khrai?
who?
Question words most frequently come at the end of the sentence in Thai, but khrai can also come at the beginning.
khrai jà bpai gàp khun?
who will you go with?
khun jà bpai gàp khrai?
who will go with you?
Peter phûud gàp khrai?
who is Peter talking to?
khrai nâng thêe nêe?
who is sitting here?
khrai yàak jà wâai nám gàp chăn?
who would like to swim with me?
khrai maa dâi?
who can come?
khăwng khrai?
whose?
Just as we put the possessive and pronoun at the end of the sentence, we do the same with khăwng khrai to query ownership.
nêe bpen grà-bpăo khăwng khrai?
whose handbag is this?
nân bpen gâo-êe khăwng khrai?
whose chair is that?
nêe bpen khăwng chăn, nân bpen khăwng khrai?
this is mine, whose is that?
Exercise 16
| 1 | whose car is this? it is Peter’s |
| 2 | who did she phone? |
| 3 | who can you go with? |
| 4 | who is Peter talking to? |
| 5 | whose table is this? |
| 6 | who is sitting here? |
| 7 | who would like to speak Thai with me? |
| 8 | who can we speak English with? |
| 9 | that is ours, whose is this? |
| 10 | who did you come here with? |
Scroll down for the answers …
| 1 | nêe bpen ród khăwng khrai? man bpen khăwng Peter |
| 2 | ther thoo-haǎ khrai? |
| 3 | khun bpai gàp khrai dâi? |
| 4 | Peter phûud gàp khrai? |
| 5 | nêe bpen dtóe khăwng khrai? |
| 6 | khrai nâng thêe nêe? |
| 7 | khrai yàak jà phûud phaa-săa thai gàp phŏm/chăn? |
| 8 | rao phûud phaa-săa ang-grìd gàp khrai dâi? |
| 9 | nân bpen khăwng rao, nêe bpen khăwng khrai? |
| 10 | khun maa thêe nêe gàp khrai? |