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เอา　นม　ไหม　ครับ

เอา　นม　ไหม　ครับ
Do you want milk? (polite, male)
From Lesson 9:Yes/No questions (ไหม)·Thai

Questions & Answers about เอา　นม　ไหม　ครับ

Why does this sentence use เอา for "want" instead of อยาก?
In Thai, เอา is used when you want an object or a thing (like นม, milk). You use อยาก when you want to do an action (like "I want to drink milk"). Because you are asking if they want the object itself, เอา is the correct word here.
How do I answer "Yes" or "No" to this specific question?
To answer a yes/no question in Thai, you echo the main verb. The verb here is เอา (to want/take). To say "Yes, please", you simply say เอา (followed by your polite particle, like เอาครับ or เอาค่ะ). To say "No, thank you", you add ไม่ (not) in front of the verb and say ไม่เอา.
Where is the word for "you" in this sentence?
Thai frequently drops pronouns like "you" (คุณ) or "I" (ผม / ฉัน) when the context makes it obvious who is talking to whom. If you are offering milk directly to someone, saying เอา นม ไหม is perfectly natural without adding the word for "you".
Does the question word ไหม always go at the very end of the sentence?
Yes, ไหม is placed at the end of a statement to turn it into a yes/no question. However, notice that the polite particle ครับ comes after it. Polite words like ครับ (for men) or ค่ะ (for women) will always go at the absolute end, stepping in line behind question words like ไหม.

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