ไม่ได้(mâi dâai)
Meanings
cannot; not allowed; impossible
used before a verb to show inability, impossibility, or prohibition
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did not
used before a verb to negate a past or completed action (often with a time phrase)
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[to] fail to get/receive [sth]
to fail to obtain or receive something (e.g., ไม่ได้เงิน ‘didn’t get the money’)
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unacceptable; not allowed (won’t do)
used as a predicate to judge something as not acceptable/impermissible (e.g., แบบนี้ไม่ได้ ‘This won’t do / This isn’t allowed’)
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No way!; absolutely not
a forceful refusal or contradiction used alone or as a quick reply
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not really/actually (corrective)
used before a verb/adjective/clause to gently contradict or downplay (e.g., ไม่ได้แพง ‘not really expensive’; ไม่ได้หมายความว่า… ‘does not mean that…’)
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Related Words
Similar Meaning
[to] not receive [sth]
- [to] refrain; [to] resist (doing)
- [to] fast; [to] abstain from food
- cannot help but (with ได้/ไม่ไหว construction)
- [to] go without; [to] forgo