nánในตอนนั้นnai dton nánat that time; back then
at that time; back then
ครั้นนั้นkrán nánครั้นนั้นkrán nánat that time; then
at that time; then
ครานั้นkraa nánครานั้นkraa nánat that time; then
at that time; then
ขณะนั้นkà-nà nánขณะนั้นkà-nà nánat that time; then
at that time; then
Word Breakdown
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เมื่อนั้นmêuua nánเมื่อนั้นmêuua nánthen; at that time