Breakdown of ใคร กำลัง กวาด ห้อง คะ
ใคร
who
ห้อง
room
คะ
female question particle / polite particle (female)
กำลัง
in the process of
กวาด
to sweep
Questions & Answers about ใคร กำลัง กวาด ห้อง คะ
How does กำลัง work in this sentence to mean "is sweeping"?
In Thai, verbs don't change their endings like in English (sweep to sweeping). Instead, you place the progressive marker กำลัง right before the action verb กวาด (to sweep) to show that the action is happening right now.
Why is ใคร (who) at the beginning of the sentence? Don't Thai question words usually go at the end?
Great observation! While question words like "what" or "where" often go at the end of a Thai sentence, ใคร (who) goes at the beginning when it is the subject doing the action. Since we are asking who is doing the sweeping, it starts the sentence, just like in English.
Why is the polite particle คะ used here instead of ค่ะ?
Does ห้อง mean a specific type of room, like a bedroom?
ห้อง on its own just means "room" in a general sense. If you wanted to specify a bedroom, you would add the word for sleep to make ห้องนอน. Here, the speaker is just asking about the room they are currently referring to without being specific.
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