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Open your eyes in Thai

“Open your eyes” in Thai is ลืมตาluuem-dtaa.

ลืมตา luuem-dtaa

to open your eyes verb

  • luuem mid
  • dtaa mid
  • Mid: level, in your normal speaking voice.

Not 'to forget'! To close your eyes is หลับตาlàp-dtaa.

You'll hear it in Ghost (ซ่อน (ไม่) หา).

How to use it

ลืมตาluuem-dtaa starts with the ลืมluuem of "forget", but here it means opening your eyes; closing them is หลับตาlàp-dtaa, with the "sleep" of falling asleep. Too sleepy to open your eyes is ลืมตาไม่ขึ้นluuem-dtaa mâi kûen, "can't get the eyes open", which also describes someone crushed by debt or bad luck. The opposite idiom, ลืมตาอ้าปากluuem-dtaa âa-bpàak, "open the eyes and the mouth", is finally getting back on your feet after hard times.

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:

  • luem ta
  • leum taa
  • lum ta

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More verbs in Thai

All verbs
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    to be (a nationality, a job, a role)

  • มี mii Have

    to have

  • ไป bpai Go

    to go

  • มา maa Come

    to come

  • กิน gin Eat

    to eat

  • ดื่ม dùuem Drink

    to drink

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Written by the Learn Thai For Free team
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