Home and daily life
door; gate noun
- bprà low
- dtuu mid
- Low: flat and lower than your normal voice, dropping a little at the end.
Classifier: บานbaan · counting word for doors, windows and mirrors
How to use it
ประตูbprà-dtuu is any door or gate, from your condo door to the old city gates of Chiang Mai, such as Tha Phae Gate, ประตูท่าแพbprà-dtuu-tâa-pae. Both syllables start with unaspirated sounds, bpr and dt, with no puff of air. In football it's the goal too: ยิงประตูying bprà-dtuu is to shoot, or to score.
Doors, windows and mirrors are counted with บานbaan.
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:
- pratu
- pra tu
- pratoo
- prah too
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