The Many Meanings of gan (กัน): Understanding the Versatile Thai Word

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00:00 Intro
00:27 กัน gan I
gan bpai gàwn ná กันไปก่อนนะ I’ve to go.
01:21 กัน gan Let’s …… together.
bpai tîaw gan ไปเที่ยวกัน Let’s go travel together.
bpai súe kǒng gan ไปซื้อของกัน Let’s go shopping together.
02:54กัน gan each other
(pûag) kǎo rák gan (พวก)เขารักกัน They love each other.
(pûag) rao róo jàg gan (พวก)เรารู้จักกัน We know each other.
05:33 gan láe gan กันและกัน
doo lae gan láe gan ดูแลกันและกัน Take care of each other.
kâo jai gan láe gan เข้าใจกันและกัน Understand each other.
06:36 gan กัน to prevent
gan wái gàwn (dee gwàa) กันไว้ก่อน(ดีกว่า) Preventing something is better than fixing it later.
bpìd fǎa gan nám hòk ปิดฝากันน้ำหก Close the lid to prevent water spill.
sûa gan fǒn เสื้อกันฝน a raincoat
sûa gan nǎao เสื้อกันหนาว coat, sweater
mái gan mǎa ไม้กันหมา a stick to protect from dogs.
11:09 gan กัน to trim or shave.
dtàd pǒm ตัดผม to cut the hair.
pǒm bpai dtàd pǒm ผมไปตัดผม I go to get a haircut.
gan kío กันคิ้ว To trim the eyebrows.
13:19 dûay gan ด้วยกัน together
kin kâao dûay gan mái กินข้าวด้วยกันไหม Would you like to have a meal together?
14:17 chên gan เช่นกัน also, too
yindee têe dâi róo jàg kráb/kâ ยินดีที่ได้รู้จักครับ/ค่ะ Nice to meet you.
chên gan kráb/kâ เช่นกันครับ/ค่ะ Same to you
15:26 kon gan eng คนกันเอง familiar people
année tâo rài kráb/ká อันนี้เท่าไหร่ครับ/คะ How much is this?
nùeng rói baht kráb 100 บาทครับ It’s 100 boht.
hǒ paeng jang lód dâi mái โหแพงจัง ลดได้ไหม Oh it’s expensive. Can you give me a discount?
à kon gan eng bpàed sìb baht อะ คนกันเอง 80 บาท Okay, 80 baht.
kon gan eng hâa sìb baht dâi mái คนกันเอง 50 บาท ได้ไหม.

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[@teplostar]

Once I tried to say without proper tone google translator made a sentence They love each other ( 4.50 min) into "Old husbands love each other".

[@noborikoon]

You are so good at explaining things and giving practical examples! I like how you repeat the word a lot to help us with pronunciation. Another wonderful video, thanks so much!

[@dr024]

i agree. very clear.

[@snavarro7713]

Thank you for this video. Gan depends on the context. You made it great including prononciation, writing and translation into English.

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[@SkipRoche31]

Oh wow I never knew it was an old word and used before Pom ( I ) I use to mean with/and/together ect

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[@snavarro7713]

Eight meanings for the same word, Thank mister Jack Soda from Hua Hin.

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[@MaraquanCrossing]

I know it is a bit taboo or offensive in some context's, but could you possibly make a video on if there any correct uses of "Goo" and "Mung". I know casually you can use them with friends only if you are close friends to mean "I" and "you" respectively. I was just wondering if there were any non offensive uses of the words! Kawb Khun Krab!!

[@rcdmgkey3458]

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[@rcdmgkey3458]

Good explain

[@MaraquanCrossing]

is it safe to assume that เพื่อนกัน (puean gan) is similar to like "good friends" or "best friends"?

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[@sawadeelee]

1:52 I thought “My Ek” (the vertical line above Sara Eee) indicated low tone, but you describe this word to be a falling tone.. I’m wondering why? (By the way, I love your videos but I’m just a little confused)

[@IgetThais]

Yes, you are correct. The tone of "ไม้เอก" (mái èk) represents a low tone, but when it combines with different classes of consonants, such as the mid class, high class, or low class, it can produce other tones based on specific rules. For example, let's take the word "เทียว" (tiaw). The initial consonant "ท" is a low class consonant, and when combined with the vowel sara เ-ีย and the final consonant ว, it becomes "เทียว" (tiaw) without a tone mark. In this word, the initial sound "tiaw" carries a flat tone (which is the default tone for low class consonants). Additionally, live syllables (sonorant sounds) can make 3 tones, - a flat tone(without a tone mark), - falling tone with mái èk (-่) and - a high tone with mái toh(- ้), but it cannot make any words with - a low tone and - a falling tone. So when the word เทียว(tiaw) added mái èk (-่) it makes a falling tone as เที่ยว tîaw. If you're still feeling confused, I recommend watching the video on my channel titled "Thai Tone Rule." In that video, I explain the rules in more detail, and you can also find a downloadable PDF tone rule chart in the description box. This resource will provide you with a visual guide to better understand Thai tones.

[@sawadeelee]

@@IgetThais Oh okay, thank you for your explanation!!

[@Stephen-Tang]

kun kruu, my girlfriend is a Thai girl, and she even does not know "gan" can be used to mean "I" ..... 😳😳

[@IgetThais]

Many Thais don't know this. I only found out a few years ago when my father was talking to his friend.

[@Stephen-Tang]

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[@cookiefan3516]

Why does แล have a midtone and และ a high tone, both have a live ending and no tone mark?

[@IgetThais]

ล is a low-class consonant and แ is a long vowel. ล แ = แล (live syllables) make a flat tone. On the other hand, และ, แ-ะ vowel is a short sound. ล แ-ะ = และ(dead syllables) makes a high tone. low-class consonants with live syllables can do 3 tones flat tone แล, falling tone แล่ and high tone แล้. แล แล่ แล้. Dead syllables can do 3 tones as well but the initial sound is in high tone และ, falling tone แล่ะ and rising tone แล๋ะ. และ แล่ะ แล๋ะ

[@billywatson1552]

So mon gan what does this mean? If i say to my girlfriend love you. And she replies with mon gan. Is this right or should she say rak khun gan ?

[@IgetThais]

mǔean gan means the same. She said mǔean gan is short for rák khun mǔean gan = I love you too.

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