อยากกิน
yak gin
In Thai, "I want to eat" is expressed as อยากกิน (yak gin).
The phrase อยากกิน is used to express a desire to consume food. You can place the name of a specific food item directly after อยากกิน without needing any prepositions like "to" or "of".
What does it mean word for word?
The phrase is composed of อยาก (yak) meaning "to want" and กิน (gin) meaning "to eat".
Is there a formal and an informal way to say it?
To make the phrase more polite and suitable for formal settings or for speaking to elders, you can replace กิน with ทาน to say อยากทาน.
How does it change in a sentence?
You can add จะ (ja) between อยาก and กิน to form อยากจะกิน, which is used to emphasize the intention or the upcoming action of eating.
How do you pronounce it?
yak gin
Did you know?
- The word กิน is used in many common Thai idioms, such as 'eating money' (kin ngoen), which means to embezzle or take bribes.
- Thai people often ask กินข้าวหรือยัง meaning 'Have you eaten rice yet?' as a general greeting, similar to 'How are you?' rather than a literal question about hunger.
- While กิน is the standard word for 'eat', Thai has a specialized hierarchy of verbs for consuming food depending on who is eating, including specific words for monks, royalty and animals.
Examples in context
- ฉันอยากกินI want to eat.This sentence is useful for expressing the basic desire to eat using อยากกิน.Tatoeba #8670348 by pastelite, translation #1356939 by sacredceltic
- อยากกินก๋วยเตี๋ยวyak kin kuai-tiewI want to eat noodles.
- น้องอยากกินขนมไหมnong yak kin kha-nom maiDo you want to eat snacks?
Example conversation
Two friends are deciding what to have for lunch.
- กนกวรรณ Kanokwanธีรภัทร อยากกินอะไรtheeraphat yak kin a-raiTeeraphat, what do you want to eat?
- ธีรภัทร Theeraphatผมอยากกินข้าวผัดครับphom yak kin khao phat khrapI want to eat fried rice.
- กนกวรรณ Kanokwanดีค่ะ งั้นไปกันเลยdee kha ngan pai kan loeiGreat, let's go then.
- ธีรภัทร Theeraphatไปที่ร้านแถวนี้ก็ได้ครับpai thee ran thaeo nee kor dai khrapWe can go to the restaurant nearby.
Sources
- Example sentences: Tatoeba CC BY 2.0 FR.
