Word
ชา เย็น อร่อย ค่ะ
Meaning
Cold tea is delicious.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Lesson
Breakdown of ชา เย็น อร่อย ค่ะ
ค่ะ
polite particle (female)
ชา
tea
เย็น
cold (of things, to the touch)
อร่อย
delicious
Questions & Answers about ชา เย็น อร่อย ค่ะ
Why is there no word for 'is' in this sentence?
In Thai, words like อร่อย (delicious) and เย็น (cold) are actually verbs, called stative verbs. Because they already contain the meaning of 'to be [something]', you do not need a helper word like 'is' before them.
Why does the sentence say ชา เย็น instead of เย็น ชา for 'cold tea'?
In Thai, modifying words always come directly after the noun they describe. So, instead of saying 'cold tea', you say 'tea cold'.
Both เย็น (cold) and อร่อย (delicious) are stative verbs. How do we know which one acts as the main verb here?
Word order tells us! The first stative verb เย็น sits right next to the noun ชา (tea) to describe it, making the full subject 'cold tea'. The second one, อร่อย, comes after the complete subject to act as the main predicate: '[The cold tea] is delicious.'
Who is speaking in this sentence, a man or a woman?
A woman is speaking, which we know because of the polite ending particle ค่ะ. If a man were speaking, he would replace it with ครับ.