Encounter in Thai

“Encounter” in Thai is ประสบbprà-sòp.

ประสบ bprà-sòp

to meet with, to experience, to face (formal) verb

bprà low
sòp low

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

How to use it

ประสบbprà-sòp is "to meet with, to go through": ประสบปัญหาbprà-sòp bpan-hǎa, to face problems; ประสบอุบัติเหตุbprà-sòp ù-bàt-dtì-hèet, to have an accident; ประสบความสำเร็จbprà-sòp kwaam sǎm-rèt, to succeed. It's also the root of ประสบการณ์bprà-sòp-gaan, experience.

In conversation Thais say เจอjoe: เจอปัญหาjoe bpan-hǎa, to run into problems.

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:

prasop
pra sob
prasob

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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