Adding a day of the week in our sentences can indicate when an event took place or will take place. Almost always the time indicator will come at the end, but it is possible to put it at the front as in the second example below. Remember that mâi dâi always comes at the end.
chăn jà bpai thêe nân wan jan
I will go there on Monday
wan jan chăn jà bpai grung-thâep
on Monday I will go to Bangkok
ther jà maa wan ang-khaan măi?
will she come on Tuesday?
phŏm jà phûud gàp khun wan phá-réu-hàd
I will speak with you on Thursday
khăo jà séuu ród-yon wan săo
he will buy a car on Saturday
phûuak khăo maa wan aa-thíd mâi dâi
they cannot come on Sunday
Exercise 29
To understand that some of these statements are in the past and some in the future, let’s suppose that today is Monday.
| 1 | do you want to go on Saturday? |
| 2 | they will come on Monday |
| 3 | they came from Bangkok on Saturday |
| 4 | she will go to Krabi on Wednesday |
| 5 | we want to eat here on Sunday |
| 6 | I eat here on Tuesdays and Thursdays |
| 7 | I spoke with him on Friday |
| 8 | I will speak with him on Friday |
| 9 | he cannot do it on Tuesday |
| 10 | she likes to swim on Sundays |
Scroll down for the answers …
| 1 | khun dtâwng gaan bpai wan săo măi? |
| 2 | phûuak khăo jà maa x |
| 3 | khăo maa jàak grungthâep wan săo |
| 4 | ther jà bpai Krabi wan phúd |
| 5 | rao dtâwng gaan gin thêe nêe wan aa-thíd |
| 6 | phŏm/chăn gin thêe nêe wan ang-khaan láe wan phá-réu-hàd |
| 7 | phŏm/chăn phûud gàp khăo wan sùk |
| 8 | phŏm/chăn jà phûud gàp khăo wan sùk |
| 9 | khăo tham wan ang-khaan mâi dâi |
| 10 | ther châwp wâai nám wan aa-thíd |