It's often used at the end of a sentence and I assumed it meant something like "completely" but when I've entered that word using translating software something different comes up.

Edited January 21, 20206 yr by Inderpland

reap roy = all done, ready, finished.

Translating software isn't good for accents that mispronounce 'R' so badly.

Edited January 21, 20206 yr by BritManToo

It means  finished,completed.... its often used  during boxing matches  when one opponent gets knocked out 

or when a car crash happens..."that's it his finished ! "   reap roy

Forgot it can also mean  "neat and tidy" ( place)  or for someone who presents themself well (well mannered)

เรียบร้อย All set, all done

When you ask someone if they have eaten, they will say that phrase if they ate already. Students tidying up the classroom and finished. All posters correct.  Done, finished, completed.

Thanks to all posters. I entered "completely" instead "completed" in the translation program I'm using hence the confusion.

BTW, I find that the Thai2english is better than Google Translate but are there other programs/apps out there that are even better?

I doubt very much that there is any translation program that can help you with things like Lyep looy.

22 hours ago, Inderpland said:

Thanks to all posters. I entered "completely" instead "completed" in the translation program I'm using hence the confusion.

BTW, I find that the Thai2english is better than Google Translate but are there other programs/apps out there that are even better?

for single word look ups the benjawan poonson becker thai dictionary is the best I have seen 

 

https://word-in-the-hand.com/

19 hours ago, Maestro said:

I doubt very much that there is any translation program that can help you with things like Lyep looy.

 

So true and worth pointing out the reason, which is that one will often hear เลียบล้อย from people who say ล in place of ร 

I wont go further than that because the programme I use will not allow me to type phonetics easily. 

Also often used in the expression "pu ying reap roi" meaning something like wholesome girl, well brought up.

20 hours ago, LivinLOS said:

for single word look ups the benjawan poonson becker thai dictionary is the best I have seen 

 

https://word-in-the-hand.com/

not available for Android unfortunately but thanks anyway

37 minutes ago, BobBKK said:

not available for Android unfortunately but thanks anyway

This is it;

6 hours ago, elwood said:

This is it;

The other one I don't want the dictionary.

On 1/22/2020 at 1:07 PM, Maestro said:

I doubt very much that there is any translation program that can help you with things like Lyep looy.

 

Well, it seems you're wrong. I tried speaking lyep looy (intentionally pronouncing it incorrect with l's instead or r's) into Google Translate and it came up with the right answer (เรียบร้อย) and it said the word means neat. But as second choice it said completed and I guess both are correct.

I must say I'm impressed with Google Translate, they must have improved dramatically since I first tried it.

I was at the golf course yesterday and explaining the expression ควายหายหรือ Buffalos disappeared ?  As a criticism of rushing and added “And for the caddie’s ควายหายหลือ”  they didn’t demur, one added ตามควายหลือ which is just as good. They might have said เลอ ฦา or something else but I understood it to mean หรือ.   

Later I was explaining my belief to the non Thai speaker that if one learns the correct pronunciation first one naturally adopts the authentic sounding Thai later.  ‘Rolling the Rs’ takes a conscious effort on my part.  In schools children are taught Central Thai but also to respect their regional dialect and when the use of each is appropriate. 

 

On 1/21/2020 at 6:33 PM, Somtamnication said:

When you ask someone if they have eaten, they will say that phrase if they ate already. Students tidying up the classroom and finished. All posters correct.  Done, finished, completed.

ahhh - 'Imm Looy' 

When one has been treated to a meal by a friend; อิ่มแล้วตังค์ยังครบอยู่ is a jocular remark. 

If I were hired to do a drive by shooting, I'd call my boss and tell him:

 

Set (done/finished)
Mote ruang (end of story)
Reap roy (done/neat/proper)

 

????️‍♂️

Muslim couple in our pool, dressed in Muslim swimming outfits: he long sleeves, legs of his pants until knee. She sleeveless top but long legs until ankle. All black. Gf (not Muslim) called this outfit lieploi

 

Put new tablecloth on table.  First i put a crumpled cloth on the table,  then i changed it to an ironed one. Gf looked at it and found it lieploi.

On 1/21/2020 at 2:33 PM, Somtamnication said:

When you ask someone if they have eaten, they will say that phrase if they ate already. Students tidying up the classroom and finished. All posters correct.  Done, finished, completed.

eem leo, khrap ( for me )

Edited January 26, 20206 yr by Assurancetourix

It has been my observation that when someone asks somebody else if he has already eaten, the question is generally phrased as "kin khaw rue yang" or simply "kin khaw yang".

 

Depending on whether or not he has already eaten, the answer usually is "kin lew khrap" or "yang khrap"

On 1/26/2020 at 2:24 PM, Assurancetourix said:

eem leo, khrap ( for me )

Chan im lao ( f ) or Pom im lao (m) means literally i am full.

On the ร ล topic. Apparently, I remarked on the golf course that the group of ladies in front of us was เลวมาก.  I thought that i was saying เร็วมาก ! 

On 1/28/2020 at 1:41 PM, Andrew Dwyer said:

Chan im lao ( f ) or Pom im lao (m) means literally i am full.

...and it would definitely not be the answer a Thai would give when asked if he has already eaten, would it?