Breakdown of เขา จอง ตั๋ว รถไฟ ยังไง คะ
เขา
he, she, they
คะ
female question particle / polite particle (female)
ยังไง
how
จอง
to book
ตั๋ว
ticket
รถไฟ
train
Questions & Answers about เขา จอง ตั๋ว รถไฟ ยังไง คะ
Why is ยังไง (how) at the end of the sentence instead of the beginning?
Unlike English, Thai question words usually don't move to the front of the sentence. They stay in the same spot where the answer would go. Here, ยังไง (how) simply goes after the action it is asking about, right before the polite particle คะ.
Why does the Thai sentence say ตั๋ว รถไฟ (ticket train) instead of "train ticket"?
In Thai, the main noun always comes first, followed by the word that describes it. Here, the main thing is the ตั๋ว (ticket), and รถไฟ (train) acts as a description telling you what kind of ticket it is.
The English translation says "How does he..." Where is the word for "does" in Thai?
There isn't one! Thai doesn't use helper verbs like "do" or "does" to form questions. You simply build a normal statement like "he books a train ticket" and put the question word ยังไง (how) at the end.
How do I know if this means "How does he book..." or "How did he book..."?
Thai verbs like จอง (to book) don't change their form to show past or present tense. Without a specific time word (like "yesterday") in the sentence, you rely completely on the context of the conversation to know if it is happening in the present or already happened in the past.
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