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glâeng tam bpen

Meanings

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[to] deliberately pretend; [to] feign

to intentionally act as if something is true, or as if you have a feeling or ability, when it is not; to fake or put on an act (e.g., play dumb, pretend not to know)

Examples

พอporพอpor1enough; sufficient2enough; sufficiently3[to] suffice; be enough4quite; rather; fairly5as soon as; when6only; just; merelyครูkruuครูkruu1teacher2master; mentor (respectful)3teacher (classifier; formal)เดินมาdern maaเดินมาdern maa[to] walk over; come walking (toward speaker/reference point)เด็กๆdèk dèkเด็กๆdèk dèk1children; kids2childish; immature3easy; trivial (colloquial)ก็gâwก็gâw1also; too2then; so (sequence/result)3even; after all (emphasis/justification)4conditional marker (if… then…)5topic/resumption markerแกล้งทำเป็นglâeng tam bpenแกล้งทำเป็นglâeng tam bpen[to] deliberately pretend; [to] feignอ่านàanอ่านàan1[to] read2[to] read aloud; pronounce3[to] interpret; make sense ofหนังสือnǎng-sĕuหนังสือnǎng-sĕu1book (printed work)2document; letter3study text
When the teacher came, the children pretended to be reading.

Word Breakdown

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แกล้งทำเป็นglâeng tam bpenแกล้งทำเป็นglâeng tam bpen[to] deliberately pretend; [to] feign