How to say the Thai word to Think | Thai Vocabulary

Thai Vocabulary

| To Think

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In this blog, we will learn how to say and use the word “to think” in the Thai Language. This is used widely in the English language, ie ‘I think that….’. The usage of this verb in the Thai language is not too dissimilar.

To say “to think” in the Thai language is…

คิด /kít/

For example,

คุณกำลังคิดอะไร / kun gam-lang kít à-rai/

What are you thinking?

เราคิดว่าภาษาไทยไม่ยาก /rao kít wâa paa-sǎa thai mâi yâak/

ขอคิดดูก่อน /kɔ̆ɔ kít duu gɔ̀ɔn/

Let me think first.

If you want to say that you miss somebody, in Thai is…

คิดถึง /kít-tʉ̌ng/

ฉัน/ผมรู้สึกคิดถึงบ้าน/chán,pŏm rúu-sᵾ̀k kít-tᵾ̆ng bâan/

I feel homesick.

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There is a similar word which is…

 นึก /nʉ́k/

This word means to consider, to think and to bring to mind.

If you say นึกว่า /nʉ́k wâa/, it can mean “to think that” or “thought that”,  to indicate that something contrast to what you imagined before.

ผม/ฉันนึกว่าเขาไม่สบาย /pŏm,chán nᵾ́k wâa káo mâi sà-baai/

I thought he was sick. (but he was not)

If you say นึกถึง /nʉ́k -tʉ̌ng/, it means “think of, think about” and it can also mean “to recall”.

เวลาผมเจอเธอผมมักจะนึกถึงตอนเธอเมา/wee-laa pŏm jәә tәә pŏm mák-jà nᵾ́k-tᵾ̆ng dtɔɔn tәә mao/

When I meet her, I usually think of when she was drunk.

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