Word
บ้าน เขา ใหญ่ ค่ะ
Meaning
Her house is big.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
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Questions & Answers about บ้าน เขา ใหญ่ ค่ะ
Why is there no word for "is" before ใหญ่ (big)?
In Thai, words that describe things (like "big" or "small") act as verbs themselves. These are called stative verbs. Because ใหญ่ already carries the meaning of "to be big", you do not need to add a connecting word like "is" or "are" between the noun and the adjective.
Why does the sentence say บ้านเขา (house her) instead of putting "her" first?
In Thai, modifiers and owners always come after the main noun. So instead of "her house", you say the equivalent of "house of her" (บ้านเขา).
The translation says "Her house", but can เขา also mean "his"?
Yes! เขา is a gender-neutral pronoun that can mean "he", "she", "him", "her", or "they". The English translation uses "her" based on context, but "His house is big" is an equally correct translation.
Since the sentence is about "her" house, is that why it ends with ค่ะ?
No, polite particles like ค่ะ depend entirely on the gender of the speaker, not who the sentence is about. The use of ค่ะ simply tells us that the person saying this sentence is female, regardless of whose house is being discussed.