Breakdown of คุณ เชิญ แขก มา กี่โมง คะ
คุณ
you
มา
to come
คะ
female question particle / polite particle (female)
กี่โมง
what time
เชิญ
to invite
แขก
guest
Questions & Answers about คุณ เชิญ แขก มา กี่โมง คะ
Why is กี่โมง (what time) at the very end of the sentence?
In Thai, question words like กี่โมง don't move to the front of the sentence like they do in English. Instead, they usually sit at the end of the clause, right where the actual time would go in the answer.
Why is the word มา (come) included here? Couldn't we just ask what time they were invited?
Thai uses verbs sequentially to make the action clear. เชิญ...มา literally means "invite (them) to come." In English, we might just say "invite them for [time]," but in Thai, chaining the verbs เชิญ and มา around the object (แขก) creates a natural, logical flow of events.
The English translation says "did you invite," but there is no past tense word. How do we know it happened in the past?
Thai doesn't change verb endings, and you don't always need a past tense marker like แล้ว (already) if the situation makes it obvious. If you are asking what time the guests are expected to arrive, the act of inviting them has clearly already happened!
If I wanted to answer this by saying "I haven't invited them yet," how do I use the negative marker ยังไม่?
You place ยังไม่ directly before the main verb. Your answer would be ยังไม่เชิญ (Not yet invited) or, more fully, ฉันยังไม่เชิญแขกมา (I haven't invited the guests to come yet).
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