Word
แม่ ของ เขา กังวล มาก ค่ะ
Meaning
His mother is very worried.
Part of speech
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Breakdown of แม่ ของ เขา กังวล มาก ค่ะ
ค่ะ
polite particle (female)
เขา
he, she, they
มาก
very / much, more
แม่
mother
Questions & Answers about แม่ ของ เขา กังวล มาก ค่ะ
Why is the phrase ordered as แม่ ของ เขา instead of putting the pronoun first?
In Thai, possession is shown by putting the object first, then the word ของ (which acts like 'of' or 'belonging to'), and finally the owner. So แม่ ของ เขา literally translates to 'mother of him'.
I don't see a word for 'is' in this sentence. Why aren't we using เป็น or คือ before กังวล?
In Thai, adjectives and feeling words like กังวล (worried) act as verbs on their own. You do not need a 'to be' verb before them like you do in English. You just place the subject directly in front of the feeling word.
Does เขา specifically mean 'his', or can it also mean 'her'?
It can mean both! เขา is a very common gender-neutral pronoun that can mean he, him, his, she, her, or they. The English translation here says 'his', but without outside context, this sentence could just as easily mean 'her mother'.
Why is มาก placed at the end of the sentence instead of before the word for worried?
Words that describe the degree or intensity of something, like มาก (very or a lot), are always placed after the verb or adjective they modify. While English says 'very worried', Thai grammar structures it as 'worried very'.
Since this lesson is about อย่า (do not), how would I use it here to tell his mother 'Do not worry'?