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Go round (in circles) in Thai

“Go round (in circles)” in Thai is วนwon.

วน won

to go round (in circles), to loop verb

won mid

Mid: level, in your normal speaking voice.

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

How to use it

วนwon is moving in a circle and coming back to where you started: a car circling the block, a song on repeat, an argument that gets nowhere, วนไปวนมาwon bpai won maa, round and round. Playing something on repeat is เปิดวนbpòet won. A roundabout is a วงเวียนwong-wian, and turning back the way you came is กลับรถglàp-rót, a U-turn.

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:

wohn
wun
won pai won ma

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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 verbs in Thai

เป็น bpen Be in Thai
to be (a nationality, a job, a role)
มี mii Have in Thai
to have
ไป bpai Go in Thai
to go
มา maa Come in Thai
to come
กิน gin Eat in Thai
to eat
ดื่ม dùuem Drink in Thai
to drink

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