Breakdown of เขา ก็ เสียใจ ค่ะ
ค่ะ
polite particle (female)
เขา
he, she, they
ก็
also / too
เสียใจ
to be sad
Questions & Answers about เขา ก็ เสียใจ ค่ะ
Why is ก็ placed before เสียใจ instead of at the end of the sentence like 'too' in English?
In Thai, the word for 'also' or 'too' (ก็) always comes right before the main verb or adjective. Since เสียใจ functions as the adjective or state of being here, ก็ must be placed right before it.
What do the individual parts of the word เสียใจ mean?
It is made up of เสีย (to be broken, spoiled, or to lose) and ใจ (heart). Many emotions in Thai are expressed using ใจ combined with another word. So being sad is literally described as having a spoiled or broken heart.
Could เขา also mean 'she' in this sentence?
Yes! เขา is a gender-neutral third-person pronoun that can mean he, she, or they. We translated it as he here just as an example, but in real life, you would know who it refers to from the context of your conversation.
If the sentence is about a man, why does it end with the female polite particle ค่ะ?
Polite particles always match the gender of the person speaking, not the person being talked about. The ค่ะ at the end tells us that the speaker of this sentence is female, even though she is talking about a man.