Word
สมมติ ว่า ทฤษฎี นี้ ผิด มัน เป็นไปได้ ไหม คะ
Meaning
Suppose that this theory is wrong, is it possible?
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of สมมติ ว่า ทฤษฎี นี้ ผิด มัน เป็นไปได้ ไหม คะ
มัน
it
ไหม
question particle
คะ
female question particle / polite particle (female)
นี้
this (modifier)
Questions & Answers about สมมติ ว่า ทฤษฎี นี้ ผิด มัน เป็นไปได้ ไหม คะ
Why doesn't เป็นไปได้ have the word ว่า after it in this sentence?
In this lesson, we learned that เป็นไปได้ can be followed by ว่า to say 'It is possible that...'. However, in this sentence, the situation being discussed already came first (สมมติว่า... - 'Suppose that...'). Because เป็นไปได้ is acting as a standalone question at the very end ('is it possible?'), it doesn't need ว่า to link to another clause.
How is สมมติ pronounced? The written Thai looks like it should have an 'i' sound at the end.
It is pronounced som-mut. Even though it is spelled with the short 'i' vowel symbol at the end, that vowel is completely silent. This happens often with formal loanwords from Sanskrit or Pali, where Thai keeps the original complex spelling but simplifies the spoken pronunciation.
The word for 'theory', ทฤษฎี, has a very unusual spelling. How do I read this?
It is pronounced thrit-sa-di. The combination of the consonant ท and the special vowel symbol ฤ creates a 'thrit' sound. The remaining letters make the 'sa-di' part. It is a highly formal borrowed word, so you just have to memorize its unique spelling as an exception to standard Thai reading rules.
Is the pronoun มัน ('it') strictly necessary before เป็นไปได้?