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Lesson One: Thai Language Classes: Basic Thai Sentences

In our first Thai Language class, we will discuss basic Thai sentences.

Subject	Verb	Object
I	play	tennis
ฉัน	เล่น	เทนนิส
Chun	len	tane-nis

Simple Thai sentences are structured the same way as English sentences. A simple Thai sentence starts with a subject (I or chun in this case), follows by a verb to do something, and then object. In this case of simple Thai sentences, the verb is to play and the object is tennis.

Let’s look at more example of Thai sentences in order to understand how the Thai Language works.

Subject	Verb	Object
You	eat	hamburger
คุณ	กิน	แฮมเบอร์เกอร์
Khun	gin	ham – bur -gher

Again, start with the subject (you), follows by a verb (eat) and then the object (hamburger).

Subject	Verb	Object
She	likes	flowers
เธอ	ชอบ	ดอกไม้
Ter	churb	dork – mai

Similarly, in the above example, she is the subject, the verb is to like, and the object is flowers.

SUBJECT + VERB + OBJECT