Breakdown of เสื้อ แขวน อยู่ ใน ตู้ ครับ
ครับ
polite particle (male)
ใน
in
อยู่
to be located
เสื้อ
the shirt
ตู้
the cabinet / machine (kiosk / ATM)
แขวน
to hang
Questions & Answers about เสื้อ แขวน อยู่ ใน ตู้ ครับ
How does อยู่ change the meaning of the verb แขวน in this sentence?
In this lesson, we see อยู่ used to show a continuous or lingering state. While แขวน means to hang, adding อยู่ makes it mean is hanging. It tells us the shirt was hung up and remains in that state.
Could อยู่ also mean 'to be located' in this sentence, like we learned in earlier levels?
Yes, it does double duty here! Because it is followed by ใน ตู้ (in the closet), อยู่ is simultaneously acting as our continuous state marker for the verb and the location word connecting the shirt to where it is.
English uses 'is hanging', but I do not see a word for 'is' in the Thai sentence. Why is that?
Thai does not use a 'to be' verb before action verbs to make a continuous tense. Instead of saying 'is' plus an '-ing' word, you just use the main verb แขวน and put the continuous marker อยู่ after it.
Since เสื้อ just means 'shirt', how do we know it means 'the shirt' and not 'a shirt' or 'shirts'?
Thai nouns do not have built-in plurals or articles like 'a' or 'the'. You rely entirely on context. If someone is telling you where your clothes are, เสื้อ simply means 'the shirt' you are looking for without needing extra words.
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