About the song (ช้าง :: Elephant)

This is a well known children’s song in Thailand and is taught to children in primary school. The lyric describes an elephant. The melody is adapted from a Thai classical piece (in Burmese mode) called พม่าเขว “Phama Khwee” (Burmese going obliquely).

Culture Notes
น้อง “Younger sibling” is another kinship term that is used as a term of address or pronoun to address someone younger than the speaker. If it is used by a man, it is normally used to address his beloved lady affectionately.

Grammar Notes
เคย _V_ หรือเปล่า = have you ever V?
น้องเคยเห็นช้างหรือเปล่า = have you (=my baby) ever seen an elephant

• To reply positively (i.e. saying Yes), reply with เคย or เคย + V
  ex: to reply to the above question.
  เคย (Yes)
  เคยเห็น (Yes, (I) have seen (it))
  
• To reply negatively (i.e. saying No), reply with ไม่เคย or ไม่เคย + V or
  ยังไม่เคย + V
  ex: to reply to the above question
  ไม่เคย (No)
  ไม่เคยเห็น (No, have not seen (it))
  ยังไม่เคยเห็น (No, I have not yet seen (it)).

เคย+V = to be used to V, to have done V in the past
หรือเปล่า = a question particle placed at the end of a sentence/statement to form a yes/no question

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