{"id":1781,"date":"2013-07-28T20:26:31","date_gmt":"2013-07-28T20:26:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/thai\/?p=1781"},"modified":"2013-07-28T20:26:31","modified_gmt":"2013-07-28T20:26:31","slug":"the-thai-question-word-that-isnt-yang","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/thai\/the-thai-question-word-that-isnt-yang\/","title":{"rendered":"The Thai Question Word That Isn\u2019t \u2013 Yang"},"content":{"rendered":"

When we were children, we learned that there were only 5 question words and they all started with \u2018W\u2019: who, what, where, why, and when. And perhaps we were told that \u2018how\u2019 was also a question word, which was really just \u2018who\u2019 but with the \u2018w\u2019 on the other side of the word.<\/span><\/p>\n

But they forgot to tell us the other<\/i> question words, such as \u2018yet\u2019, \u2018are\u2019, \u2018did\u2019, etc. For example:<\/p>\n

Have you learned them yet? Are you going to learn them? Did you learn it?<\/p>\n

It\u2019s the same in Thai. This lesson will be about the word \u0e22\u0e31\u0e07 yangM<\/sup> which means \u2018yet\u2019 or \u2018still\u2019. Just place it at the end of a sentence to make it a question. Here are two examples, first with a regular question word and then with \u2018yang\u2019:<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Are you hungry?<\/p>\n

HewR<\/sup> maiR<\/sup><\/p>\n

\u0e2b\u0e34\u0e27\u0e44\u0e2b\u0e21?<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Are you hungry, yet?<\/p>\n

HewR<\/sup> yangM<\/sup><\/p>\n

\u0e2b\u0e34\u0e27\u0e22\u0e31\u0e07?<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

With Thai questions, you answer them by repeating\/rewording the question as your response. But you normally never repeat the question word itself. However, unlike the \u2018regular\u2019 Thai question words, you can use \u2018yang\u2019 as part of or even the entire answer.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

[I\u2019m] not yet hungry.<\/p>\n

YangM<\/sup> maiF<\/sup> hewR<\/sup><\/p>\n

\u0e22\u0e31\u0e07\u0e44\u0e21\u0e48\u0e2b\u0e34\u0e27<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

You can even answer the \u2018yang\u2019 question by repeating it!<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Not yet.<\/p>\n

yangM<\/sup><\/p>\n

\u0e22\u0e31\u0e07<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Or, if you were hungry, you can answer it like this:<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

I\u2019m hungry now.<\/p>\n

HewR<\/sup> laewH<\/sup><\/p>\n

\u0e2b\u0e34\u0e27\u0e41\u0e25\u0e49\u0e27<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Do you understand, yet?<\/p>\n

KowF<\/sup> jaiM<\/sup> yangM<\/sup><\/p>\n

\u0e40\u0e02\u0e49\u0e32\u0e43\u0e08\u0e22\u0e31\u0e07?<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

I understand now.<\/p>\n

KowF<\/sup> jaiM<\/sup> laewH<\/sup><\/p>\n

\u0e40\u0e02\u0e49\u0e32\u0e43\u0e08\u0e41\u0e25\u0e49\u0e27<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

I still don\u2019t understand.<\/p>\n

YangM<\/sup> maiF<\/sup> kaowF<\/sup> jaiM<\/sup><\/p>\n

\u0e22\u0e31\u0e07\u0e44\u0e21\u0e48\u0e40\u0e02\u0e49\u0e32\u0e43\u0e08<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Are you finished learning, yet?<\/p>\n

RienM<\/sup> setL<\/sup> laewH<\/sup> yangM<\/sup><\/p>\n

\u0e40\u0e23\u0e35\u0e22\u0e19\u0e40\u0e2a\u0e23\u0e47\u0e08\u0e41\u0e25\u0e49\u0e27\u0e22\u0e31\u0e07?<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

[I\u2019m] not yet finished learning.<\/p>\n

YangM<\/sup> reinM<\/sup> maiF<\/sup> setL<\/sup><\/p>\n

\u0e22\u0e31\u0e07\u0e40\u0e23\u0e35\u0e22\u0e19\u0e44\u0e21\u0e48\u0e40\u0e2a\u0e23\u0e47\u0e08<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Did you drink all of it, yet?<\/p>\n

DeumM<\/sup> modL<\/sup><\/p>\n

\u0e14\u0e37\u0e21\u0e2b\u0e21\u0e14\u0e22\u0e31\u0e07?<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Still haven\u2019t drank it all.<\/p>\n

YangM<\/sup> maiF<\/sup> deumM<\/sup> modL<\/sup><\/p>\n

\u0e22\u0e31\u0e07\u0e14\u0e37\u0e21\u0e44\u0e21\u0e48\u0e2b\u0e21\u0e14<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Or not yet?<\/p>\n

ReuR<\/sup> yangM<\/sup><\/p>\n

\u0e23\u0e36\u0e22\u0e31\u0e07?<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Finished yet?<\/p>\n

SetL<\/sup> laewH<\/sup> yangM<\/sup><\/p>\n

\u0e40\u0e2a\u0e23\u0e47\u0e08\u0e41\u0e25\u0e49\u0e27\u0e22\u0e31\u0e07?<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Finished eating yet?<\/p>\n

GinM<\/sup> setL<\/sup> yangM<\/sup><\/p>\n

\u0e01\u0e34\u0e19\u0e40\u0e2a\u0e23\u0e47\u0e08\u0e22\u0e31\u0e07?<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Still not finished doing it.<\/p>\n

YangM<\/sup> tumM<\/sup> maiF<\/sup> setL<\/sup><\/p>\n

\u0e22\u0e31\u0e07\u0e17\u0e33\u0e44\u0e21\u0e48\u0e40\u0e2a\u0e23\u0e47\u0e08<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

If you need help understanding \u0e40\u0e2a\u0e23\u0e47\u0e08 and \u0e2b\u0e21\u0e14, see this tutorial:<\/p>\n

https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/thai\/difference-between-set-and-mod\/<\/a><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

When we were children, we learned that there were only 5 question words and they all started with \u2018W\u2019: who, what, where, why, and when. And perhaps we were told that \u2018how\u2019 was also a question word, which was really just \u2018who\u2019 but with the \u2018w\u2019 on the other side of the word.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":59,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":""},"categories":[10208],"tags":[275367,275366,192236,2439,192235,72501,275315,12129],"class_list":["post-1781","post","type-post","status-publish","hentry","category-beginner","tag-completed","tag-finished","tag-mod","tag-question","tag-set","tag-still","tag-yang","tag-yet"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t