เล่า

lâo

Meanings

1NounA2

[to] tell; narrate; recount

to relate information, events, or a story to someone; to recount

Examples

แม่mâeแม่mâe1mother; mom2madam; ma’am (rural/archaic)3prefix: female; main; baseเล่าlâoเล่าlâo1[to] tell; narrate; recount2particle (emphasis/insistence)นิทานní-taanนิทานní-taan1tale; story (traditional/children’s)2folk tale; fableให้hâiให้hâi1[to] give; provide2[to] have [sb] do; cause to3for (benefit of)4so that; in order to5until; to the point that (result)6[to] allow; let; permitลูกlôokลูกlôok1child; son; daughter2offspring (of animals); young3ball; spherical object4seed; kernel (round unit)5classifier: round/small items6customer; client (colloquial)ฟังfangฟังfang1listen2heed3[to] sound; seem (to the ear)ก่อนนอนgòn nonก่อนนอนgòn non1before bed; before sleeping; at bedtime2bedtime (as a modifier)
Mom tells a bedtime story to her child.
2NounB2

particle (emphasis/insistence)

a sentence-final particle in informal speech adding emphasis, insistence, or urging, often continuing a previously mentioned point

Examples

ทำไมtam maiทำไมtam mai1why (question word)2why (expressing disbelief/complaint)ถึงtĕungถึงtĕung1to; toward (recipient/goal)2even; so ... that; to the point that3as far as; concerning (formal)4to; until; up to5[to] arrive; reachลืมleuumลืมleuum1[to] forget2[to] leave behind (by forgetting)3forget to; omit unintentionallyเอาaoเอาao1[to] take; get; pick2[to] want (request/ordering)3[to] use; employ4[to] bring/take (for use)5marker: purpose/focus6marker: insistence/emphasisเอกสารèk-gà-săanเอกสารèk-gà-săan1document2documentationไปbpaiไปbpai1[to] go2away; off (directional complement/particle)3(aspect) continuation into the future4gone; past (serial verb use)เล่าlâoเล่าlâo1[to] tell; narrate; recount2particle (emphasis/insistence)
Why did you forget to take the documents?

Related Words

Similar Meaning

บอกเล่าbòk lâoบอกเล่าbòk lâo1[to] tell; relate; narrate2declarative (grammar)
  • [to] tell; relate; narrate
  • declarative (grammar)
ล่ะlâล่ะlâ1topic/contrast particle; question tag2sentence-final particle (casual emphasis)3elliptical answer marker
  • topic/contrast particle; question tag
  • sentence-final particle (casual emphasis)
  • elliptical answer marker
บอกbòkบอกbòk1[to] tell; inform2[to] ask/tell (someone to do something) (colloquial)3[to] indicate; show4[to] state; say (reporting speech)
  • [to] tell; inform
  • [to] ask/tell (someone to do something) (colloquial)
  • [to] indicate; show
  • [to] state; say (reporting speech)
บรรยายban-yaaiบรรยายban-yaai1[to] describe; narrate2[to] lecture; give a talk
  • [to] describe; narrate
  • [to] lecture; give a talk