Breakdown of เขา กำลัง เดา ว่า ใคร โกหก
เขา
he, she, they
ใคร
who
กำลัง
in the process of
ว่า
that (conjunction)
โกหก
to lie
เดา
to guess
Questions & Answers about เขา กำลัง เดา ว่า ใคร โกหก
Why is ว่า placed right before the question word ใคร?
In Thai, to make an indirect question like 'who is lying', you connect the main verb to the question word using ว่า. Think of it as saying 'He is guessing that who is lying.' You will use ว่า like this to embed questions after verbs of thinking, guessing, or speaking.
Can I swap เดา with other verbs of thinking or knowing here?
Yes, this structure is very common. You can replace เดา (to guess) with verbs like รู้ (to know) or คิด (to think). For example, เขารู้ว่าใครโกหก means 'He knows who is lying.'
Does กำลัง apply to the whole sentence or just to เดา?
กำลัง (currently / in progress) only applies to the verb immediately following it, which is เดา (to guess). It tells us that the guessing is happening right now, but it doesn't necessarily mean the lying is happening at this exact second.
How would I change this sentence if I wanted to say 'He is guessing who lied' instead of 'is lying'?
Thai verbs don't change for tense, so ใครโกหก can naturally mean 'who lied' if the context implies it. However, if you really need to emphasize that the lying happened in the past, you could add a past marker like ได้ before the verb, making it ใครได้โกหก.
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