Breakdown of คุณ ได้ยิน ข่าวลือ นั้น หรือเปล่า คะ
คุณ
you
คะ
female question particle / polite particle (female)
นั้น
that (modifier)
ได้ยิน
to hear
ข่าวลือ
rumor
หรือเปล่า
or not
Questions & Answers about คุณ ได้ยิน ข่าวลือ นั้น หรือเปล่า คะ
What is the difference between using หรือเปล่า and ไหม at the end of this question?
Could I use ฟัง (to listen) instead of ได้ยิน (to hear) here?
Not in this context. ได้ยิน means "to hear" (sound passively coming to your ears), while ฟัง means "to listen" (actively paying attention). Since you usually just hear a rumor rather than actively setting out to listen for it, ได้ยิน is the natural choice.
The English translation says "Did you hear", but there are no past tense markers in the Thai sentence. How do we know it is past tense?
Thai verbs do not change tense, and you do not always need a past tense marker if the context is clear. Because a rumor is information that has already circulated, asking if someone heard it is naturally understood as a past action without needing extra grammar words.
Why does the word นั้น (that) come after the word for rumor?
In Thai, descriptive words and pointing words (demonstratives) like นั้น (that) and นี้ (this) always come after the noun they point to. So the word order is literally "rumor that".
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