xkkpafi Posted September 21, 2014 Share Posted September 21, 2014 Going through a very basic children's Thai grammar book, I found the following exercise question (presumably) asking the reader to pick out one of three words containing a particular vowel: คำในข้อใดมีสระ .. ... Then there are three very simple words, one with the correct answer. Its the structure of the question that seems a bit difficult. Translating directly you would get: "word in case/instance what has vowel....." or in more normal form "Which word contains the vowel....". So does this structure apply to every question of this sort. For example, would the following follow the same form: "Which tin contains beans..". (the red tin, the green tin, the blue tin etc) กระป๋องในข้อใดมีถั่ว..... Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyG Posted September 22, 2014 Share Posted September 22, 2014 The structure is used to emphasise that the answer must be selected from the list of options. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kriswillems Posted September 22, 2014 Share Posted September 22, 2014 (edited) คำในข้อใดมีสระ In which option/answer does the word have a vowel? Compare with: คนในคันใดมีแว่น In which car does the person have glasses? กระป๋องในข้อใดมีถั่ว..... doesn't make sense: In which answer does the can have beans? Edited September 22, 2014 by kriswillems Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jarrcbb Posted September 22, 2014 Share Posted September 22, 2014 (edited) I can't answer your overall question but one thing you're missing is ข้อ - item ; provision ; clause (ข้อ is the classifier for a point, item or clause (e.g. in a contract).) Edited September 22, 2014 by jarrcbb 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptHaddock Posted September 24, 2014 Share Posted September 24, 2014 Which can has beans? = ในกระป๋องใดมีถั่ว or ในกระป๋องกระป๋องใดมีถั่ว The quantifier "ใด" goes with the classifier, not the noun. However, if the classifier for the noun is the same as the noun itself, the noun may be omitted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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