by davidbonnie | Sep 17, 2018 | Home |
The word jai in Thai means “heart,” and it is such an important concept to the Thais that the word can be compounded with more than 100 other words. A few examples: Here are some of the jai lakkam (heart words) examples: ใจดี jai-dii (heart good) kind , good hearted, generous ดีใจ dii-jai (heart good) glad, delighted ใจร้าย jai-raaiy’ (heart mean) mean, cruel hearted ใจอ่อน jai-on` (soft heart) easy to be persuaded ใจแข็ง jai-kaeng~ (hard heart) hard to change once one has made his/her decision สบายใจ sabaai-jai (comfortable, ease of heart) to feel good, in a good mood, happy ทุกข์ใจ tuk’-jai (sad, worried) น้ำใจ nam’-jai (water from the heart) compassion, mercy เกรงใจ greng-jai (afraid heart) consideration, avoidance of conflict, politeness and sensitivity to feelings ใจเย็นๆ jai yen-yen (heart cool cool) to calm down เข้าใจ kao^ jai (enter heart) understand, “do you understand?” รู้ใจ ruu’ jai (know heart) to know someone’s liking, to be able to read someone’s mind เอาใจ (ao jai) (take/want heart) to please/pamper someone เห็นใจ hen~ jai (see into the heart) to emphathise with someone’s feelings สนใจ son~jai (interested heart) interested จริงใจ jing-jai (real heart) sincere. “I tell you the truth, jing-jing!” ทำใจ tam-jai (do heart) to prepare to accept it or ” get over it, let it go” ซื้อใจ suuer jai (buy heart) to win someones’ heart ไว้ใจ wai’-jai (keep/Leave/place heart) to begin to trust another เชื่อใจ chuea^-jai (believe heart) trust in someone’s heart พอใจ paw-jai (sufficient/enough heart) to be satisfied ใจกว้าง jai gwaang^ (heart wide) wide minded, open minded ใจแคบ jai kaeb^ (heart narrow) narrow minded เต็มใจ dtem-jai (full heart) to be willing, to do something fullheartedly...
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