Word
พวก เขา มา เยี่ยม พ่อ ครับ
Meaning
They are coming to visit dad.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Lesson
Breakdown of พวก เขา มา เยี่ยม พ่อ ครับ
ครับ
polite particle (male)
เขา
he, she, they
พวก
plural marker
พ่อ
father
Questions & Answers about พวก เขา มา เยี่ยม พ่อ ครับ
Why are the verbs มา (come) and เยี่ยม (visit) right next to each other without a word for 'to'?
This is the serial verb pattern for purpose that you are learning! In Thai, you do not need a connecting word like 'to'. You just place the main action directly after the movement verb. So มา (come) + เยี่ยม (visit) simply means 'come to visit'.
I learned that เขา means 'he' or 'she'. Why does the sentence translate it as 'they'?
The word เขา on its own usually means 'he' or 'she'. To make it plural, Thai adds the word พวก (which means a group) in front of it. So พวก เขา literally means 'group of him/her', which gives us 'they'.
Shouldn't there be a word for 'their' before พ่อ (dad)?
Thai often drops possession words like 'their', 'my', or 'his' when it is obvious from the context. Since we already know who is visiting, just saying พ่อ (dad) is perfectly natural and less clunky.
Does the word ครับ add any meaning to the sentence?
No, ครับ does not translate to a specific word here. It is simply a polite particle used by male speakers to show respect to the listener. If a female speaker were saying this, she would use ค่ะ instead.