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In order to in Thai

“In order to” in Thai is เพื่อpûea.

เพื่อ pûea

for, in order to, so that preposition

  • pûea falling
  • Falling: start high and drop clearly, like a firm “No!”

How to use it

เพื่อpûea gives the purpose, "in order to, for", and sounds a little careful. In speech Thais usually just put the verbs one after the other: มาเรียนmaa rian, came to study. For "so that", they say จะได้jà dâi: รีบไปจะได้ไม่สายrîip bpai jà dâi mâi sǎai, let's hurry so we won't be late. Don't mix it up with เพื่อนpûean, friend, which ends in an n.

Don't mix it up

  • เพื่อนpûean

    friend

    Same tone, but it ends in n: a friend.

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:

  • phuea
  • pua
  • peua

More small words in Thai

All small words
  • ผม pǒm I

    I, me (male speaker)

  • คุณ kun You
  • เขา kǎo He, she
  • เรา rao We

    we, us

  • พวกเขา pûak-kǎo They

    they, them

  • ทุกคน túk kon Everyone

    everyone, everybody

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