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ชา　เย็น　อร่อย　ค่ะ

ชา　เย็น　อร่อย　ค่ะ
Cold tea is delicious.
From Lesson 3:Adjectives as verbs·Thai

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.

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