Breakdown of ลูก น่ารัก แต่ ร้องไห้ บ่อย มาก ค่ะ
ค่ะ
polite particle (female)
มาก
very / much, more
แต่
but
ลูก
child (offspring)
ร้องไห้
to cry
บ่อย
often
น่ารัก
cute
Questions & Answers about ลูก น่ารัก แต่ ร้องไห้ บ่อย มาก ค่ะ
In English we say "but he cries" or "but she cries". Why is there no pronoun after แต่?
In Thai, when the subject of both halves of the sentence is the same, you usually drop it after แต่ (but). Since we already established we are talking about the child (ลูก), we can go straight into the action (ร้องไห้) without repeating the pronoun.
The translation says "My child", but there is no word for "my" in the sentence. Why?
Thai frequently drops possessive words like "my" when the context makes it obvious. If you are talking about a child and using the polite particle ค่ะ, listeners naturally assume you mean your own child.
Why are the words ordered as บ่อย มาก instead of the other way around for "very often"?
In Thai, a modifying word always comes right after the word it describes. Since มาก (very) is describing the frequency บ่อย (often), it must come after it. You are literally saying "often very".
As a quick refresher, why isn't there a word for "is" before น่ารัก (cute)?
Adjectives in Thai act like verbs on their own. You never use a "to be" verb to connect a subject to a descriptive word like น่ารัก. You just place the adjective directly after the subject.
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