ฉัน แต่งหน้า ก่อน ไป ทำงาน ค่ะ

Questions & Answers about ฉัน แต่งหน้า ก่อน ไป ทำงาน ค่ะ

English uses '-ing' in 'before going'. Do I need to change the Thai verb after ก่อน?
No, Thai verbs never change form to show things like '-ing' or past tense. You just put ก่อน directly in front of the base verb phrase ไปทำงาน (go to work).
Do I need to repeat the subject ฉัน after ก่อน to say 'before I go'?
It is not necessary. In Thai, when the subject is the same for both actions, it is almost always dropped in the second part of the sentence. You can just say ก่อนไปทำงาน instead of repeating ฉัน.
How exactly does the word แต่งหน้า translate to 'putting on makeup'?
It is made up of two words. แต่ง means to decorate, dress, or arrange, and หน้า means face. So putting on makeup is literally 'decorating the face' in Thai.
The English translation says 'go TO work', but the Thai sentence just says ไปทำงาน. Is a word for 'to' missing?
Thai does not need a preposition like 'to' here. You can just string the verbs together. ไป means go, and ทำงาน means work, so putting them together as ไปทำงาน is the natural way to say 'go to work'.

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