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How to say lonely
in Thai
เหงา
ngǎo
lonely
ngǎo rising
Common in songs and in chats from friends far away. Foreigners living alone hear เหงาไหม 'are you lonely?' often; it is caring, not nosy.
- Part of speech
- adj
- Remember it
- A lonely cat cries NG-OW.
In a sentence
- เหงาไหมngǎo mǎiDo you feel lonely?
- ไม่เหงาmâi ngǎoI'm not lonely.
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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