Breakdown of น้ำ กำลังจะ ท่วม เมือง นี้ ค่ะ
ค่ะ
polite particle (female)
น้ำ
water
นี้
this (modifier)
เมือง
city
กำลังจะ
about to
ท่วม
to flood
Questions & Answers about น้ำ กำลังจะ ท่วม เมือง นี้ ค่ะ
What is the difference between using กำลังจะ, and just using กำลัง or จะ on their own?
The English translation says "This city is about to flood," but the Thai sentence starts with น้ำ (water). Why?
In English, we often make the place the subject of the sentence. In Thai, the structure is more literal: the water (น้ำ) is the subject doing the action, and the city (เมือง) is the object being covered. So the Thai sentence literally translates to "Water is about to flood this city."
Why does นี้ (this) come after เมือง (city)?
As a quick refresher, Thai word order places pointing words like นี้ (this) or นั้น (that) strictly after the noun they describe. You will always see it as noun + pointing word, making "this city" become เมือง นี้.
Does the verb ท่วม (to flood) only apply to water?
It is most commonly used for water, but you can also use ท่วม figuratively to mean "overwhelmed" or "overflowing," just like in English. For example, you can use it to describe being flooded with work or drowning in debt.
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