Grammar Notes 14
  
  1. kO& gdHktClick to Listen   is a final particle which requests the repetition of the previous statement.  This is used when something was not heard or not understood. 

  [5o,ulywx Click to Listen bunmi#i si pay Boonmee is going.
  .zgdHktClick to Listen pha%y kO& Who?
  [5o,u Click to Listen bunmi#i Boonmee

        Another example:

  |=[=j,k Click to Listen mO%O bO&O ma#a The doctor hasn't come.
  vao.fgdHkt Click to Listen an day kO& What?
  1. dE&E cfj Click to Listen   has several uses.  It is often used in polite requests.  Other uses will be explained as they arise.
  0=oeh8kocfj Click to Listen khO%O na@m-taan dE&E May I have some sugar?
  0=pn,l=cfj Click to Listen khO%O jyym sO%O dE&E May I borrow a pencil?
  0=g[yj'cfj Click to Listen khO%O bA&G dE&E May I see it?
      
  1. da@y wfh Click to Listen   has been used as a helping verb and as a main verb.  Here it is is used as a secondary verb meaning 'can, be able'. 
  ]k;dyog0qhkwfh[= Click to Listen la#aw kin kha^w da@y bOO Can he eat?
  [=j dyog0qhk[+wfh Click to Listen bO&O kin kha^w bO&O da@y No, he can't.
   
  1.    wa&a ;jkClick to Listen  is used as a secondary verb in this lesson just as in lesson 7.
  ]k;4k,;jkspa' Click to Listen la#aw tha%am wa&a Na&G What did he ask?
  ]k;g;qhk;jkDDDDDDClick to Listen la#aw wa@w wa&a.... He said.....
  1. dO^Ok fvdClick to Listen   is a final particle.  It means 'on the contrary'.   It is most often used to emphasize a negative. 
     
  1kdgoHkt Click to Listen  Na@ak nO& It's difficult, huh?
  [+1kdfvd Click to Listen BO&O Na@ak dO^Ok No, not difficult at all.
  ]k;wx[= Click to Listen la#aw pay bOO Is he going?
  ]k;[+wxfvd Click to Listen la#aw bO&O pay dO^Ok No, he's definitely not going.
     
  1. lA#Ay  g]ap Click to Listen is used in several ways.  In this lesson, it is used with a negative sentence and means 'at all'.
  [+,u,ug]ap Click to Listen bO&O mi#i lA#Ay There is none at all.
  ]k;[+wxg]ap Click to Listen la@aw bO&O pay lA#Ay He's not going at all.
  1. In lesson 11, paan day xko.f Click to Listen  was used in the phrase i^ik don paan day vudfqoxko.f Click to Listen   'how much longer'.  When used in negative sentinces, paan day xko.fClick to Listen    has a different meaning. 
  [+fqoxko.f Click to Listen bO&O don paan day not so long
  [+fuxko.f Click to Listen bO&O dii paan day not so good
    
        
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