Breakdown of เขา ชอบ อาหาร ถูก ครับ
ครับ
polite particle (male)
เขา
he, she, they
ชอบ
to like
อาหาร
food
ถูก
cheap
Questions & Answers about เขา ชอบ อาหาร ถูก ครับ
Why is "cheap" placed after "food" in อาหาร ถูก?
In Thai, describing words (adjectives) always come after the noun they describe. So instead of saying "cheap food" like in English, you say "food cheap" (อาหาร ถูก). This is the key rule for attributive word order that you are practicing in this lesson!
I previously learned that ถูก means "correct". Does he like "correct food" here?
No, ถูก is a word with two very common meanings. It means "correct" when talking about answers or choices, but it means "cheap" (inexpensive) when talking about prices or shopping. Because it is paired with อาหาร (food), the context tells us he likes "cheap" food.
The translation says "He likes...". Could เขา also mean "She likes..."?
Yes! เขา is a gender-neutral pronoun used for both "he" and "she" (and sometimes "they"). We translate it as "he" here to give a simple English example, but without more context, this exact same Thai sentence could also mean "She likes cheap food."
Since the sentence is about a man ("He"), is that why it ends with the male polite particle ครับ?
Actually, no! Polite particles always match the gender of the speaker, not the person being talked about. The word ครับ tells us that the person saying this sentence is male. If a woman were saying this exact same sentence about him, she would end it with ค่ะ instead.
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