Breakdown of แม่ ทำ ซอส มะเขือเทศ เอง ค่ะ
ค่ะ
polite particle (female)
แม่
mother
ทำ
to do
ซอส
sauce
เอง
...self (emphatic, right after a noun or pronoun) / by itself / on its own
มะเขือเทศ
the tomato
Questions & Answers about แม่ ทำ ซอส มะเขือเทศ เอง ค่ะ
Why does เอง go after the tomato sauce instead of right after the verb ทำ?
The word เอง (by oneself) usually goes after the entire action, which includes the verb and its direct object. Since ซอสมะเขือเทศ (tomato sauce) is the object of ทำ (to make), เอง sits at the end of the phrase.
How do we know she already made the sauce if there is no past tense word like แล้ว?
Thai relies heavily on context for time. Verbs don't change form, and while you could add แล้ว (already) at the end to be perfectly clear, native speakers often drop it in casual conversation if it is already understood that the action is finished.
Where does the word ซอส come from?
It is an English loanword for sauce! Keep in mind that Thai assigns a high tone to it, which is very common for single-syllable English loanwords.
What is the literal meaning of มะเขือเทศ?
It literally translates to foreign eggplant! มะเขือ is the general word for eggplants, and เทศ means foreign.
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