Describing thingsreplica, mock; simulated adjective
- jam mid
- lawng mid
- Mid: level, in your normal speaking voice.
You'll hear it in Fake Protagonist (พระเอกจำลอง).
How to use it
จำลองjam-lawng is something made to copy the real thing: a scale model of a building, a replica of a famous Buddha image, a simulator for pilots. It goes after the noun: แบบจำลองbàep jam-lawng, a model, สถานการณ์จำลองsà-tǎa-ná-gaan jam-lawng, a simulated emergency, as in a fire drill. A copy made to fool you is ปลอมbplawm, fake, and the real thing is ของจริงkǎwng jing. In Getsunova's song, a พระเอกจำลองprá-èek jam-lawng is a stand-in leading man.
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:
- jam long
- cham long
- jamlong
- cham lawng
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