Grammar LV1 — Day 5 — Present Simple: Subject-Verb Agreement
This is probably the single biggest grammar habit to build as a Thai speaker, so slow down here. In Thai, a verb NEVER changes form no matter who is doing the action: 'ฉันกิน' (I eat), 'เขากิน' (he eats) — 'กิน' stays exactly the same. English verbs are different: when the subject is he, she, or it (a single person, animal, or thing — not 'I', not 'you', not plural), the verb in the present simple gets an extra '-s'.
Compare: 'I work' / 'You work' / 'We work' / 'They work' — no change. But 'He works.' 'She works.' 'It works.' This one letter is easy to forget because Thai has nothing like it, so it needs deliberate, repeated practice, not just understanding the rule once.
Compare: 'I work' / 'You work' / 'We work' / 'They work' — no change. But 'He works.' 'She works.' 'It works.' This one letter is easy to forget because Thai has nothing like it, so it needs deliberate, repeated practice, not just understanding the rule once.
Today's Grammar
He/She/It + verb-s in present simple (He works. She plays. It rains.) | I/You/We/They + base verb, no -s.
I work in Bangkok.
ฉันทำงานที่กรุงเทพฯ
She works in Bangkok too.
เธอก็ทำงานที่กรุงเทพฯเหมือนกัน
It rains a lot in July.
เดือนกรกฎาคมฝนตกบ่อย
They play football every weekend.
พวกเขาเล่นฟุตบอลทุกสุดสัปดาห์
He plays football too.
เขาก็เล่นฟุตบอลเหมือนกัน
Today's Vocabulary
work
/wɜːrk/
work
She works every day.
เธอทำงานทุกวัน
play
/pleɪ/
play
He plays football.
เขาเล่นฟุตบอล
rain
/reɪn/
rain
It rains in July.
เดือนกรกฎาคมฝนตก
study
/ˈstʌdi/
study
She studies English.
เธอเรียนภาษาอังกฤษ
live
/lɪv/
live
He lives in Chiang Mai.
เขาอาศัยอยู่ที่เชียงใหม่
watch
/wɒtʃ/
watch
She watches TV every night.
เธอดูทีวีทุกคืน