“yaeng” (แย่ง) can be used in the following ways:
verb: to fight over (something) / to snatch (something from someone) / to take (something away from someone)
The verb “yaeng” (แย่ง) is used when someone is preventing someone else from getting something, or when two people fighting over the same thing.
Examples:
– tha yak dai gaw ma yaeng bpai
ถ้าอยากได้ก็มาแย่งไป
(If you want it then come take it)
– phuak-ter yaeng phoo-chai kon dio gan
พวกเธอแย่งผู้ชายคนเดียวกัน
(They are fighting over the same man)
– ter yaeng raang-wan jaak kao nai na-thee sud-taai
เธอคว้ารางวัลจากการจับกุมของเขาในนาทีสุดท้าย
(She snatched the prize from his grasp at the last minute)
Li Morrissey
Course Co-ordinator & Tutor
Thai Language Tuition UK
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