Breakdown of ห้องน้ำ ไม่ สะอาด พวก เขา ต้อง ทำความสะอาด ครับ
ครับ
polite particle (male)
เขา
he, she, they
พวก
plural marker
ไม่
not
ห้องน้ำ
bathroom
ต้อง
must
สะอาด
clean
ทำความสะอาด
to clean
Questions & Answers about ห้องน้ำ ไม่ สะอาด พวก เขา ต้อง ทำความสะอาด ครับ
Where does the word for "must" go in a Thai sentence?
The word ต้อง (must / have to) goes directly before the action verb. In this sentence, it is placed right before ทำความสะอาด (to clean) to show that cleaning is an obligation.
Why are there two different words for "clean" in this sentence?
The first one, สะอาด, is an adjective meaning "clean" (describing the state of the bathroom). The second one, ทำความสะอาด, is an action verb meaning "to clean". It is made by adding ทำความ (to make or do) in front of the adjective.
I see the word เขา (he or she), but why is พวก added in front of it?
While เขา on its own can sometimes mean "they", adding the group word พวก makes it perfectly clear that you are talking about more than one person. Combining พวก and เขา is the standard way to explicitly say "they".
Why is there no word for "is" in "The bathroom is not clean"?
In Thai, adjectives like สะอาด act a lot like verbs, so you don't need a connecting verb like "is" or "are". You simply put the negative word ไม่ (not) directly in front of the adjective.
Why doesn't the Thai sentence say "it" at the very end?
Thai frequently drops pronouns like "it" when the context makes the meaning obvious. Since the first half of the sentence just mentioned the bathroom, we don't need to add an extra word for "it" after the verb ทำความสะอาด.
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