How to Say “Not yet” in Thai

When to use it

ยัง (yang) alone means "still/not yet" — one of the most compact answers in Thai. It responds to questions like "Have you eaten?" or "Are you ready?" The full forms are ยังไม่ได้ (yang mây dâay) followed by a verb — ยังไม่ได้กิน (yang mây dâay kin), "I haven't eaten yet" — or ยังไม่ (yang mây) followed by an adjective or adverb — ยังไม่พร้อม (yang mây phrɔ́ɔm), "I'm still not ready." But ยัง (yang) alone is perfectly natural and very common.

Why you've seen it spelled differently

You may have seen ยัง written as: yang, yaang, yung.

There is no single standard for writing Thai in the Roman alphabet — phrasebooks, road signs, and tourist guides each follow a different system, and many just invent their own spellings. The romanization on this page uses a consistent IPA-based system that marks all five tones and distinguishes short from long vowels. The same word always gets the same spelling. Paste any Thai to see it romanized →

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