กรรตุวาจก(gan-dtù-waa-jòk)
Meanings
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active voice
the active voice in grammar, where the subject of the sentence performs the action
Examples
ครูสอนkruu sŏnครูสอนkruu sŏn[to] teach (used after subject ‘teacher’)ว่าwâaว่าwâa1[to] say; tell; say that2[to] think; consider; deem3that (clause marker)4about; regarding5[to] scold; reproach; criticizeประโยคprà-yôhkประโยคprà-yôhk1sentence (grammar)2statement/line (utterance)แมวmaeoแมวmaeo1cat2cat (any feline)กินginกินgin1[to] eat2[to] drink (colloquial/with some nouns)3[to] consume; use up4[to be] corrosive; erode5[to] take (a bribe); pocketปลาbplaaปลาbplaa1fish (animal)2fish (as food)3classifier: fishเป็นbpenเป็นbpen1to be (identity/category/state)2to become3[to] know how; be able to (skill)4[to] be + set expressionsประโยคprà-yôhkประโยคprà-yôhk1sentence (grammar)2statement/line (utterance)กรรตุวาจกgan-dtù-waa-jòkกรรตุวาจกgan-dtù-waa-jòkactive voiceเพราะpráwเพราะpráw1because2because of; due to3melodious; pleasant-soundingแมวmaeoแมวmaeo1cat2cat (any feline)เป็นbpenเป็นbpen1to be (identity/category/state)2to become3[to] know how; be able to (skill)4[to] be + set expressionsผู้กระทำpûu grà-tamผู้กระทำpûu grà-tam1doer; actor (the person who performs an action)2perpetrator; offender (legal)3agent (grammar/semantics)
The teacher taught that the sentence 'The cat eats the fish' is an active voice sentence because the cat is the doer.