forms of "want" Flashcards
ao + noun (object, item) = want / take something yàak + verb/adjective = want to do …/want to be… yàak+hâi + sentence = to want someone to do something/something to happen yàak-dâai + noun (object, item) = want to get… (another form of ao) dtᴐ̂ᴐng-gaan +noun/verb = want (formal)/need
kun ao náam mái
Do you want some water?
pǒm/chán mâi ao aa-hǎan pèt
I do not want spicy food.
kun ao chaa rᵾ̌ᵾ gaa-fεε
Do you want tea or coffee?
pǒm/chán ao kâao-pàt gài
I want stir-fried rice with chicken.
pûak-káo yàak bpai bprà-têet Nee-bpaan dûai-gan
They want to go to Nepal together.
pͻ̂ͻ kͻ̌ͻng-káo yàak / dtͻ̂ͻng-gaan jәә / póp fεεn kͻ̌ͻng-káo
Her father wants to meet her boyfriend.
póp = another form of “meet”: more formal
pǒm/chán mâi yàak àan kàao níi
I do not want to read this news (kàao).
káo yàak sᵾ́ᵾ rͻͻng-táo mài
She wants to buy a new pair of shoes.
káo mâi yàak sák-pâa (kͻ̌ͻng-káo)
She does not want to wash her clothes.
káo mâi yàak hǎa mͻ̌ͻ fan
He does not want to go to see the dentist.
rao mâi yàak hâi pûak-káo glàp bâan dᵾ̀k/cháa
We do not want them to return home late.
pǒm/chán rúu-sᵾ̀k mâi sà-baai, (pǒm/chán) gͻ̂ͻ-lәәi mâi yàak gin (kâao/aa-hǎan)
I do not feel (rúu-sᵾ̀k) well. So, I do not want to eat.
pǒm/chán mâi ao gaa-fεε rͻ́ͻn, (pǒm/chán) ao gaa-fεε yen
I do not want hot coffee, I want iced-coffee.
wan-níi káo mâi yàak hâi ngaan (kͻ̌ͻng-káo) yûng
He does not want his work to be busy today.
pǒm/chán yàak sᵾ́ᵾ nǎng-sᵾ̌ᵾ níi, (pǒm/chán) sᵾ́ᵾ (man) dâai tîi-nǎi
I want to buy this book. Where can I buy it?
dtͻͻn-bàai káo yàak dᵾ̀ᵾm chaa
He wants to drink some tea in the afternoon.
káo yàak hâi mε̂ε (kͻ̌ͻng-káo) sͻ̌ͻn káo tam aa-hǎan tai
She wants her mother to teach her Thai cooking.
pûak-káo yàak hěn hͻ̌ͻ ai-fêen tîi bprà-têet fà-ràng-sèet
They want to see (hěn) Eiffel Tower (hᴐ̌ᴐ-ai-fêen) in France.
káo yàak hâi mε̂ε (kͻ̌ͻng-káo) duu nǎng níi gàp káo
She wants her mother to watch this movie with her.
pûak-káo mâi yàak bpai kâang-nͻ̂ͻk prͻ́-wâa aa-gàat mâi-dii lәәi
They do not want to go outside because the weather is very bad.
Do you want some water?
kun ao náam mái
I do not want spicy food.
pǒm/chán mâi ao aa-hǎan pèt
Do you want tea or coffee?
kun ao chaa rᵾ̌ᵾ gaa-fεε
I want stir-fried rice with chicken.
pǒm/chán ao kâao-pàt gài
They want to go to Nepal together.
pûak-káo yàak bpai bprà-têet Nee-bpaan dûai-gan
Her father wants to meet her boyfriend.
pͻ̂ͻ kͻ̌ͻng-káo yàak/dtͻ̂ͻng-gaan jәә/póp fεεn kͻ̌ͻng-káo
I do not want to read this news.
pǒm/chán mâi yàak àan kàao níi