gawguy Posted April 15, 2003 Report Share Posted April 15, 2003 This is an example of "the wall" I'm running into now in learning Thai. I alway hear this word, but nobody can tell me what it means. Mostly they don't even understand what I'm asking. Not in my little dictionaries, English or Thai. On TV I hear "bep nee" and "bep noi." Help! GG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jai-dee Posted April 15, 2003 Report Share Posted April 15, 2003 Ẻ baaep noun: pattern, design, style, type, plan, kind classifier: classifier for festival noun: fashion model noun: conventions, set of rules noun, preposition, adjective: like, as, similar to, in the pattern of, type Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jirve77 Posted April 16, 2003 Report Share Posted April 16, 2003 I bought a little dictionary that is very helpful in this kind of situation It is called "Basic Thai Conversation" Dictionary. It is English - Thai / Thai - English but the Thai - English part uses Romanisation only. So you look the word up phonetically. It then gives you the English transalation and the word in Thai. This can be quite useful because it enables you to look the word up as it sound. And you can confirm that is is correct by showing it to the Thai speaker. jirve. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 16, 2003 Report Share Posted April 16, 2003 baep nii = like (similar to) this baep nan = like (similar to) that baep translates in these cases to "similar to". Baep (à à ºº) has a lot of other meanings, related to "design, style, pattern" and to "(fashion) model". In addition its a classifier for "festival, party, ceremony etc". Some samples are Ãáà à ºº = designing à à ºº¿ÃÃìà = (document) form (to fill out) à ÅÕ¹à à ºº = to imitate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samak Posted April 16, 2003 Report Share Posted April 16, 2003 Says jai-dee: Ẻ baaep noun: fashion model good overview, jai-dee! fashion model would be nang baaeb or nay baaeb (female or male); fashion show is sadaeng baaeb there are a lot of other words in combination with baaeb: baaeb thai thai style baaeb chabab prototype, standard krueang baaeb uniform baaeb form form (document) baaeb phim printed form baaeb phitee ceremony, rite baaeb fuek hat exercise Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torneyboy Posted April 16, 2003 Report Share Posted April 16, 2003 Your wife has been very busy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samak Posted April 16, 2003 Report Share Posted April 16, 2003 Says torneyboy: Your wife has been very busy :onfire: lear from your nicethaigirl, torney!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markle Posted April 16, 2003 Report Share Posted April 16, 2003 Says gawguy: On TV I hear "bep nee" and "bep noi." Help! 'baep nee' - 'like this' or 'this one' 'baep noi' could be 'small version/style' Need the whole sentence to be sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ranma500 Posted April 17, 2003 Report Share Posted April 17, 2003 Presumably not to be confused with 'Bpep diaow' - 'just a moment'? I have heard people use 'Bpep' as a way of delaying thought in a sentence, very much like 'er...' I would be interested to know if in bpairp nee, the 'bpairp' is spelled the same as 'bpairp' for style. I had assumed they were the same word - fashion/style/manner. You could translate 'bpairp nee' as the slightly old-fashioned 'in this fashion', could you not? ranma Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markle Posted April 18, 2003 Report Share Posted April 18, 2003 'bpairp' OK you've lost me now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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