Breakdown of ขณะนี้ แอร์ ใน ห้อง ขัดข้อง ค่ะ
ค่ะ
polite particle (female)
ห้อง
room
ใน
in
แอร์
air conditioner
Questions & Answers about ขณะนี้ แอร์ ใน ห้อง ขัดข้อง ค่ะ
Why use ขณะนี้ instead of the more common ตอนนี้ for "now"?
ขณะนี้ is a more formal way to say "at this moment" or "currently." Since this sentence sounds like a public announcement or an official notice from staff, this slightly higher register is more appropriate than the everyday ตอนนี้.
I know the word เสีย means "broken." Why does this sentence use ขัดข้อง instead?
เสีย is the everyday word for something being broken. ขัดข้อง is a more formal term meaning "out of order," "malfunctioning," or "disrupted." You will often hear ขัดข้อง used for systems, networks, or appliances in professional settings and announcements.
There is no word for "is" before ขัดข้อง. Can I add เป็น or คือ?
No, you shouldn't add them here. In Thai, words that describe a state or condition, like ขัดข้อง, function as verbs themselves. You don't need a "to be" verb to link the subject to its condition.
Since this lesson is about อย่างไรก็ตาม, how would I use it to follow up this sentence with "However, we will fix it soon"?
You would place อย่างไรก็ตาม at the very beginning of your next sentence. So you would say this entire sentence first, and then start the next thought: อย่างไรก็ตาม พวกเราจะซ่อมมันเร็วๆนี้ (However, we will fix it soon). It sets up the contrast perfectly after delivering the bad news.