Usage การ (gaan) and ความ (kwaam): Thai Grammar

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[@IgetThais]

Thank you for learning Thai :)

[@English4Executives]

Thank you for this interesting and informative video. I find your videos very helpful. Keep up the good work, Jack.

[@PrincessCupncake]

Those transitions from noun to การ+noun are Chef's kiss!!

[@dauasuachua]

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[@IgetThais]

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[@Phil_C_80]

Thank you Jack, you have a great way of teaching, love your explanations. Keep up the great work 👍

[@PilotFlight2Mars]

Thank you, this has helped to somewhat clarify a little confusion for me.

[@IgetThais]

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thanks Jack, that was excellent!

[@AL-vv8cu]

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[@IgetThais]

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[@horseongkok1800]

Hi Kruu Jack. Can the prefix 'kaan' follow behind the verb or adjective? Eg. Withii kaan.

[@beleymomo3852]

interesting

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[@unk4045]

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[@IgetThais]

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[@jurisveratti4494]

Very useful lesson! Greatly explained!

[@PilotFlight2Mars]

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[@IgetThais]

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[@ChetKurowski]

Can you explain the difference between gam-lang and gaan or are they the same?

[@IgetThais]

They are not the same. gam-lang(กำลัง) is used to indicate an ongoing action or an action in progress. It is used with verbs to indicate that the action is happening or being done right now. For example, "เรากำลังกินข้าว" (rao gam-lang kin kâao) means "We are eating." gaan(การ) is a prefix used to form abstract nouns from verbs, changing action verbs into nouns. For example, "kin" (กิน) is a verb meaning "to eat." When "gaan" (การ) is added in front of "kin" (กิน), it becomes "gaan-kin" (การกิน), meaning "eating" or "way of living." It is a noun that refers to the act of consuming food.

[@ChetKurowski]

@@IgetThais ok still not clear to me. I suppose I won’t get hung up on it. If I do I will never make any progress. Thai is hard already for me

[@TreeFrog1996]

I think what hes saying is gamlang is describing something you are currently doing . Were as the other one is describing an action but not necessarily doing it while talking about it

[@lutherjones503]

Ok now I am confused when do you use Gam-lang verse these

[@rebeccad8568]

I am confused, can anyone help me? What is the difference between กําลัง ทํางาน and การทํางาน or กําลัง เดิน and การเดิน ? 🧐

[@daminana2535]

กำลัง indicates present continuous ผมกำลังเดิน = I'm walking Prefix การ turn verb=เดิน(walk) to action noun(gerund)=การเดิน(walking) การเดินเป็นการออกกำลังกายที่ดี =Walking is a good excercise

[@rebeccad8568]

@@daminana2535 Thank you so much!

[@jurisveratti4494]

ต้อง means "must/have to", not "should", which is ควร.

[@NamasW24]

How do you ask What home work do you have…? Is the sentence What homework do you have or in Thai is it home work what do you have to do…?

[@devincox3441]

คุณมีการบ้านอะไร / you have homework what

[@IgetThais]

@devincox3441 Thank you so much 🙏 That's correct! 😊 In Thai, you can ask "khun mee gaan-bâan àrai" (คุณมีการบ้านอะไร) which translates to "What homework do you have?" Alternatively, you can add the word "บ้าง" (bâang) (with the added emphasis of "some" or "any") after "อะไร" to form the phrase "àrai bâang" (อะไรบ้าง), making it "khun mee gaan-bâan àrai bâang" (คุณมีการบ้านอะไรบ้าง) |you-khun| - |have-mee| - |homework-gaan-bâan| - |what-àrai| - |any-bâang|

[@Jacobrainwater]

I like your videos, but "k" cannot work for ก. The letter g is a better match because it's unaspirated.

[@nightravenonline]

Yes I tryed to explain that also...but most thais dont understand the different pronouncing of K and G..

[@puttlow4744]

Hi Kuu Jack, the word " behind" should we use "kaang lang" ? " dtaang lang"? or " paiy lang"? how we differentiate it? thanks in advance

[@itzmesaw]

"kaang lang" and " dtaan lang" is the same meaning. U can use both. But "paiy lang" it's not "behind" but it's mean "after"

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