Breakdown of ฉัน รู้ คำตอบ ของ คำถาม นี้ ค่ะ
ค่ะ
polite particle (female)
ฉัน
I (female)
รู้
to know
ของ
of (belonging to)
นี้
this (modifier)
คำถาม
question
คำตอบ
answer
Questions & Answers about ฉัน รู้ คำตอบ ของ คำถาม นี้ ค่ะ
How can I change this sentence to say "I know the answer to this question, right?" using the current lesson's topic?
I noticed both "answer" (คำตอบ) and "question" (คำถาม) start with คำ. Is there a rule for this?
Yes! คำ literally means "word." In Thai, it is commonly used as a prefix to turn action verbs into nouns related to speech. Since ตอบ means "to answer" and ถาม means "to ask," adding คำ in front turns them into the nouns "an answer" and "a question."
The English translation says "answer to this question," but the Thai sentence uses ของ. Doesn't ของ usually mean "of"?
That's right. While English says the answer "to" a question, Thai frames it as belonging to the question. So literally, you are saying "the answer of this question." It is a good reminder that English prepositions rarely map one-to-one with Thai words!
Why is นี้ placed after the word for "question"?
In Thai, pointing words like นี้ (this) and นั้น (that) are placed after the noun they modify. Unlike English where we say "this question," Thai structures it as "question this" (คำถามนี้).
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