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First love in Thai

“First love” in Thai is รักแรกrák-râek.

รักแรก rák-râek

first love noun

rák high
râek falling

High: start high and go a little higher, a bit tense; don’t let it fall.
Falling: start high and drop clearly, like a firm “No!”

Parts: รักrák love แรกrâek first

You'll hear it in First Love (รักแรก).

How to use it

รักแรกrák-râek, "love first", is your first love: the classmate or the neighbour you never quite forget, and the subject of countless Thai songs and films. แรกrâek, first, comes after the noun, as in ครั้งแรกkráng-râek, the first time, and love at first sight is รักแรกพบrák-râek-póp, "love at first meeting". Innocent teenage love is รักวัยใสrák wai-sǎi, and a crush you keep to yourself is แอบชอบàep châwp.

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:

ruk raek
rak raeg

Read more

Song First Love (รักแรก) The theme of My Precious (2023), GMMTV's Thai remake of the Taiwanese hit You Are the Apple of My Eye: years later, he still wonders how his first love is doing. Its lines are Thai you can use tomorrow: are you well, do you miss me at all, would we still love each other, don't you think, if I had the chance, and first love is hard to forget.

More feelings in Thai

มีความสุข mii kwaam-sùk Happy in Thai
to be happy
เสียใจ sǐa-jai Sad in Thai
ซึมเศร้า suem-sâo Depressed in Thai
เหงา ngǎo Lonely in Thai
คิดถึงบ้าน kít-tǔeng bâan Homesick in Thai
homesick (literally 'miss home')
ร้องไห้ ráwng-hâai Cry in Thai
to cry

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Written by the Learn Thai For Free team
Audio: AI voices, quality-checked for tones