Thai in everyday situations · Grammar review

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Thai in everyday situations

Reviews practise both sides: wherever ลูคัส and เลนา would say something differently, you do it once as each.

ชื่อนามสกุล มาจาก

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FormExampleMeaning
What is your name?
What is your surname?
to come from...
please...

Thai often asks basic personal information with short question forms such as , , and . These are very common and natural in conversation.

Use for origin, for example or . Short answers are also natural, such as or .

Use for a polite request. It is more formal than . Useful examples here are and .

ไม่มี ยังไม่มี มีแต่

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FormExampleMeaning
there is no / do not have
do not have yet
there is only...

means “there is no” or “do not have.” For example: .

means “do not have yet.” It suggests that maybe there will be one later, for example .

Use for “there is only…” or “have only…” as in .

คำคุณศัพท์

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FormExampleMeaning
noun + small room / the room is small
noun + yellow sofa
+ not big

In Thai, adjectives usually follow nouns, for example , , and .

Adjectives can also be predicates. Thai does not need a verb like “is” here: can mean “small room” or “the room is small,” depending on context.

For colours, use after the noun, such as . To negate an adjective, put before it: , .

ลักษณนาม

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FormExampleMeaning
noun + number + two chairs
noun + number + one cup
noun + number + one key

Thai often uses a classifier after numbers: , , .

The usual order is noun + number + classifier, such as and .

Short noun phrases are also natural in conversation, especially in requests, for example .

Plural means more than one. Thai nouns do not usually change for the plural; use a number and a classifier.

ใคร พวกเรา ก็ ด้วย ทุก

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FormExampleMeaning
who
we
every...
/ / also / too

Use for “who,” as in and .

In this module, learn clearly for “we/us,” as in .

often links or adds emphasis, as in . means “too / also,” and means “every,” for example and .

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