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How to say have you read ___?
in Thai
เคยอ่าน___ไหม
koei àan ___ mǎi
have you read ___?
Add ครับ (kráp) if you are a man or ค่ะ (kâ) if you are a woman. It makes the sentence polite, and Thais always use it.
- Where
- conversation
- Register
- polite
- Fill the blank with
- สี่แผ่นดิน · พระอภัยมณี · คู่กรรม
What they will say back
- เคยอ่านตอนมัธยมkoei àan dtaawn mát-tá-yomI read it in secondary school.
Words inside it
From the same situation: Literature and classics
- วรรณคดีclassical literature, the classics
- วรรณกรรมliterature, literary works (any period)
- ร้อยแก้วprose
- ร้อยกรองverse, poetry
- กวีpoet
- บทกวีpoem
- กลอนklon (the commonest Thai verse form)
- โคลงkhlong (verse form with tone-mark rules)
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