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"until" in Thai

จนกว่า
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Literal Breakdown

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The 8th consonant of the Thai alphabet จ
The 25th consonant of the Thai alphabet น
The 1st consonant of the Thai alphabet ก
The 37th consonant of the Thai alphabet ว
vowel a (long version) -า
low tone marker ่ ไม้เอก

Summary

The Thai translation for “until” is จนกว่า. The Thai, จนกว่า, can be broken down into 6 parts:"The 8th consonant of the Thai alphabet" (จ), "The 25th consonant of the Thai alphabet" (น), "The 1st consonant of the Thai alphabet" (ก), "The 37th consonant of the Thai alphabet" (ว), "vowel a (long version)" (-า) and "low tone marker" (่ ไม้เอก).

Pronounced the same

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until; till จนกระทั่ง

See also

Recording English Thai Learn
until (short form) กระทั่ง
till; until กว่า
until; till จนกระทั่ง

Examples of "until" in use

There are 12 examples of the Thai word for "until" being used:
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Wait until the rain stops. รอจนกว่าฝนจะหยุด
Wait until I’m finished. รอจนกว่าผมจะเสร็จ
I’ll wait until my hair is dry. ผมรอจนกว่าผมจะแห้ง
I’ll wait until the film is over. ผมรอจนกว่าหนังจะจบ
Wait until I come back. รอจนกว่าผมจะกลับมา
Let’s wait until Tom gets back. รอจนกว่าทอมจะกลับมา
Don’t do anything until I come. อย่าทำอะไรจนกว่าฉันจะมา
Let’s wait here till he comes back. รอที่นี่จนกว่าเขาจะกลับมา
You’ll never be able to sell that unless you lower the price. คุณจะขายไม่ได้จนกว่าคุณจะลดราคา
Stay inside until we get back. อยู่ข้างในจนกว่าเราจะกลับมา

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"until" Practice (12)
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Don’t do anything until I come.,
I’ll wait until my hair is dry.,
I’ll wait until the film is over.,
I’ll wait until the traffic light is green.,
Let’s wait here till he comes back.,
Let’s wait until Tom gets back.,
Stay inside until we get back.,
Wait until I come back.,
Wait until I’m finished.,
Wait until the rain stops.,
You’ll never be able to sell that unless you lower the price.
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Somsak Thanathiwat