{"id":287,"date":"2011-01-10T00:14:39","date_gmt":"2011-01-10T00:14:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/thai\/?p=287"},"modified":"2011-01-10T00:14:39","modified_gmt":"2011-01-10T00:14:39","slug":"thai-possessive-words","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/thai\/thai-possessive-words\/","title":{"rendered":"Thai Possessive Words"},"content":{"rendered":"

How do you say something belongs to you, or someone else, in Thai? It\u2019s actually very simple when using the word \u0e02\u0e2d\u0e07<\/strong> (kawng5), meaning \u2018belongs to\u2019.<\/p>\n

The proper grammar order is:<\/p>\n

noun -> belongs to -> noun<\/p>\n

For example,<\/p>\n

\u0e1a\u0e49\u0e32\u0e19 \u0e19\u0e35\u0e49 -> \u0e02\u0e2d\u0e07 -> \u0e40\u0e02\u0e32 \u00a0– This house belongs to him.<\/p>\n

In many instances it\u2019s obvious so you can leave out \u0e02\u0e2d\u0e07<\/strong>, for example,<\/p>\n

\u0e1a\u0e49\u0e32\u0e19\u0e40\u0e02\u0e32 \u2013 His house.<\/p>\n

where the first noun is owned by the second noun.<\/p>\n

A few more examples:<\/p>\n

\u0e1a\u0e49\u0e32\u0e19\u0e19\u0e35\u0e49\u0e02\u0e2d\u0e07\u0e43\u0e04\u0e23\u0e04\u0e23\u0e31\u0e1a? Whose house is this?<\/p>\n

\u0e02\u0e2d\u0e07\u0e40\u0e02\u0e32\u0e04\u0e23\u0e31\u0e1a It is his house.<\/p>\n

\u0e1a\u0e49\u0e32\u0e19\u0e02\u0e2d\u0e07\u0e1c\u0e21 It is my house.<\/p>\n

\u0e02\u0e2d\u0e07\u0e42\u0e25\u0e01 of (or belongs to) the world<\/p>\n

Now, the word \u0e02\u0e2d\u0e07 has one other meaning\u00a0 – belongings, stuff, things, possessions. Here are a few examples so you don\u2019t get the two meanings confused.<\/p>\n

\u0e17\u0e34\u0e49\u0e07\u0e02\u0e2d\u0e07\u0e19\u0e35\u0e49\u0e43\u0e2b\u0e49\u0e2b\u0e19\u0e48\u0e2d\u0e22\u0e04\u0e23\u0e31\u0e1a Please throw away this stuff.<\/p>\n

\u0e40\u0e01\u0e47\u0e1a\u0e02\u0e2d\u0e07 Gather (or pick\/clean up) the things.<\/p>\n

\u0e02\u0e2d\u0e07\u0e19\u0e35\u0e49\u0e2a\u0e01\u0e1b\u0e23\u0e01\u0e21\u0e32\u0e01 This stuff is very dirty.<\/p>\n

\u0e0a\u0e2d\u0e1a\u0e02\u0e2d\u0e07\u0e41\u0e1b\u0e25\u0e01 I like strange things.<\/p>\n

One more example, as this can trip some people up. This is a seemingly ambiguous statement, but in reality means the same thing no matter which \u0e02\u0e2d\u0e07 definition you use:<\/p>\n

\u0e19\u0e35\u0e48\u0e02\u0e2d\u0e07\u0e43\u0e04\u0e23 \u2013 Whose stuff is this? (or) Who does this belong to?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A simple Thai tutorial on how to declare one thing belongs to something or someone else.<\/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":[13286],"class_list":["post-287","post","type-post","status-publish","hentry","category-beginner","tag-kawng-possessive"],"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