Questions & Answers about พวก เขา ดู แมว ครับ
Why do we need พวก in front of เขา?
เขา by itself usually means "he" or "she". Adding the prefix พวก (which means "group") turns it into the plural pronoun "they".
Can we drop พวก เขา if we already know who is watching the cat?
Yes! Thai often drops the subject when it is clear from context. If someone just asked what your friends are doing, you could just answer ดู แมว ครับ and omit the subject completely.
How do we know if แมว means one cat or multiple cats?
Thai nouns do not change form to become plural. Depending on the context, แมว could mean one cat or multiple cats. We translate it as "the cat" here, but "cats" is also perfectly correct.
Why is the male polite particle ครับ used if the subject is "they"?
Polite particles like ครับ always match the gender of the person speaking the sentence, not the subject. Here, a male speaker is talking about what someone else is doing.