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The Thai grammar allows you to manipulate the vocabulary to obtain multiple forms of a word. The grammatical rules below are the most important in Thai and help connect words or shape the structure. We start with the prepositions:
To ask questions, use the following:
What?: อะไร? [arai] ![]() |
Who?: ใคร? [khrai] ![]() |
How?: อย่างไร? [yang rai] ![]() |
Why?: ทำไม? [thammai] ![]() |
Where?: ที่? [thi] ![]() |
Some of the most important time adverbs:
Never: ไม่เคย [mai khoei] ![]() |
Rarely: นานๆ [nan nan] ![]() |
Sometimes: บางครั้ง [bang khrang] ![]() |
Usually: ปกติ [pakati] ![]() |
Always: เสมอ [samoe] ![]() |
Very: มาก [mak] ![]() |
Most commonly used pronouns in Thai:
I: ฉัน [chan] ![]() |
You: คุณ [khun] ![]() |
He: เขา [khao] ![]() |
She: เธอ [thoe] ![]() |
We: เรา [rao] ![]() |
They: พวกเขา [phuak khao] ![]() |
To express the possession of something [possessive form]:
My: ของ ฉัน [khong chan] ![]() |
Your: ของคุณ [khong khun] ![]() |
His: ของ เขา [khong khao] ![]() |
Her: ของเธอ [khongthoe] ![]() |
Our: ของ เรา [khong rao] ![]() |
Their: ของ พวกเขา [khong phuakkhao] ![]() |
Some random verbs to show how it's being used:
Some extra grammatical structures:
The above Thai grammar can provide tools to use in coordination with the Thai vocabulary to obtain some popular Thai phrases.
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Did you know? Grammar can help you increase your vocabulary dramatically. Grammar is like a tool which helps you manipulate words in a sentence by changing the shape and location of a word to create something new out of the old one. |