Breakdown of เพื่อน ปวด หัว ก็เลย ลาป่วย ครับ
ครับ
polite particle (male)
เพื่อน
friend
ปวด
to ache
หัว
head
ก็เลย
so / therefore
ลาป่วย
to take sick leave
Questions & Answers about เพื่อน ปวด หัว ก็เลย ลาป่วย ครับ
The translation says 'so he took sick leave', but I don't see a word for 'he'. Where did it go?
Thai frequently drops pronouns when it is obvious who we are talking about. Since เพื่อน (friend) is the subject of the first part, we do not need to repeat it or use a pronoun in the second part. The connector ก็เลย simply links the two actions.
The lesson says ก็เลย goes immediately before the verb. What if I wanted to include the word for 'he' (เขา) anyway?
If you want to include the pronoun, it must go before ก็เลย, not after it. The rule is Subject + ก็เลย + Verb. So it would be เขา ก็เลย ลาป่วย. You cannot say ก็เลย เขา ลาป่วย.
Is ลาป่วย a single verb or a phrase?
It acts as a single verb meaning 'to take sick leave', but it is made of two separate words: ลา (to take leave / to say goodbye) and ป่วย (to be sick).
Why is there no word for 'had' in the first part of the sentence?
In English you 'have' a headache, but Thai uses ปวด as an active verb meaning 'to ache' or 'to feel pain'. It is followed directly by the body part, หัว (head). So you are literally saying 'friend aches head'. You do not need a word for 'to have'.
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