Breakdown of นักเรียน ทำ การบ้าน หรือยัง ครับ
ครับ
polite particle (male)
นักเรียน
student
ทำ
to do
หรือยัง
already or not yet?
การบ้าน
homework
Questions & Answers about นักเรียน ทำ การบ้าน หรือยัง ครับ
How does หรือยัง make this a 'have they done it yet' question?
หรือยัง literally translates to 'or not yet?'. When you place it at the end of a statement, just before the polite particle ครับ, it turns the sentence into a question asking if the action has been completed by now.
There are no past tense words here. How do we know to translate it as 'Have... done'?
Thai verbs like ทำ (to do) don't change form to show time. However, the question word หรือยัง specifically asks if an action has happened up to this point. Because of this, it naturally gives the sentence a present perfect ('Have they done it?') meaning without needing any extra time words.
The English translation says 'students'. Does นักเรียน always mean plural?
Not necessarily! Thai nouns don't change to show singular or plural forms. นักเรียน can mean one student or many students. You have to rely on context to know exactly how many, but translating it as plural makes the most sense for a general classroom question like this.
I know บ้าน means 'house'. Why is it used in the word for homework?
The word for homework, การบ้าน, is made by combining การ (work, matter, or business) and บ้าน (house). Put together, 'house work' or 'house business' creates the Thai word for school homework!
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