Be

"Be" in Thai

กำลัง

gam-lang

(auxiliary: used to form the continuous aspect of various tenses)

คือ

kʉʉ

(used to declare the subject and object identical or equivalent)

ถูก

tùuk

(auxiliary: used to form the passive voice)

มา

maa

(elliptical form of "be here", "go to and return from" or similar)

มีอยู่

mii-yùu

(intransitive, non-copulative (usually literary in English): to exist; to have real existence)

อยู่

yùu

(intransitive, non-copulative (usually literary in English): to exist; to have real existence)

อยู่

yùu

(to occupy a place)

เกิดขึ้น

gə̀ət-kʉ̂n

(to occur, take place)

เท่ากับ

tâo-gàp

(used to indicate that the values on either side of an equation are the same)

เป็น

bpen

(used to declare the subject and object identical or equivalent)

เป็น

bpen

(used to indicate that the subject plays the role of the predicate nominal)

เป็น

bpen

(used to indicate that the subject has the qualities described by a noun or noun phrase)

โดน

doon

(auxiliary: used to form the passive voice)

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.