เอ็ง
engMeaning
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you (intimate/familiar)
a familiar second-person pronoun meaning 'you', used in close relationships or traditional/old-fashioned speech; can sound rough, intimate, or dialectal depending on context; often paired with 'ข้าข้าkâa1I; me (archaic/poetic; rustic)2servant; subject (historical)3I; me (deferential to royalty, historical formula)' for 'I/me' in older or colloquial styles
Examples
เฮ้ยhə́əiเฮ้ยhə́əi1hey; oi (call attention)2hey! (surprise/annoyance)เอ็งengเอ็งengyou (intimate/familiar)จะไปไหนjà-bpai-nǎiจะไปไหนjà-bpai-nǎi1Where are you going?2Where are you going? (as a greeting)น่ะnâน่ะnâ1sentence-final emphasis or explanation particle2post-topic marker/highlighter
Hey, where are you (a close friend) going?
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Grandma told you already, didn't she? Don't come home late.
เอ็งengจำjamได้ไหมdâi măiว่าwâaตอนเด็กๆdton dèk-dèkข้าkâaกับgàpเอ็งengชอบchôpไปbpaiเล่นlênที่têeทุ่งนาtûng naaหลังบ้านlăng bâan
Do you remember when we were kids, you and I used to love playing in the rice field behind the house?
ในnaiบทละครbòt-lá-kɔɔnเรื่องrʉ̂ʉangนี้níiตัวเอกdtuua-èekพูดpûutกับgàpเพื่อนสนิทpʉ̂ʉan-sà-nìtว่าwâaข้าkâaจะไม่มีjà-mâi-miiวันwanทิ้งtíngเอ็งengไปไหนbpai-nǎi
In this play, the main character says to his close friend, "I will never leave you."
Tones
See how the spelling sets each syllable's tone, step by step.
How the tone is decided
- Consonant classMid class
- Tone markNo tone mark
- Syllable endingLive syllableEnds in -ง, a sonorant, so it is live.
Mid class consonants
กจฎฏดตบปอ
Result
Mid tone
eng
Level, in your normal speaking voice.
Mid 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 | — | — |