Breakdown of พ่อ กับ แม่ กอด กัน ครับ
ครับ
polite particle (male)
พ่อ
father
แม่
mother
กับ
with / and (connecting nouns) / to (a recipient)
กัน
each other / together
กอด
to hug
Questions & Answers about พ่อ กับ แม่ กอด กัน ครับ
Why is กัน placed after กอด?
กัน means "each other" or "together". In Thai, it is placed immediately after the main verb to show that the subjects are doing the action to one another. Here, กอด means "to hug", so กอด กัน means "hug each other".
Why use กับ for "and" here instead of และ?
While both can mean "and", กับ is much more common in everyday spoken Thai, especially when joining two nouns that naturally belong together like พ่อ (Dad) and แม่ (Mom). It literally means "with", so you can also think of this phrase as "Dad with Mom".
Do we need a pronoun like "they" before the verb?
No, in Thai you do not need to add a pronoun if the subject is already clear. พ่อ กับ แม่ (Dad and Mom) acts as the complete subject, so you can jump straight into the action with กอด (hug).
Since the sentence is about both Mom and Dad, who is saying ครับ?
The polite particle ครับ always matches the gender of the speaker, not the people being talked about. This tells us that the person saying this sentence is male, even though he is talking about a man and a woman.
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