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The word "Why" in Thai language we say "tam-mai" (ทำไม)
Sometimes when we really want to know about the reason we will use...
"tam-mai těung" (ทำไมถึง)
or "tam-mai..... těung" (ทำไม...ถึง)
Example sentences
 tam-mai kun pûut bàep-nán ká |
| ทำไมคุณพูดแบบนั้นคะ |
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| kun aa-yú sèe-sìp láeo tam-mai těung yang mâi-mee faen kráp |
| คุณอายุ 40 แล้ว ทำไมถึงยังไม่มีแฟนครับ |
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| tam-mai káo těung ruai mâak káo tam-ngaan a-rai |
| ทำไมเขาถึงรวยมาก เขาทำงานอะไร |
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PRONOUNs |
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| pûut |
to say, to speak |
พูด |
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| bàep-nán |
like that |
แบบนั้น |
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| ká |
polite particle for question
[female speaker] |
คะ |
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| kráp |
polite particle [male speaker] |
ครับ |
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| aa-yú |
age |
อายุ |
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| sèe-sìp |
40
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สี่สิบ |
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| láeo |
already, now(not before) |
แล้ว |
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| yang |
still, not yet |
ยัง |
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| mâi |
no, not |
ไม่ |
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| mee |
have, has, there is, there are |
มี |
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| faen |
boyfriend, girlfriend |
แฟน |
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| ruai |
rich |
รวย |
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| mâak |
very much, very, so |
มาก |
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| tam-ngaan |
to work |
ทำงาน |
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| a-rai |
What |
อะไร |
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| Why did you say that? [ female speaker] |
| You are 40 years old. Why you still have no boyfriend? [ male speaker] |
| Why is he very rich? What does he do for a living? |
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