In theory / ในทฤษฎี
Saturday, July 28, 2007
Many Thai adverbs are prefixed with อย่าง. But happily, when something could happen theoretically, both languages use the preposition “in,” or ใน. That’s cool. Also, Thais can be heard to say ในเชิงของทฤษฎี which of course translates to “theoretically.”
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1. Jason Smith » In truth / ในความจริง | Monday, July 30, 2007 at 11:15 pm
[...] to in theory, both Thais and anglophones use the preposition “in,” or ใน to admit or clarify [...]