Breakdown of เมื่อวาน เขา ได้ บริจาค เลือด ที่ โรงพยาบาล ค่ะ
ค่ะ
polite particle (female)
เขา
he, she, they
ที่
at
โรงพยาบาล
hospital
เมื่อวาน
yesterday
ได้
got to (do)
บริจาค
to donate
เลือด
blood
Questions & Answers about เมื่อวาน เขา ได้ บริจาค เลือด ที่ โรงพยาบาล ค่ะ
Why is ได้ placed before the verb บริจาค (to donate) here, instead of after it?
This is the key to expressing that an action actually happened! When ได้ comes immediately before a verb, it acts as a past tense marker emphasizing that the person "got to" or "did" do the action. If ได้ was placed at the end of the sentence instead, it would mean "can" or "is able to" (e.g., She is able to donate blood).
The English translation says "she," but doesn't เขา mean "he"?
เขา is actually a gender-neutral pronoun. While it is often taught as "he" early on, Thai speakers use it all the time to mean "she" or "they" as well. You have to rely on the context of the conversation to know exactly who is being talked about.
Could I put เมื่อวาน (yesterday) at the end of the sentence instead?
Yes, you absolutely can. Time words in Thai are very flexible and usually go at the very beginning of the sentence to set the scene, or at the very end. Putting it at the end is also perfectly natural.
I've seen ที่ used to mean "place" or "that". Why does it mean "at" here?
ที่ is a multi-purpose word. While it can mean "place" or act as a joining word, when it is placed directly in front of a location like โรงพยาบาล (hospital), it acts as a preposition meaning "at".
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