Breakdown of พวก เขา ดื่ม นม ไหม ครับ
ครับ
polite particle (male)
เขา
he, she, they
พวก
plural marker
ไหม
question particle
นม
milk
ดื่ม
to drink
Questions & Answers about พวก เขา ดื่ม นม ไหม ครับ
How do I answer 'yes' or 'no' to this specific question?
In Thai, you don't usually use a single word for 'yes' or 'no'. Instead, you repeat the main verb! To answer 'yes', you say ดื่ม (drink). To answer 'no', you put ไม่ (not) in front of the verb: ไม่ดื่ม (not drink).
Where is the word for 'Do' in this sentence?
Thai doesn't use helping verbs like 'do' or 'does' to make questions. Instead, you just take the normal statement พวกเขาดื่มนม (They drink milk) and add the question word ไหม at the end to turn it into a yes/no question.
If เขา can already mean 'they', why do we need พวก in front of it?
The word เขา on its own usually means 'he' or 'she'. Adding พวก (which refers to a group) in front of a pronoun makes it explicitly plural. So, พวกเขา specifically means 'they'.
Can a female speaker ask this exact same sentence?
Almost! The sentence would be exactly the same until the last word. The word ครับ is a polite particle used by male speakers. A female speaker would change it to คะ to ask the question politely.
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