Daily Thai Confidence — Using อย่างอื่น (awyàang èun)

Pronoun: อย่างอื่น (^awyàang èun)
Meaning: something else / anything else / other things

In this Thai lesson, we learn how to use the pronoun phrase อย่างอื่น (^awyàang èun), which means ‘something else,’ ‘anything else,’ or ‘other things.’ It is used to refer to a different thing from what has already been mentioned or understood.

This pronoun phrase is made up of two words:

• อย่าง (^awyàang) = type / kind
• อื่น (èun) = other / another

Together, อย่างอื่น (^awyàang èun) means ‘another thing’ or ‘something else’.

The typical structure usually follows the pattern: verb + อย่างอื่น (^awyàang èun).

For examples (ตัวอย่างเช่น — dtūa-^awyàang chên)

คุณต้องการอย่างอื่นไหม

k^hūn dtâwng-gāan ^awyàang èun ^hmǎi?
Literal: You want anything else or not?
Do you want anything else?

The verb ต้องการ (dtâwng-gāan) means ‘to need’ or ‘to want.’ It is commonly used to express a requirement, desire, or intention, and is slightly more polite and formal than just saying เอา (āo = to want / to take) or อยาก (^awyàak = to want to).

ฉันอยากทำอย่างอื่น

chǎn ^awyàak t^hām ^awyàang èun
Literal: I want to do something else.
I want to do something else.

The verb อยาก (^awyàak) means ‘to want to’ or ‘would like to’ do something. It is used when you feel like doing something — subject + อยาก (^awyàak) + verb.

เขาไม่อยากกินข้าว เขาอยากกินอย่างอื่น

k^hǎo mâi ^awyàak gīn k^hâow, k^hǎo ^awyàak gīn ^awyàang èun
Literal: He not want to eat rice; he want to eat something else.
He doesn’t want to eat rice; he wants to eat something else.

The verb กิน (gīn) means ‘to eat.’ It is used for consuming food, and in some contexts, also for drinking, especially in informal conversation.

พวกเรามีอย่างอื่นให้คุณเลือก

p^hûak-rāo mēe ^awyàang èun hâi k^hūn lêuak
Literal: We have other things for you choose.
We have other options for you to choose from.

The word มี (mēe) can function as a verb meaning ‘to have’ or ‘to possess’ something — subject + มี (mēe) + noun. When it appears at the beginning of a sentence, it is used in an existential structure to mean ‘there is’ or ‘there are.’

Homework (การบ้าน — gāan-bâan)

Practise putting your newly learned Thai word into a sentence by translating the following sentences below.

1. We should try something else.
2. I’m looking for something else.
3. He chose something else instead.
4. Do you want to order anything else?
5. He wants to study something else besides Thai.

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