Pronouns & Possessive Pronouns

Pronouns

Thai pronouns are commonly dropped when speaking. There are many pronouns either polite or impolite and slang used among Thai people.

Note: Subjects and objects in Thai we use the same form.

Here are basic pronouns:


phŏm ---------------------- "I, me" (male speaker) ผม
chán/ chăn -----------------"I, me" (female speaker) ฉัน

khun -----------------------"You" คุณ

phûakrao/ rao ------------- "We, us" พวกเรา/ เรา

phûakháo ------------------ "They, them" พวกเขา

kháo ----------------------- "He, him" เขา

thoe ----------------------- "She, her" เธอ

"oe" pronounced as number (without "r" sound)


Possessive pronouns

Possessive pronouns can be made easily by adding the word "khăwng" ของ (of) in front of a pronoun.

* "-aw" pronounced as in "law"

Note: Possessive adjective and possessive pronoun have the same form.

"my, mine" ----------------- khăwngphŏm (male speaker) ของผม
"my, mine" ----------------- khăwngchchán (female speaker) ของฉัน

"your, yours" --------------- khăwngkhun ของคุณ

"our, ours" ------------------ khăwngphûakrao/ khăwngrao ของพวกเรา/ ของเรา

"their, theirs" --------------- khăwngphûakháo ของพวกเขา

"his" ------------------------ khăwngkháo ของเขา

"her, hers" ------------------ khăwngthoe ของเธอ