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"already; in the past" in Thai

แล้ว
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Summary

The Thai translation for “already; in the past” is แล้ว.

Pronounced the same

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so; and แล้ว

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to turn เลี้ยว

Examples of "already; in the past" in use

There are 448 examples of the Thai word for "already; in the past" being used:
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I have been waiting for him for three hours already. ผมนั่งคอยเขามาได้สามชั่วโมงแล้ว
How many hours have you been sitting and waiting for him already? คุณนั่งคอยเขามาได้กี่ชั่วโมงแล้ว
I want to go for long time ago but I don’t have a chance. ผมอยากไปมานานแล้วแต่ไม่มีโอกาส
Where was he last Wednesday? วันพุธที่แล้วเขาอยู่ที่ไหน
How long had you been sick before you saw the doctor? คุณป่วยมานานแค่ไหนแล้วก่อนพบแพทย์
I went to see a movie last Tuesday. วันอังคารที่แล้วผมไปดูหนัง
We normally expect to stay in the hotels near the beach but with a lot of people, those hotels were fully booked. คือปกติเราคาดหวังจะได้โรงแรมอยู่ติดกับชายหาดแต่ว่าคนมันเยอะจองเต็มหมดแล้ว
I told you already. (female speaker) ฉันเล่าแล้ว
I’m engaged. ผมหมั้นแล้ว
We were engaged. เราหมั้นกันแล้ว

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"already; in the past" Practice (449)
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Lesson phrases
A dish of fried rice cost two hundred that I believe is very expensive.,
A new semester has started.,
After he has no sleeping bag to sleep with, he tries to find a garage to sleep in.,
All the concert tickets were sold out.,
All the seats are reserved.,
Also your friend, how long he has been here?,
Another problem after we got to the hotel was that we couldn’t drive the car into the beach because there were a lot of people and there was no parking for us.,
Are you already allowed to drink alcohol?,
Are you already allowed to drive?,
Are you already allowed to travel abroad alone?,
Because at that time it was already dark.,
Besides, Cambodia became a colonial country of the Ayutthaya Kingdom.,
Both of them have arrived here.,
But I already know a lot of people.,
But I don’t smoke anymore.,
But she already has a boyfriend.,
But when we got there our feelings changed, became very excited and I was really very excited because we saw the bustling atmosphere of tourists and beaches full of people.,
Can he swim yet?,
Can you write Thai yet? (male polite form),
Did you do your best?
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