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Nature and weatherrice field, paddy noun
- naa mid
- Mid: level, in your normal speaking voice.
How to use it
นาnaa is a rice field: ทำนาtam naa, "work the field", is to farm rice, and a rice farmer is a ชาวนาchaao-naa. The main crop is planted early in the rainy season and harvested around November, when the paddies turn gold.
Keep the tone flat: หน้าnâa, with a falling tone, is a face or the front, and น้าnáa, with a high tone, is a younger aunt or uncle on your mother's side.
Don't mix it up
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หน้าnâa
face; front; season
Falling tone: a face, the front.
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น้าnáa
aunt or uncle (younger than your mother)
High tone: a younger aunt or uncle.
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:
- na
- nah
- thung na
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