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tâep

Meanings

1NounA2

almost; nearly

used to indicate that something is very close to happening or being true

Examples

ฝนfŏnฝนfŏn1rain2[to] file; grind; honeเมฆmêkเมฆmêkcloudครึ้มkréumครึ้มkréum1overcast; gloomy (sky)2moody; sullen3lush; dense (foliage)4swollen; puffy; inflamedจนjonจนjon1poor2until; up to3so ... that; to the point ofแทบจะtâep jàแทบจะtâep jà1almost; nearly2hardly; scarcely (with ไม่)ตกdtòkตกdtòk1[to] fall; drop2(rain/snow) fall3[to] fail (an exam/test)4[to] end up at; be assigned to; be allotted5[to] be left out; miss one’s turn6[to] cost; come to7[to] be startled; be alarmedแล้วláeoแล้วláeo1already; now (as of this point)2then; and then; after that3already (preverbal perfective)4and; and then (linking clauses)5already (sentence-final)
The clouds are so dark that it’s almost about to rain.
2NounB1

barely; hardly

used to indicate that something happens only with great difficulty or by a very small margin

Examples

เมื่อคืนmêuua keunเมื่อคืนmêuua keun1last night (the night before today)2last nightงานเยอะngaan yérงานเยอะngaan yéra lot of work; busy (with work)มากmâakมากmâak1very; extremely2many; numerous3much; a lot; greatlyฉันchănฉันchăn1I; me (1st person pronoun)2[to] eat (polite/old-fashioned)แทบtâepแทบtâep1almost; nearly2barely; hardly3virtually; practicallyทำtamทำtam1[to] do; make2[to] cook; prepare food3[to] cause; make4[to] work; be employed5[to] act; behaveไม่ทันmâi tanไม่ทันmâi tan1not in time; too late2[to] miss [sth]; fail to be in time (for [sth])3[to] not keep up (with [sb]/[sth]); be outpaced4[to] not get the chance to (do [sth])
Last night there was so much work I could barely finish in time.
3NounB1

virtually; practically

intensifier meaning ‘for all practical purposes’; emphasizes extent (often with a negative or extreme adjective)

Examples

อาหารaa-hăanอาหารaa-hăan1food; nourishment2dish; meal3diet; what one eatsจานjaanจานjaan1plate; dish (tableware)2dish antenna; satellite dish3classifier for plates/servingsนี้néeนี้née1this (near speaker)2this one3this; the present (time/topic)เผ็ดpètเผ็ดpèt1spicy; hot (pungent)2figuratively fierce/bitingแทบtâepแทบtâep1almost; nearly2barely; hardly3virtually; practicallyกินginกินgin1[to] eat2[to] drink (colloquial/with some nouns)3[to] consume; use up4[to be] corrosive; erode5[to] take (a bribe); pocketไม่ไหวmâi wăiไม่ไหวmâi wăi[to] be unable (to [do sth]); cannot
This dish is so spicy it’s practically inedible.

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