ได้ใจความ(dâi jai kwaam)

Meanings

1VerbB2

[to] grasp the main point; get the gist

To understand the essential meaning or main point of what is said or written.

Examples

ฉันchănฉันchăn1I; me (1st person pronoun)2[to] eat (polite/old-fashioned)อ่านàanอ่านàan1[to] read2[to] read aloud; pronounce3[to] interpret; make sense ofอีเมลee-maynอีเมลee-mayn1email; e-mail2[to] email [sb/sth]ของเขาkŏng kăoของเขาkŏng kăohis; hers; theirsหลายรอบlăai rôpหลายรอบlăai rôp1many times; several times; repeatedly2many rounds; many lapsแต่dtàeแต่dtàe1but; however (contrast)2only; just (restriction)3from; since (starting point)4even; despite (emphatic concessive)ก็gâwก็gâw1also; too2then; so (sequence/result)3even; after all (emphasis/justification)4conditional marker (if… then…)5topic/resumption markerยังyangยังyang1not yet (with ไม่)2yet? (question use)3still; continuing4still/even (emphatic degree)ไม่mâiไม่mâi1not (negator)2no (reply)ได้ใจความdâi jai kwaamได้ใจความdâi jai kwaam1[to] grasp the main point; get the gist2coherent; understandableว่าwâaว่าwâa1[to] say; tell; say that2[to] think; consider; deem3that (clause marker)4about; regarding5[to] scold; reproach; criticizeเขาkăoเขาkăo1he; him2she; her3they; them (context-dependent)4horn5mountain; hillต้องการdtông gaanต้องการdtông gaan1[to] want; desire2[to] need; require3[to] seek; requestอะไรà-raiอะไรà-rai1what2which; what (modifier)3something; anything (unspecified)4what? (interjection of surprise/confusion)
I read his email several times but still couldn't get the main point of what he wanted.
2AdjectiveB2

coherent; understandable

Describing speech or writing that is clear and makes sense; intelligible.

Examples

กรุณาgà-rú-naaกรุณาgà-rú-naa1please (polite/formal request)2kindness; benevolence3kind; benevolentเขียนkĭianเขียนkĭian1[to] write2[to] compose; author3[to] fill out; write in4[to] draw; sketch5[to] write (data); burn (a disc)สรุปsà-rùpสรุปsà-rùp1summary2[to] summarize; conclude3in summary; to sum upรายงานraai-ngaanรายงานraai-ngaan1report (document/account)2[to] report; inform officially3[to] check in; report oneselfให้hâiให้hâi1[to] give; provide2[to] have [sb] do; cause to3for (benefit of)4so that; in order to5until; to the point that (result)6[to] allow; let; permitสั้นsânสั้นsân1short (length)2short (time; brief)3concise4short (breath; supply)และláeและláeand (coordinating)ได้ใจความdâi jai kwaamได้ใจความdâi jai kwaam1[to] grasp the main point; get the gist2coherent; understandable
Please write a summary of the report that is short and intelligible.

Related Words

Word Breakdown

ได้dâiได้dâi1get; obtain; receive2may (polite permission/request)3able to (postverbal/resultative)4manage to; succeed in (achievement)5can; be able to; may (possibility/permission)6okay; sure; agreedPart 1
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ใจความjai kwaamใจความjai kwaam1substance; essential content2main idea; gistPart 2
ได้ใจความdâi jai kwaamได้ใจความdâi jai kwaam[to] grasp the main point; get the gist