แต่ไกล(dtàe glai)

Meanings

1AdverbB1

from a distance; from afar

from a long way away; from a distance.

Examples

ฉันchănฉันchăn1I; me (1st person pronoun)2[to] eat (polite/old-fashioned)เห็นhĕnเห็นhĕn1[to] see2[to] notice; [to] realize; [to] find (that)3[to] think; [to] be of the opinion4[to] consider; [to] regard asเขาkăoเขาkăo1he; him2she; her3they; them (context-dependent)4horn5mountain; hillแต่ไกลdtàe glaiแต่ไกลdtàe glaifrom a distance; from afar
I saw him from a long way away.

Word Breakdown

แต่dtàeแต่dtàe1but; however (contrast)2only; just (restriction)3from; since (starting point)4even; despite (emphatic concessive)Part 1
+
ไกลglaiไกลglai1far; distant2far (in time/relationship); distant3far; to a distant placePart 2
แต่ไกลdtàe glaiแต่ไกลdtàe glaifrom a distance; from afar