เอ็ง(eng)
Meanings
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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
เฮ้ยhéuyเฮ้ยhéuy1[!] hey; oi (call attention)2[!] hey! (surprise/annoyance)เอ็งengเอ็งengyou (intimate/familiar)จะไปไหนjà bpai nǎiจะไปไหนjà bpai nǎi1Where are you going?2Where are you going? (as a greeting)น่ะnâน่ะnâ1sentence-final softener/emphasis2post-topic marker/highlighter
Hey, where are you (a close friend) going?
Related Words
Similar Meaning
มึงmeungมึงmeungyou (very informal; rude/impolite)
you (very informal; rude/impolite)
แกgaeแกgae1you (familiar)2he; she (familiar)3old person; elder (colloquial, can be rude)4you (spouse/intimate, dialectal)
- you (familiar)
- he; she (familiar)
- old person; elder (colloquial, can be rude)
- you (spouse/intimate, dialectal)
อ้ายâaiอ้ายâai1insulting prefix before a noun2you (rude/insulting; dialectal)3older brother (Isan/Lao; also male slightly older)
- insulting prefix before a noun
- you (rude/insulting; dialectal)
- older brother (Isan/Lao; also male slightly older)