พ่อ ของ ฉัน อยาก ปลูก ต้นไม้ แถวนี้ ค่ะ
My father wants to plant a tree around here. (female speaker)
Breakdown of พ่อ ของ ฉัน อยาก ปลูก ต้นไม้ แถวนี้ ค่ะ
ค่ะ
polite particle (female)
ฉัน
I (female)
พ่อ
father
ของ
of (belonging to)
แถวนี้
around here
ต้นไม้
tree
อยาก
to want to
ปลูก
to plant
Questions & Answers about พ่อ ของ ฉัน อยาก ปลูก ต้นไม้ แถวนี้ ค่ะ
How is อยาก used to say 'wants to plant' in this sentence?
In Thai, to say you want to do an action, you simply put อยาก right before the verb. Here, อยาก comes right before ปลูก (to plant). Notice that อยาก doesn't change form for 'wants' vs 'want' because Thai words never change based on who the subject is!
Why is the polite particle at the end ค่ะ (female) if the sentence is about a father?
Polite particles always match the gender of the person speaking, not the person being talked about. Even though the subject is the father, the person saying the sentence is female, so she ends it with ค่ะ.
Why does the Thai sentence say พ่อ ของ ฉัน instead of just having a word for 'my'?
To show possession in Thai, you use the pattern: Noun + ของ (of) + Owner. So 'my father' is phrased literally as 'father of me' (พ่อ ของ ฉัน).
I see ต้นไม้ means tree, but how do we know it means 'a tree' and not 'trees'?
Thai does not use articles like 'a' or 'the', and it doesn't usually make words plural by adding an 's' like in English. ต้นไม้ can mean a tree, the tree, or just trees in general. The translation says 'a tree' because it fits well in English, but the Thai sentence could easily mean he wants to plant several trees.
How does แถวนี้ translate to 'around here'?
The word แถว means a row, line, or zone, and นี้ means 'this'. Put together, แถวนี้ literally means 'this zone' or 'this area', which is exactly how Thai speakers say 'around here'.
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