How to Say “Not yet” in Thai
ยัง
yang
Not yet
ค่ะ and ครับ are polite particles — they depend on the speaker's gender, not the listener's.
When to use it
ยัง (yang) alone means "not yet" — one of the most compact answers in Thai. It responds to questions like "Have you eaten?" or "Are you ready?" The full form is ยังไม่ได้ (yang-mâi-dâai) — "haven't done it yet" — but ยัง 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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