Breakdown of เพราะ เขา เหนื่อย มาก ค่ะ
ค่ะ
polite particle (female)
เขา
he, she, they
มาก
very / much, more
เหนื่อย
tired
เพราะ
because
Questions & Answers about เพราะ เขา เหนื่อย มาก ค่ะ
Can เพราะ (because) just stand at the beginning of the sentence like this?
Yes! This sentence is most likely a direct answer to a ทำไม (why) question, such as "Why did he go to bed early?" Just like in English, you can start your reply directly with เพราะ (because).
The translation says "he is very tired", but there is no word for "is" in the Thai sentence. Why?
In Thai, adjectives and feeling words like เหนื่อย (tired) behave like verbs on their own. You do not need to use a "to be" word like เป็น or คือ before them. You simply say เขา เหนื่อย (literally: he tired).
Why does มาก (very) come after เหนื่อย (tired)?
In Thai, modifying words almost always come after the word they describe. So instead of saying "very tired" like in English, Thai puts the main idea first and the degree second: เหนื่อย (tired) followed by มาก (very).
The sentence is about a man (he), so why does it end with the female polite particle ค่ะ?
Polite particles always match the gender of the speaker, not the person being talked about. This tells us the sentence is being spoken by a woman, even though the subject of her sentence is a man.
Could เขา also mean "she" or "they" in this sentence?
Yes. เขา is a general third-person pronoun. Without extra context, it is most commonly translated as "he" or "she", but it can also mean "they". You would rely on the surrounding conversation to know exactly who is being talked about.
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