this week
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A common time expression referring to the current week—the week that includes the time of speaking.
this week
Indicates that an event, plan, or situation falls within the current week.
Learning notes
Explanation
อาทิตย์นี้ consists of อาทิตย์ (“week”) and นี้ (“this”), giving the expression the meaning “this week.” In Thai, demonstratives such as นี้ follow the noun they modify. It can appear at the beginning of a sentence as the topic or after a verb phrase to specify when something happens. It is very common in everyday conversation and informal messages.
Usage
It is commonly used when discussing plans for the week, saying how busy someone is, or placing trips, meetings, deadlines, and other events within the current week.
Caution
Because อาทิตย์ can also mean “Sunday,” อาทิตย์นี้ may occasionally be understood as “this Sunday” in the right context. Use วันอาทิตย์นี้ to clearly mean “this Sunday,” or สัปดาห์นี้ when you want to make “this week” unambiguous. The correct order is อาทิตย์นี้, not นี้อาทิตย์.
Differences from similar words
1 this week synonyms
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สัปดาห์นี้ also means “this week” and is well suited to formal contexts and writing. อาทิตย์นี้ has the same basic meaning but is especially common in everyday conversation.