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Wednesday, 7 August 2013

PAI ไป

One of Thai linguistic features is that a word can have multiple meanings or grammatical functions.


"ไป"  / bpai /

Meanings related to direction

= 1. (V.) 'to go' (main meaning)

Ex 1. เขา ไป กรุงเทพ เมื่อวาน
         /kao pai grung-tep mue-wan/  
         He went to Bangkok yesterday.

VOCAB:  
เขา            Kao                    = She/He
ไป             Pai                     = to go
กรุงเทพ     Grung-tep           = Bangkok
เมื่อวาน      Mue-wan            = yesterday

=  2. (aux.)  indicate the direction further away from the speaker

Ex 2.    ฉัน ส่ง หนังสือ ไป ทาง ไปรษณีย์
          /chan song nang-sue pai tang pai-sa-nii / 
           I sent the book by post.

In Ex.2,  'PAI' modifies the main verb 'SONG' (= to send) by indicating the direction that moved further away from the speaker.

VOCAB:  
ฉัน             Chan                    = I
ส่ง             Song                     = to send
หนังสือ       Nang-sue              = book
ไป             Pai                       = further away
ทาง           Tang                     = way / by / via
ไปรษณีย์    Prai-sa-nii             = post/ post office