Do you know Who, What, Why?
"I don't know" is followed by a question word in English. For example I don't know where he went. In Thai the question word is generally put at the end of the sentence but there are exceptions with “who”, "why", ‘when’’.
Do you know Who, What, Why?
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Where does he go? |
KAO PAI TEE-NAI |
เค้าไปที่ไหน |
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Where is her house? |
BAN KAO YOO TEE-NAI |
บ้านเค้าอยู่ที่'ไหน |
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Which house she live in? |
KAO YOO BAN LUNG NAI |
เค้าอยู่บ้านหลังไหน |
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How many people going? | JA MEE KON PAI GEE KON |
จะมีคนไปกี่คน |
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| What kind of person is he? |
KAO PEN KON YANG NGAI | เค้าเป็นคนยังไง
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| What is this? |
NEE KEU A RAI |
นี่คืออะไร |
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| What is this? |
NEE PEN A RAI |
นี่เป็นอะไร |
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What happened? |
MEE A-RAI GEUHT KEUN |
มี อะไรเกิดขึ้น |
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What did he say? |
KAO PHOOT WA A RAI |
เค้าพูด(ว่า)อะไร |
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How to say it? |
JA PHOOT YANG NGAI | จะพูดยังไง |
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How to do it? |
JA THAM YANG NGAI |
จะทำยังไง |
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Who is he? |
KOW PEN KRAI |
เค้าเป็นใคร |
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| So lets take a closer look at the structure ot these Thai sentences. |
| KAO |
PAI |
TEE |
NAI |
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| He |
go |
place |
where |
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| BAN |
KAO |
YOO |
TEE |
NAI |
| House |
him |
is |
location |
where |
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| KAO |
YOO |
BAN |
LUNG |
NAI |
| She /He / they |
live |
house |
(classifier) |
where |
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