mee
to have, to possess, to hold
We use the word mee to say that we possess or own something.
The sentence form is subject + mee + object for singular, and we add the quantity and classifier when the quantity is more than one. Look at the difference in these paired examples:
| subject | mee | object | quantity | classifier |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| chăn | mee | bâan | ||
| chăn | mee | bâan | săam | lăng |
| ther | mee | măa | ||
| ther | mee | măa | săwng | dtuua |
| khăo | mee | phêuuan | ||
| khăo | mee | phêuuan | jèd | khon |
| phûuak khăo | mee | ród-yon | ||
| phûuak khăo | mee | ród-yon | săwng | khan |
chăn mee bâan
I have a house
chăn mee bâan săam lăng
I have 3 houses
ther mee măa
she has a dog
ther mee măa săwng dtuua
she has 2 dogs
khăo mee phêuuan
he has a friend
khăo mee phêuuan jèd khon
he has 7 friends
phûuak khăo mee ród-yon
they have a car
phûuak khăo mee ród-yon săwng khan
they have 2 cars
Exercise 21
| 1 | I have a mobile phone and a tablet |
| 2 | Jane has a cat |
| 3 | Peter likes motorcycles, he has 3 |
| 4 | this table has 4 chairs |
| 5 | we have a contract with Peter |
| 6 | there is a hotel here |
| 7 | this hotel has 150 large rooms |
| 8 | my house has 4 rooms |
| 9 | there are 10 men here |
| 10 | I have a house in Phuket and a condo in Bangkok |
Scroll down for the answers …
| 1 | phŏm/chăn mee meuu-thĕuu láe théb-lèd |
| 2 | Jane mee maaeo |
| 3 | Peter châwp ród-maw-dter-sai, khăo mee 3 khan |
| 4 | dtóe née mee gâo-êe 4 dtuua |
| 5 | rao mee săn-yaa gàp Peter |
| 6 | thêe nêe mee roong-raaem – mee roong-raaem thêe nêe |
| 7 | roong-raaem née mee hâwng yài 150 hâwng |
| 8 | bâan khăwng phŏm/chăn mee 4 hâwng |
| 9 | mee phûu-chaai 10 khon thêe nêe – thêe nêe mee phûu-chaai 10 khon |
| 10 | phŏm/chăn mee bâan thêe Phuket láe condo thêe grung-thâep |