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ฉัน　ไม่　เคย　ไป　ยุโรป　ค่ะ

ฉัน　ไม่　เคย　ไป　ยุโรป　ค่ะ
I have never been to Europe.
From Lesson 47:Past experience (เคย)·Thai

Breakdown of ฉัน　ไม่　เคย　ไป　ยุโรป　ค่ะ

ค่ะ
polite particle (female)
ฉัน
I (female)
ไม่
not
ไป
to go
เคย
to have ever
ยุโรป
Europe

Questions & Answers about ฉัน　ไม่　เคย　ไป　ยุโรป　ค่ะ

Why does the sentence use ไป (to go) when the English translation says "have never been"?
In Thai, to express that you have never visited a place, you use ไม่เคย (have never) followed by ไป (to go). You are literally saying "I have never gone [to] Europe." Thai doesn't use a "to be" verb for visiting locations.
Why is ไม่ (not) placed before เคย (ever) instead of before the main verb ไป (go)?
In Thai, the negation word ไม่ goes directly before the auxiliary verb (helping verb) if there is one. Since เคย acts as a helping verb to show past experience, it becomes ไม่เคย (not ever) placed before the main action ไป.
Where is the word for "to" before ยุโรป (Europe)?
Thai doesn't need a preposition like "to" after the verb ไป (go). You simply put the destination directly after the verb, making it ไปยุโรป (go Europe).
How would a man say this sentence?
A male speaker needs to change two gender-specific words. The feminine pronoun ฉัน (I) becomes ผม, and the feminine polite ending ค่ะ becomes ครับ. The sentence becomes ผมไม่เคยไปยุโรปครับ.

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