Thai Foundation

Day 1

asking questions

You now know how to make sentences as positive statements, so making questions is the easiest thing ever. Questions are formed in exactly the same way as a positive statement – all we do is add the question word măi at the end.

…… măi? · ……?

The sentence form is subject + verb + măi. Any other content in the sentence must come before the question word, as in these examples:

do you ……?khun …… măi?
does he/she ……?khăo/ther …… măi?
do you want to ……?khun dtâwng gaan …… măi?
would you like to ……?khun yàak jà …… măi?
will you ……?khun jà …… măi?

khun khâo jai măi?

do you understand?

khăo châwp Phuket măi?

does he like Phuket?

ther dtâwng gaan wâai nám măi?

does she want to swim?

khăo jà bpai gàp phûuak rao măi?

will he go with us?

khun jà raw thêe nêe măi?

will you wait here?

khun châwp tham ngaan thêe nêe măi?

do you like working here?

khun yàak jà maa gàp phûuak rao măi?

would you like to come with us?

Review the examples in the videos, then have a go at the exercise.