Breakdown of มี ตึก ใหญ่ ใกล้ โรงพยาบาล ครับ
ครับ
polite particle (male)
มี
to have / there is / there are
ใหญ่
big
ตึก
building
ใกล้
near
โรงพยาบาล
hospital
Questions & Answers about มี ตึก ใหญ่ ใกล้ โรงพยาบาล ครับ
The current lesson is about pronouns like ฉัน and คุณ, but there are no pronouns here. Why?
The word มี can mean "to have", but it also means "there is" or "there are". When used as "there is", it stands perfectly on its own without a subject pronoun. If you wanted to say "I have a big building", you would just put your pronoun at the front: ฉันมีตึกใหญ่.
Why are the words in the order ตึกใหญ่ (building big)?
In Thai, describing words (adjectives) always come directly after the noun they describe. So, "a big building" becomes ตึก (building) followed by ใหญ่ (big).
โรงพยาบาล is quite a long word for hospital. Is it made up of smaller words?
Yes! โรง means a large building or hall, and พยาบาล means nurse or nursing. Put them together, and a hospital is literally a "nursing building". You will see โรง at the start of many public building names.
The English translation says "a big building", but which Thai word means "a"?
Thai doesn't use articles like "a", "an", or "the". You just say the noun! We add "a" in the English translation so it sounds natural, but the Thai sentence literally just says "There is building big near hospital".
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