B Level 2.17: Present Continuous Tense in Thai

กำลัง (gam-lang)

in the act of; in the process of doing…

ผมกำลังกินข้าว (phǒm gam-lang gin khâao)

"I'm eating a meal."

ผมกินข้าวอยู่ (phǒm gin khâao yùu)

"I'm in the middle of eating a meal."

ผมกำลังกินข้าวอยู่ (phǒm gam-lang gin khâao yùu)

"I'm right in the middle of eating a meal."

เหรอ (rǒoe)

really

แค่นี้นะ (khâae níi ná)

That’s all. That’s all I had to talk about for now.

แค่ (khâae)

only; just

นี้ (níi)

this

ทำอะไรอยู่ (tham à-rai yùu)

What are you doing now?

ผีอํา (phi-am)

a ghost that will rest in your chest while you sleep

ผีกระสือ (phi-grà-sue)

the floating head of a lovely woman with only her internal parts dangling from the head and no body.

ผีตายโหง (phi dtaai hong)

a ghost who died violently

ผีตายทั้งกลม (phi dtaai tháawng glom)

a pregnant ghost (usually those who died during childbirth along with their kid.)

ดูทีวี (duu thii-wii )

watch TV

ว่าง (wâang)

free, vacant

ผี (phǐi)

ghost, spirit

ฉาย (chǎai)

to play (movies), to show, to screen, to shine

เจอ (jooe)

to meet

กาดสวนแก้ว (gàat-sǔuan-gâaeo)

Kad Suan Kaew (name of a shopping mall in Chiang Mai)

หนัง (nǎng)

film, movie

เคย (khooei)

ever

อยาก (yàak)

want

เรื่อง (rûueang)

story, topic