Jingjok
How to say just (recently)
in Thai
เพิ่ง
pûeng
just (recently)
pûeng falling
Goes before the verb: เพิ่งมา 'just arrived', เพิ่งกิน 'just ate'. The honest answer in your first weeks here.
- Part of speech
- adv
- Remember it
- PUNGENT fish? It JUST arrived.
In a sentence
- เพิ่งมาค่ะpûeng maa kâI just got here.
From the same situation: Who's who
- พี่older brother or sister; you (to someone a bit older)
- น้องyounger brother or sister; you (to someone younger)
- ลุงuncle (older man)
- ป้าauntie (older woman)
- น้าauntie or uncle (younger than your parents)
- อาauntie or uncle (father's younger sibling)
- คนperson, people
- ฝรั่งWesterner (white foreigner)
All 65 words and phrases in “Who's who” →
Your first 90 days of Thai
Jingjok teaches เพิ่ง with audio, the tone drawn on screen, and a check on your own voice. Answer the three questions every Thai asks a foreigner, ask them back, and address people with the right family word.
- WEEKS 1–2 · SURVIVEGreet anyone, pay, and order food and 7-Eleven exactly how you like it.
- WEEKS 3–6 · SETTLE INGet around by taxi, Grab and skytrain, find anything, and handle your landlord.
- WEEKS 7–12 · RUN YOUR LIFEPharmacy, bank, SIM and apps, how you feel, and a weekend away, all in Thai.
The first week is free.