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How to say to intend, to concentrate
in Thai
ตั้งใจ
dtâng-jai
to intend, to concentrate · to mean to, to work hard at
dtâng fallingjai mid
To set your heart on something: try hard, focus, or mean to. ไม่ได้ตั้งใจ is 'I didn't mean to'.
- Part of speech
- verb
- Literally
- set heart
- Remember it
- SET your HEART on it: intend, focus.
In a sentence
- ไม่ได้ตั้งใจmâi dâai dtâng-jaiI didn't mean to.
- ตั้งใจทำงานdtâng-jai tam-ngaanwork hard
From the same situation: Feelings and the ใจ words
- ชอบto like
- รักto love
- อยากto want to (do)
- อยากได้to want (a thing)
- ไม่ค่อยnot very, not really
- ง่วงsleepy
- เบื่อbored, fed up
- สนุกfun
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