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"can; to be able to" in Thai

ได้
Unstarted

Summary

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

Pronounced the same

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to get; to receive ได้
thread ด้าย

See also

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can; tin can กระป๋อง
under ใต้

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

There are 609 examples of the Thai word for "can; to be able to" being used:
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Your book is not here. หนังสือของคุณไม่ได้อยู่ที่นี่
You haven’t been able to buy the book yet, have you? (male polite form) คุณยังไม่ได้ซื้อหนังสือหรือครับ
I thought he had already done it but he hadn’t. ผมคิดว่าเขาทำแล้วแต่เขายังไม่ได้ทำ
I thought he had gone already but he hadn’t. ผมคิดว่าเขาไปแล้วแต่เขายังไม่ได้ไป
They didn’t go back home. พวกเขาไม่ได้กลับบ้าน
When may I go home? เมื่อไหร่ผมจะได้กลับบ้าน
I’m not here every day. ผมไม่ได้อยู่ที่นี่ทุกวัน
to be impossible เป็นไปไม่ได้
Can I see the room please? ผมขอดูห้องได้ไหมครับ
He’s studied for two months already. เขาเรียนมาได้สองเดือนแล้ว

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Lesson words
can; to be able to,
to be impossible,
to be possible
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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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