Questions & Answers about ผม กิน กาแฟ ดำ ครับ
Why is "black coffee" written as กาแฟ ดำ instead of ดำ กาแฟ?
In Thai, descriptive words (which act like stative verbs) always come after the noun they describe. Instead of saying "black coffee" like in English, you say the noun first followed by the description, which translates literally to "coffee black".
I learned that กิน means "to eat". Why is it used here for drinking coffee?
While กิน does mean "to eat", Thai people use it all the time in casual speech for consuming liquids too. There is a specific word for "to drink" (ดื่ม), but using กิน for having a cup of coffee is very natural and common in daily life.
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