Breakdown of วันนี้ ฉัน ต้อง จ่าย ค่าเช่า บ้าน ค่ะ
บ้าน
house
ค่ะ
polite particle (female)
ฉัน
I (female)
วันนี้
today
จ่าย
to pay
ต้อง
must
ค่าเช่า
the rent
Questions & Answers about วันนี้ ฉัน ต้อง จ่าย ค่าเช่า บ้าน ค่ะ
Where exactly does ต้อง (must) go in a Thai sentence?
It goes right before the action word (verb). In this sentence, ต้อง is placed immediately before จ่าย (to pay) to mean "must pay". Unlike English, you don't need any extra words like "to" between them.
Is ค่าเช่า (rent) a single word, or is it made of two parts?
It's made of two parts! ค่า means "fee" or "cost", and เช่า means "to rent". You will see ค่า at the beginning of many words for bills and expenses, such as the water bill or electricity bill.
In English we say "house rent", but the Thai order seems backward. Why is it ค่าเช่า บ้าน?
In Thai, the main noun comes first, and the describing word comes after it. Here, ค่าเช่า (rent) is the main thing being paid, and บ้าน (house) describes what kind of rent it is. Literally, you are saying "rent (for the) house".
Could I put วันนี้ (today) at the end of the sentence instead?
Yes, you can! Time words like วันนี้ can usually go at the very beginning of the sentence (like they do here, to emphasize when the action is happening) or at the very end of the sentence, right before the polite particle ค่ะ. Both sound perfectly natural in Thai.
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