Present Simple
Grammar
From the perspective of linguistic typology,, Thai can be considered to
be an analytic language. The word order is
subject–verb–object,
although the subject is often omitted. Thai pronouns are
selected according to the gender and relative status of speaker and audience.
Nouns
Nouns are uninflected and have no gender, there are no articles. Nouns
are neither singular nor plural. Some specific nouns are reduplicated to form
collectives: เด็ก
(deg=child) is often repeated as เด็ก ๆ (deg deg= more than 1 child) to refer to a group of
children. The word พวก
(puag) may be used as a prefix of a noun or pronoun as a collective to
pluralize or emphasis the following word, for examples พวกผม (puag-pom=we masculine), พวกฉัน (puag-chan=we feminine), พวกเรา (puag-rao=we both genders) and พวกแมว (puag maew = cats).
Pronouns
Subject pronouns are often omitted, with nicknames used where English
would use a pronoun. Pronouns, when used, are ranked in honorific registers.
Specialized pronouns are used for those with royal and noble titles, and for
clergy. The following are appropriate for conversational use.
Personal
Pronouns
Personal Pronouns
|
Subject
|
Object
|
|
ฉัน ดิฉัน
|
Chan/ Di-chan
|
I (female)
|
me
|
ผม
|
Pom
|
I (male)
|
me
|
คุณ
|
Koon
|
You
|
You
|
เขา
|
Khao
|
He
|
Him
|
เธอ
|
Tur
|
She
|
Her
|
มัน
|
Mun
|
It
|
It
|
พวกคุณ
|
Puag koon
|
You (plural)
|
You
|
พวกเรา
|
Puag rao
|
We (both genders)
|
us
|
พวกฉัน
|
Puag chan
|
We (female)
|
us
|
พวกผม
|
Puag pom
|
We (male)
|
us
|
พวกเขา
|
Puag khao
|
They (both genders)
|
Them
|
พวกเธอ
|
Puag chan
|
They (females)
|
Them
|
พวกมัน
|
Puag mun
|
It (plural)
|
it
|
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