Word
เขา เหนื่อย มาก ครับ
Meaning
He is very tired.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of เขา เหนื่อย มาก ครับ
ครับ
polite particle (male)
เขา
he, she, they
มาก
very / much, more
เหนื่อย
tired
Questions & Answers about เขา เหนื่อย มาก ครับ
Why is มาก placed after the word for 'tired' instead of before it?
In Thai, degree modifiers like มาก (very) come after the adjective or stative verb they describe. So, instead of the English order 'very tired', Thai uses the order เหนื่อย มาก (tired very).
The English translation says 'He is very tired.' Why isn't there a word for 'is' in the Thai sentence?
In Thai, words that describe feelings or conditions, like เหนื่อย (tired), act as verbs themselves. Because they already function as verbs, you don't need to add a 'to be' word like เป็น or คือ before them. You simply say 'He tired very'.
Does the pronoun เขา always mean 'He'?
Not always. เขา is a general third-person pronoun. Depending on who you are talking about in context, it can mean 'he', 'she', or 'they'. We translated it as 'He' here, but if you were talking about a woman, it would mean 'She is very tired'.
Would a female speaker say this exact same sentence?
Almost! A female speaker would change the polite particle at the very end. Instead of ครับ (khrap), which is used by male speakers, a woman would end the sentence with ค่ะ (kha) to make it เขา เหนื่อย มาก ค่ะ.