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Josssie · #1 31-07-2006, 20:02

Does anyone know what the word "Loh" (the o speld like Off) means! A hear many TG use this at the end when speaking. Is it a dialect thing or maybe has no meaning only a way of saying things for expression?

klavg01 · #2 31-07-2006, 20:22

It means : again. And it is prononced like: Leo.
They say in almost every sentence.

ToTheBeach · #3 31-07-2006, 20:44

I think that both of you have a different word in mind.

Leeow can be again or a quick and a few more meanings. As in 'Pai leeow' - 'Go away'.

Loh can be just an added word as in 'Tjing loh' which is free translated to 'sure?'.

Also have "lo" which means cute....

I am not very good in explaining the different tones this way though... sorry.

Josssie · #4 31-07-2006, 21:00

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Originally Posted by ToTheBeach

I think that both of you have a different word in mind.

Leeow can be again or a quick and a few more meanings. As in 'Pai leeow' - 'Go away'.

Loh can be just an added word as in 'Tjing loh' which is free translated to 'sure?'.

Also have "lo" which means cute....

I am not very good in explaining the different tones this way though... sorry.

It's not Leow. I know that one. But it looks like the second "Tjing loh". Tjing means sure and loh seems to be added as an expression. Like "i'sn't it"

Josssie · #5 31-07-2006, 21:03

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Originally Posted by klavg01

It means : again. And it is prononced like: Leo.
They say in almost every sentence.

Sorry, that's not it. It's Loh (Nederlandse spelling) not leo.

hlq2action · #6 31-07-2006, 21:10

Reminds me a thai girl i discuss with skype, every time i ask her something, she reply, then always reply a second time : why ? or what or something.

very strange for me, i assume this as beeing part of thai language or something, since she s only 19 and learning english.

it s like in spanish in question sentences with a "?" at start and at the end...

jojo78 · #7 31-07-2006, 21:43

i think u mean "lor"/"leur"

technically it should be pronounced with a rolling 'r' sound (ror rua) = "reur" but in normal speech a lot of people use the "L" sound (lor ling) = "leur"

reur/leur = really?

when u answer "leur" in a conversation its like saying "really?"

or it can be used in a sentence like: "pai lew leur" = or u really going?/are u going already?

can also sound like "lor" or "loh"

Josssie · #8 31-07-2006, 21:51

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Originally Posted by jojo78

i think u mean "lor"/"leur"

technically it should be pronounced with a rolling 'r' sound (ror rua) = "reur" but in normal speech a lot of people use the "L" sound (lor ling) = "leur"

reur/leur = really?

when u answer "leur" in a conversation its like saying "really?"

or it can be used in a sentence like: "pai lew leur" = or u really going?/are u going already?

can also sound like "lor" or "loh"

Thanks jojo,

I guess that must be it.

Izzy · #9 31-07-2006, 22:31

แล้ว laaeo means already or in the past as in กิน แล้ว (gin laaeo, eat already) or also used as emphasis/confirmation as in อิ่ม แล้ว (im laaeo, full!)
or then also as a sentence joiner...then, and so....etc

เร็ว Reo means quick

The whole L vs R debate comes in then as to how each person says them.