แทบจะ(tâep jà)
Meanings
1AdverbB1
almost; nearly
an adverb used before verbs or adjectives to indicate something is very close to happening or being true
Examples
เมื่อวานmêuua waanเมื่อวานmêuua waan1yesterday (the day before today)2yesterday; yesterday (as an adverb)ฉันchănฉันchăn1I; me (1st person pronoun)2[to] eat (polite/old-fashioned)เหนื่อยมากnèuua-i mâakเหนื่อยมากnèuua-i mâakvery tired; exhaustedกลับglàpกลับglàp1[to] turn over/flip/reverse2contrary; on the contrary3[to] return; go/come back4back; in returnถึงบ้านtĕung bâanถึงบ้านtĕung bâan[to] arrive homeก็gâwก็gâw1also; too2then; so (sequence/result)3even; after all (emphasis/justification)4conditional marker (if… then…)5topic/resumption markerแทบจะtâep jàแทบจะtâep jà1almost; nearly2hardly; scarcely (with ไม่)หลับlàpหลับlàp1[to] sleep; [to] fall asleep2asleep (stative)3numb; asleep (limb)ทันทีtan teeทันทีtan tee1immediately; at once2as soon as; the moment that (ทันทีที่)
I was so tired yesterday, I almost fell asleep as soon as I got home.
2AdverbB1
hardly; scarcely (with ไม่ไม่mâi1not (negator)2no (reply))
used with a negation (แทบจะไม่...) to mean to a very small degree or almost not at all
Examples
วันนี้wan néeวันนี้wan née1today (time of speech)2today; this day3nowadays; these days (informal)ฉันchănฉันchăn1I; me (1st person pronoun)2[to] eat (polite/old-fashioned)แทบจะtâep jàแทบจะtâep jà1almost; nearly2hardly; scarcely (with ไม่)ไม่ได้mâi dâaiไม่ได้mâi dâai1cannot; not allowed; impossible2did not3[to] fail to get/receive [sth]4unacceptable; not allowed (won’t do)5No way!; absolutely not6not really/actually (corrective)กินginกินgin1[to] eat2[to] drink (colloquial/with some nouns)3[to] consume; use up4[to be] corrosive; erode5[to] take (a bribe); pocketอะไรà-raiอะไรà-rai1what2which; what (modifier)3something; anything (unspecified)4what? (interjection of surprise/confusion)เลยloieเลยloie1so; thus; then (immediate result)2completely; absolutely (emphasis)3past; beyond; exceed4at all; whatsoever (often in negatives)
I've had almost nothing to eat today.
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Word Breakdown
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แทบจะtâep jàแทบจะtâep jàalmost; nearly