Appear in Thai

“Appear” in Thai is ปรากฏbpraa-gòt.

ปรากฏ bpraa-gòt

to appear, to show up; it turned out (that) verb formal

bpraa mid
gòt low

Low: flat and lower than your normal voice, dropping a little at the end.

How to use it

ปรากฏbpraa-gòt is "to appear, to become visible": on a screen, in a list, in the news. ปรากฏว่าbpraa-gòt wâa, "it appeared that", is the Thai "it turned out that", and it's common in conversation too: ไปถึงปรากฏว่าร้านปิดbpai tǔeng bpraa-gòt wâa ráan bpìt, we got there and it turned out the shop was closed.

For "seem", Thais say ดูเหมือนduu-mǔean, and a person showing up is just มาmaa, to come.

Other spellings you'll see

There's no single official way to write Thai in English letters. We mark the tone of every syllable; online you'll also find:

prakot
pra kot
prakod

More formal words in Thai

All formal words

การ gaan Kaan (prefix)
-ing, -tion: turns a verb into a noun (the act of …)
ความ kwaam Kwaam (prefix)
-ness (turns a verb or adjective into a noun)
ผู้ pûu Phu (prefix)
person (who …): makes words for people, like -er
นัก nák Nak (prefix)
-er, -ist: someone who does it (as a job or a passion)
ซึ่ง sûeng Who, which (formal)
which, who (adds information; formal, written)
เมื่อ mûea When (formal)
when, once (formal)

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Written by the Learn Thai For Free team
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