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"can; to be able to" in Thai

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Summary

The Thai translation for “can; to be able to” is ได้.

Pronounced the same

Recording	English	Thai	Learn
	to get; to receive	ได้	Learn
	thread	ด้าย	Learn

See also

Recording	English	Thai	Learn
	can; tin can	กระป๋อง	Learn
	under	ใต้	Learn

Examples of "can; to be able to" in use

There are 608 examples of the Thai word for "can; to be able to" being used:

Recording	English	Thai	Learn
	I can. (male polite form)	ได้ครับ	Learn
	to be possible	เป็นไปได้	Learn
	That’s right. She didn’t go. (male speaker)	ครับไม่ได้ไป	Learn
	I can do it.	ฉันทำได้	Learn
	I can go with you.	ผมไปกับคุณได้	Learn
	Can I go with you? (female speaker)	ฉันไปกับคุณได้ไหม	Learn
	I can’t go with you. (female speaker)	ฉันไปกับคุณไม่ได้	Learn
	I can’t just stay here.	ผมอยู่ที่นี่ไม่ได้	Learn
	She is not here.	เธอไม่ได้อยู่ที่นี่	Learn
	His house is not here.	บ้านของเขาไม่ได้อยู่ที่นี่	Learn

Practice Lesson

"can; to be able to" Practice (480)

Lesson

Lesson words

can; to be able to,

to be impossible,

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Lesson phrases

A dog can see in the dark.,

A lizard is capable of changing colour.,

A penguin can swim very well.,

A penguin is a bird that is not able to fly.,

A very good employee is not at all easy to find.,

A woman can be a boxer,

After he had an accident, he could not work anymore.,

And she wrote a card.,

And the story of the ferry and also the story about driving at night and also staying in a tent.,

And then there were small bits of glass in the water which could cut my feet. I walked around and tried to avoid stepping on them.,

And we had to wait for the people who were staying at the bungalow to leave early in the morning and then we could go to stay in that bungalow.,

Ann answered ‘yes, so my monkey will have a friend’. (female polite form),

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.,

Any child can do that.,

Anyone can do it?,

Are you already allowed to drink alcohol?,

Are you already allowed to drive?,

Are you already allowed to travel abroad alone?,

Are you sure we can do that?,

Ask whatever you want.

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