Post by shawnturner on Jan 8, 2018 11:53:45 GMT
Hi,
Word order of Thai “wh” questions – who, what, where, how, why – is different from the word order of English questions. The question words are in a different place. In English, the question word begins the sentence, so everyone knows the question is coming. Thai needs to set you up first. If you want to know where something is, you name that thing first and then use the question word. So, “where is the book?” in Thai word order becomes “the book is where?” Exceptions are the why questions where the question word is either in front or behind, such as “why are you sad?” or “you are sad why?”
Please help.
Thanks!
I didn't find the right solution from the Internet.
References:
womenlearnthai.com/index.php/thai-language-thai-culture-word-order-in-thai-wh-questions/
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Word order of Thai “wh” questions – who, what, where, how, why – is different from the word order of English questions. The question words are in a different place. In English, the question word begins the sentence, so everyone knows the question is coming. Thai needs to set you up first. If you want to know where something is, you name that thing first and then use the question word. So, “where is the book?” in Thai word order becomes “the book is where?” Exceptions are the why questions where the question word is either in front or behind, such as “why are you sad?” or “you are sad why?”
Please help.
Thanks!
I didn't find the right solution from the Internet.
References:
womenlearnthai.com/index.php/thai-language-thai-culture-word-order-in-thai-wh-questions/
animated graphic