The Passive in Thai      

 

In English, Passive = be + V3

In Thai, the Passive is made with these words:     Description: ESL_MBP:MYPASSPORT:PASSPORTFOLDER:0 ESL PASSPORT:OTHER:0002 OTHER:country of origin stuff not pronun:Thai:Passive - Thai:thai passive indicators.png

 

An active sentence         Description: ESL_MBP:MYPASSPORT:PASSPORTFOLDER:0 ESL PASSPORT:OTHER:0002 OTHER:country of origin stuff not pronun:Thai:Passive - Thai:active sentence explanation 2.png

 

Thai people eat rice.    Description: ESL_MBP:MYPASSPORT:PASSPORTFOLDER:0 ESL PASSPORT:OTHER:0002 OTHER:country of origin stuff not pronun:Thai:Passive - Thai:Thai people eat rice.png              

(The subject is Thai people.           Description: ESL_MBP:MYPASSPORT:PASSPORTFOLDER:0 ESL PASSPORT:OTHER:0002 OTHER:country of origin stuff not pronun:Thai:Passive - Thai:the subject is thai people.png )

A passive sentence         Description: ESL_MBP:MYPASSPORT:PASSPORTFOLDER:0 ESL PASSPORT:OTHER:0002 OTHER:country of origin stuff not pronun:Thai:Passive - Thai:passive sentence explanation.png

Rice is eaten by Thai people.            Description: ESL_MBP:MYPASSPORT:PASSPORTFOLDER:0 ESL PASSPORT:OTHER:0002 OTHER:country of origin stuff not pronun:Thai:Passive - Thai:Rice is eaten by thai people.png                         

(The subject is rice                               Description: ESL_MBP:MYPASSPORT:PASSPORTFOLDER:0 ESL PASSPORT:OTHER:0002 OTHER:country of origin stuff not pronun:Thai:Passive - Thai:the subject is rice.png    )

 

ACTIVE

Actor Description: ESL_MBP:MYPASSPORT:PASSPORTFOLDER:0 ESL PASSPORT:OTHER:0002 OTHER:country of origin stuff not pronun:Thai:Passive - Thai:the actor - who was doing.png

Action

Receiver

 

 

 

Description: ESL_MBP:MYPASSPORT:PASSPORTFOLDER:0 ESL PASSPORT:OTHER:0002 OTHER:country of origin stuff not pronun:Thai:Passive - Thai:Thai people2.png

Description: ESL_MBP:MYPASSPORT:PASSPORTFOLDER:0 ESL PASSPORT:OTHER:0002 OTHER:country of origin stuff not pronun:Thai:Passive - Thai:grow.png

Description: ESL_MBP:MYPASSPORT:PASSPORTFOLDER:0 ESL PASSPORT:OTHER:0002 OTHER:country of origin stuff not pronun:Thai:Passive - Thai:rice.png

 

Description: ESL_MBP:MYPASSPORT:PASSPORTFOLDER:0 ESL PASSPORT:OTHER:0002 OTHER:country of origin stuff not pronun:Thai:Passive - Thai:in the rainy season.png

 

Thai people

grow

rice

 

in the rainy season

 

 

PASSIVE

Receiver

be

V3

Actor Description: ESL_MBP:MYPASSPORT:PASSPORTFOLDER:0 ESL PASSPORT:OTHER:0002 OTHER:country of origin stuff not pronun:Thai:Passive - Thai:the actor - who was doing.png

 

 

Description: ESL_MBP:MYPASSPORT:PASSPORTFOLDER:0 ESL PASSPORT:OTHER:0002 OTHER:country of origin stuff not pronun:Thai:Passive - Thai:rice.png

Description: ESL_MBP:MYPASSPORT:PASSPORTFOLDER:0 ESL PASSPORT:OTHER:0002 OTHER:country of origin stuff not pronun:Thai:Passive - Thai:is grown2.png

Description: ESL_MBP:MYPASSPORT:PASSPORTFOLDER:0 ESL PASSPORT:OTHER:0002 OTHER:country of origin stuff not pronun:Thai:Passive - Thai:by thai people.png

Description: ESL_MBP:MYPASSPORT:PASSPORTFOLDER:0 ESL PASSPORT:OTHER:0002 OTHER:country of origin stuff not pronun:Thai:Passive - Thai:in the rainy season.png

 

Rice

is

grown

by Thai People

in the rainy season

 

 

 

 

Description: ESL_MBP:MYPASSPORT:PASSPORTFOLDER:0 ESL PASSPORT:OTHER:0002 OTHER:country of origin stuff not pronun:Thai:Passive - Thai:rice.png

Description: ESL_MBP:MYPASSPORT:PASSPORTFOLDER:0 ESL PASSPORT:OTHER:0002 OTHER:country of origin stuff not pronun:Thai:Passive - Thai:is grown2.png

 

Description: ESL_MBP:MYPASSPORT:PASSPORTFOLDER:0 ESL PASSPORT:OTHER:0002 OTHER:country of origin stuff not pronun:Thai:Passive - Thai:in the rainy season.png

 

Rice

is

grown

 

in the rainy season

 

be  is in the same tense as the active verb:

 

Present continuous                              

That woman is hitting a cat.               Description: ESL_MBP:MYPASSPORT:PASSPORTFOLDER:0 ESL PASSPORT:OTHER:0002 OTHER:country of origin stuff not pronun:Thai:Passive - Thai:tense example present continuous 2 A.png

 

A cat is being hit.                                     Description: ESL_MBP:MYPASSPORT:PASSPORTFOLDER:0 ESL PASSPORT:OTHER:0002 OTHER:country of origin stuff not pronun:Thai:Passive - Thai:tense example present continuous 2 B.png

 

Past Simple

We grew rice yesterday.                      Description: ESL_MBP:MYPASSPORT:PASSPORTFOLDER:0 ESL PASSPORT:OTHER:0002 OTHER:country of origin stuff not pronun:Thai:Passive - Thai:tense example past simple 2 A.png .

 

Rice was grown yesterday.                 Description: ESL_MBP:MYPASSPORT:PASSPORTFOLDER:0 ESL PASSPORT:OTHER:0002 OTHER:country of origin stuff not pronun:Thai:Passive - Thai:tense example past simple 2 B.png

 

Future – Will

We will grow rice tomorrow.             Description: ESL_MBP:MYPASSPORT:PASSPORTFOLDER:0 ESL PASSPORT:OTHER:0002 OTHER:country of origin stuff not pronun:Thai:Passive - Thai:tense example future will 2 A.png

 

Rice will be grown tomorrow.           Description: ESL_MBP:MYPASSPORT:PASSPORTFOLDER:0 ESL PASSPORT:OTHER:0002 OTHER:country of origin stuff not pronun:Thai:Passive - Thai:tense example future will 2 B.png

 

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