Breakdown of นั่น อาหาร ไทย ฉัน อยาก ลอง ค่ะ
นั่น
that
ค่ะ
polite particle (female)
อาหาร
food
ฉัน
I (female)
ไทย
Thai
อยาก
to want to
ลอง
to try
Questions & Answers about นั่น อาหาร ไทย ฉัน อยาก ลอง ค่ะ
How does อยาก work in this sentence? I don't see a word for 'to'.
อยาก (yak) means 'to want to' do an action. You simply place it directly before the verb you want to do. Here, it goes right before ลอง (long - to try) to mean 'want to try'. You don't need a separate word for 'to' like in English.
Why isn't there a word for 'is' in the first part, 'That is Thai food'?
In spoken Thai, it is very common to drop the word for 'is' when pointing something out or making a simple statement. Saying นั่น อาหาร ไทย (That - food - Thai) is perfectly natural, and the 'is' is understood from context.
The English translation says 'I want to try it', but I don't see a word for 'it' in Thai. Where did it go?
Why is the word order อาหาร ไทย (food Thai) instead of the other way around?
In Thai, words that describe a noun always come after the noun they describe. So, instead of saying 'Thai food' like in English, you say the noun first (อาหาร - food) followed by the description (ไทย - Thai).
There are two sentences here in English. Do I need to say ค่ะ (kha) after both of them?
You don't have to! When speaking a continuous thought like this, putting the polite particle ค่ะ at the very end of your statement is usually enough to make the whole thing sound polite.
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