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"because" in Thai

เพราะว่า

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Literal Breakdown

Recording	English	Thai	Learn
	because (short form)	เพราะ	Learn
	as; that	ว่า	Learn

Summary

The Thai translation for “because” is เพราะว่า. The Thai, เพราะว่า, can be broken down into 2 parts:"because (short form)" (เพราะ) and "as; that" (ว่า).

Examples of "because" in use

There are 28 examples of the Thai word for "because" being used:

Recording	English	Thai	Learn
	I don’t want the horse to run because the horse is very old.	ไม่อยากให้ม้าวิ่งเพราะว่าม้าแก่แล้ว	Learn
	Mack says, “I don’t want to ride because the horse is very old”.	แมคพูดว่าไม่ขี่เพราะว่าม้าแก่แล้ว	Learn
	In Thailand every house has a fan because the weather is very hot	ที่ ฯลฯ	Learn
	Because it hardly ever looks good at all.	เพราะว่ามันดูไม่ค่อยดีเท่าไหร่	Learn
	Because the transportation costs of the various things uses a lot of oil.	เพราะว่าค่าขนส่งค่าอะไรต่างๆมันใช้น้ำมันเยอะ	Learn
	I also refer to myself with the word “I” because it is a formal word.	ผมก็เรียกตัวเองว่า ผม เพราะว่าเป็นทางการไง	Learn
	His knee is hurt because he had a car crash yesterday	หัวเข่าของเขาเจ็บเพราะว่าเขาถูกรถชนเมื่อวานนี้	Learn
	And we ordered a large plate of fried rice because Thai people like to eat rice if there is no rice then they are feel not full.	แล้วเราก็สั่งข้าวผัดมาจานใหญ่ ๆ เพราะว่าคนไทยชอบกินข้าว ถ้าไม่มีข้าวรู้สึกไม่อิ่มนะครับ	Learn
	Because women are the gentle sex.	เพราะว่าผู้หญิงเป็นเพศที่อ่อนโยน	Learn
	We arrived there around the evening because the distance from Bangkok to Prachuap is far away.	พอเราไปถึง ตอนนั้นประมาณตอนเย็นแล้ว เพราะว่าจากกรุงเทพไปประจวบก็ยังไกลอยู่ดี	Learn

Practice Lesson

"because" Practice (31)

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as; that,

because,

because (short form)

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Lesson phrases

And then I can hear my father shouting for me to hurry ashore because my area there are only shells.,

and then I was in pain because I was aware at the time I walked down,

And we ordered a large plate of fried rice because Thai people like to eat rice if there is no rice then they are feel not full.,

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.,

Because at that time it was already dark.,

because even though they are friends,

Because I was very tired.,

Because it hardly ever looks good at all.,

Because my mother cooks.,

Because the transportation costs of the various things uses a lot of oil.,

Because we created a third queue.,

Because women are the gentle sex.,

But because my dad moved to the third queue then he chased us to go to the end of the line.,

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.,

Foreigners like to come to Chiang Mai because the weather is good there.,

His knee is hurt because he had a car crash yesterday,

I also refer to myself with the word “I” because it is a formal word.,

I could not come on time because there were no buses.,

I could not find the way because I had no city map. (female speaker),

I could not understand him because the music was so loud. (female speaker)

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