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ฉัน　ชอบ　ตลาด　ใหม่　ค่ะ

ฉัน　ชอบ　ตลาด　ใหม่　ค่ะ
I like the new market.
From Lesson 11:There is / there are (มี)·Thai

Questions & Answers about ฉัน　ชอบ　ตลาด　ใหม่　ค่ะ

I see the pronoun ฉัน here. Can anyone use this to mean 'I'?
While ฉัน means 'I', in everyday spoken Thai it is mostly used by female speakers. You can tell the speaker here is female because the sentence ends with the female polite particle ค่ะ. If a man were saying this politely, he would normally use ผม instead of ฉัน, and end with ครับ.
Why does the sentence say ตลาด ใหม่ (market new) instead of 'new market'?
In Thai, adjectives (describing words) always come after the noun they are describing. So instead of 'new market', you say ตลาด (market) followed directly by ใหม่ (new).
Where is the word for 'the' in this sentence?
Thai doesn't have words for 'a', 'an', or 'the'. The phrase ตลาด ใหม่ translates to 'new market', which can mean 'a new market' or 'the new market' depending on the context of your conversation.
Is it mandatory to use ค่ะ when you use ฉัน?
They often go together because both are typically used by women in polite conversation, but they do different jobs. ฉัน is the subject 'I', and ค่ะ simply makes the statement polite. If a woman is talking casually to a close friend, she might still use ฉัน but drop ค่ะ.

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