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Lesson Two: Thai Language Classes: Negative Thai Sentences

In the Thai Language, the negative Thai sentences are indicated by using the word ‘Mai’ meaning ‘no’ in most context of the Thai Language.

MAI = ไม่ = “no”

Let’s try to understand how to use the word MAI in negative Thai sentences by examining some examples of negative Thai sentences.

Subject	Negative	Verb	Object
I	don’t	eat	fish
ฉัน	ไม่	กิน	ปลา
Chun	mai	gin	pla

SUBJECT + MAI + VERB + OBJECT

Subject	Negative	Verb	Object
She	does not	like	flowers
เธอ	ไม่	ชอบ	ดอกไม้
Ter	mai	churb	dork – mai

As you can see, in the Thai Language, to convert a positive Thai sentence into a negative Thai sentence is even easier than in English. You do not need to change any verb conjugation. Where don’t turns into doesn’t and like turns into likes – in the Thai Language, all you need to do is add the word MAI in front of the verb and keep everything else the same as in a positive Thai sentence.