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มี　คน　ที่　ตลาด　เยอะ　ครับ

มี　คน　ที่　ตลาด　เยอะ　ครับ
There are a lot of people at the market.
From Lesson 11:There is / there are (มี)·Thai

Questions & Answers about มี　คน　ที่　ตลาด　เยอะ　ครับ

This lesson is about pronouns, but there is no subject pronoun here. Why?
In Thai, you don't need a dummy pronoun like "there" or "it" to say "there is" or "there are". You just start the sentence with มี (to have). When มี has no subject like ฉัน (I) or คุณ (you) in front of it, it translates to "there is" or "there are".
Why is เยอะ (a lot) at the very end instead of right next to คน (people)?
Thai word order can be flexible with quantity words. While you could say มีคนเยอะที่ตลาด, putting เยอะ at the very end of the sentence is a very natural way to emphasize just how crowded it is. It literally flows as "There are people at the market... a lot!".
How do I know คน means plural "people" here instead of just one "person"?
Thai nouns don't change to become plural. คน stays exactly the same whether it is one person or one hundred people. The context tells you it is plural, specifically the word เยอะ (a lot) at the end.
What does ที่ do in this sentence?
ที่ is a common preposition that means "at" when it is placed right before a location. Here, ที่ตลาด simply means "at the market".

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