Word
แม่ เป็น ครู ครับ
Meaning
Mother is a teacher.
Part of speech
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Pronunciation
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Questions & Answers about แม่ เป็น ครู ครับ
Why do we use เป็น here for "is"?
In Thai, เป็น (pen) is used to link a person to their profession, nationality, or identity. It tells us what someone is, so it is the exact word you need to say someone is a teacher.
There is no word for "a" before ครู. How do we say "a teacher"?
Thai doesn't use articles like "a", "an", or "the". You simply state the noun. Therefore, เป็น ครู naturally means "is a teacher" without needing any extra words.
Does แม่ mean "my mother" or just "mother" in general?
It can mean both depending on the context! Thai often drops possessive words like "my" or "your" if it is obvious from the conversation. If you are talking about your own family, saying just แม่ is perfectly natural for "my mother".
Why does the sentence end with ครับ if we are talking about a woman?
The polite particle ครับ (khrap) is always based on the gender of the speaker, not the subject of the sentence. This tells us that the person stating the sentence is male, even though the mother they are talking about is female.