In the previous lesson we saw how two verbs can work together in a sentence. ‘want to’ and ‘would like to’ are used in exactly the same way. They ‘help’ the verb that follows them.
dtâwng gaan
want to
Let’s look at some examples …
chăn dtâwng gaan bpai
I want to go
khun dtâwng gaan phûud
you want to speak
khăo dtâwng gaan hĕn
he wants to see
phŏm dtâwng gaan nâng
I want to sit
Jane dtâwng gaan àan
Jane wants to read
Peter dtâwng gaan maa
Peter wants to come
khăo dtâwng gaan wâai nám
he wants to swim
man dtâwng gaan bpai
it wants to go
dtâwng gaan and yàak jà are interchangeable. yàak jà is a little more polite, and you can say just yàak instead of yàak jà – it’s almost identical in meaning. Our examples will use both.
yàak (jà)
would like to
chăn yàak jà bpai
I would like to go
khun yàak hĕn
you would like to see
khăo yàak jà nâng
he would like to sit
ther yàak maa
she would like to come
Jane yàak jà gin pizza
Jane would like to eat pizza
Peter yàak dèuum beer
Peter would like to drink beer
Review the examples again in the videos, then try the exercise that includes everything you’ve learned so far.
Exercise 3
| 1 | I want to go |
| 2 | you want to come |
| 3 | she goes to Karon |
| 4 | we come to Patong |
| 5 | I would like to go to Patong |
| 6 | you would like to come to Phuket |
| 7 | he likes to eat |
| 8 | she likes to drink |
| 9 | he wants to read |
| 10 | she wants to sit |
| 11 | we sit (and) drink beer |
| 12 | they eat pizza |
| 13 | she wants to phone Peter |
| 14 | he wants to drink beer |
| 15 | they like to swim |
| 16 | she likes to read |
| 17 | we would like to eat pizza |
| 18 | it wants to sleep |
| 19 | he loves her |
| 20 | we like it |
| 21 | I want to do it |
| 22 | he wants to work |
| 23 | we love Phuket |
| 24 | he heard you |
| 25 | she would like to know Peter |
| 26 | I want to listen |
| 27 | listen to her |
| 28 | he likes to go to Karon |
| 29 | she would like to work |
| 30 | he wants to wait for her |
| 31 | he would like to hear you speak (he would like to listen to you speaking) |
Scroll down for the answers …
| 1 | phŏm/chăn dtâwng gaan bpai |
| 2 | khun dtâwng gaan maa |
| 3 | ther bpai Karon |
| 4 | phûuak rao maa Patong |
| 5 | phŏm/chăn yàak jà bpai Patong |
| 6 | khun yàak jà maa Phuket |
| 7 | khăo châwp gin |
| 8 | ther châwp dèuum |
| 9 | khăo dtâwng gaan àan |
| 10 | ther dtâwng gaan nâng |
| 11 | phûuak rao nâng dèuum beer |
| 12 | phûuak khăo gin pizza |
| 13 | ther dtâwng gaan thoo-hǎa Peter |
| 14 | khăo dtâwng gaan dèuum beer |
| 15 | phûuak khăo châwp wâai nám |
| 16 | ther châwp àan |
| 17 | phûuak rao yàak jà gin pizza |
| 18 | man dtâwng gaan nawn |
| 19 | khăo rák ther |
| 20 | phûuak rao châwp man |
| 21 | phŏm/chăn dtâwng gaan tham |
| 22 | khăo dtâwng gaan tham ngaan |
| 23 | phûuak rao rák Phuket |
| 24 | khăo dâi yin khun |
| 25 | ther yàak jà rúu jàk Peter |
| 26 | phŏm/chăn dtâwng gaan fang |
| 27 | fang ther |
| 28 | khăo châwp bpai Karon |
| 29 | ther yàak jà tham ngaan |
| 30 | khăo dtâwng gaan raw ther |
| 31 | khăo yàak jà fang khun phûud |
If your answers differ a little because you used yàak instead of yàak jà, that’s ok. It’s all the same.
Hopefully you got the majority of them correct, so your understanding of basic sentence structure is good. Everything else we will learn is just added around this basic construction.