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How to say event, incident
in Thai
เหตุการณ์
hèet-gaan
event, incident
hèet lowgaan mid
The neutral, slightly formal word in news and reports.
- Part of speech
- noun
- Register
- formal
In a sentence
- เหตุการณ์นี้เกิดขึ้นเมื่อวานhèet-gaan níi gòoet-kûen mûea-waanThis incident happened yesterday.
From the same situation: Telling stories
- ตอนแรกat first
- หลังจากนั้นafter that
- ต่อมาlater on, subsequently
- ในที่สุดin the end, finally
- ทีหลังlater, afterwards
- ตอนนั้นat that time, back then
- วันหนึ่งone day
- ครั้งหนึ่งonce (on one occasion)
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