Thai Beginner Grammar

Question 1

ADVERBS are always placed…

Answer 1

at the end of the sentence

Question 2

PAST TENSE…

Answer 2

is not a thing in Thai - instead, you use time words.

Question 3

PRESENT PROGRESSIVE TENSE…

Answer 3

is formed by adding กำลัง before the verb

Question 4

PRESENT PERFECT PROGRESSIVE (has been verb-ing)

Answer 4

just add แล้ว to the end of your sentence

Question 5

FUTURE TENSE…

Answer 5

is formed by adding จะ before the verb in the sentence

Question 6

what, when, where, who, why, and how…

Answer 6

are always placed at the end of the sentence.

Question 7

The YES or NO question particle…

Answer 7

ไหม is added to the end of a yes or no question sentence

Question 8

To ask for favors…

Answer 8

put ขอ at the beginning of the sentence

Question 9

To say “please”…

Answer 9

place หน่อย at the end of the sentence

Question 10

Thai Language Basics:

Answer 10

• Thai is read left to right, just like English
• The tone marks affect the vowels
• There are no punctuation or spaces
• There is a special character called “aw aalang” that is a part of some vowels but also acts as a place holder for vowels when they start a word.

Question 11

Implied Vowels

Answer 11

There are some “implied” vowels. When you only see 2 or more consonants together and no vowels, here are the rules:
Rule 1: If there are 2 consonants together with no vowels, the implied vowel is short o.
Rule 2: If there are three consonants together with no vowels, the first implied vowels is short a and the second is short o.
Rule 3: If the second consonant is ว(w), replace the ว(w) with the ua? (loon ooah) [ัว].
Rule 4: If the first consonant is either [ก(g) ท(t) ธ(t) ม(m) ห(n)], and the following syllable starts with ร(r) - the implied vowel is long backwards c (aw) [-อ].

Question 12

Pbĕn (เป็น)

Answer 12

to be/is/am/are