B1 · Intermediate Chapter 35

Nominalization

4 Total Rules
1 min
Rules in This Chapter Quick Practice

What You'll Learn

Turning verbs into nouns using 'kaan' and 'kwam'. Expanding vocabulary through prefixes.

Tips & Tricks (4)

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The 'Doing' Test

If you can imagine someone physically or mentally 'doing' the word, use 'Kaan'.
frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: Nominalization 'Kaan'
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Check the verb

If it's a physical action, use Kaan. If it's a feeling, use Kwam.
frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: Nominalization 'Kwam'
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The 'Doing' Test

If you can physically do it or it's a mental process, use 'Kaan'. If it's a feeling or a description, use 'Khwaam'.
frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: Derived Nouns
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The 'Touch' Test

If you can physically touch or see the action happening, use 'การ'. If it's invisible, use 'ความ'.
frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: Nominalized Verbs

Quick Practice (10)

Fill in the blank: '___ตัดสินใจเป็นเรื่องยาก'

___ตัดสินใจเป็นเรื่องยาก

✓ Correct! ✗ Not quite. Correct answer: การ
Decision-making is a process.

frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: Derived Nouns

Correct the error in this sentence: 'ฉันมีการดีใจ'

Find and fix the mistake:

ฉันมีการดีใจ

✓ Correct! ✗ Not quite. Correct answer: ฉันมีความดีใจ
'Glad/Happy' is a feeling, so use 'Khwaam'.

frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: Derived Nouns

Choose the correct prefix for 'วิ่ง' (to run).

___วิ่ง

✓ Correct! ✗ Not quite. Correct answer: การ
'Run' is an action verb.

frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: Derived Nouns

Fill in the blank.

___สุขเป็นสิ่งดี

✓ Correct! ✗ Not quite. Correct answer: ความ
Happiness is an abstract state.

frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: Nominalization 'Kwam'

Choose the correct prefix for 'รัก' (love) as a noun.

___รักคือสิ่งที่สวยงาม

✓ Correct! ✗ Not quite. Correct answer: ความ
Love is an abstract feeling, so it uses 'ความ'.

frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: Nominalized Verbs

Fill in the blank to mean 'Running is good.'

___วิ่งดีต่อสุขภาพ

✓ Correct! ✗ Not quite. Correct answer: การ
Running is an action, so 'Kaan' is the correct nominalizer.

frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: Nominalization 'Kaan'

Select the correct usage.

___เร็วของรถ

✓ Correct! ✗ Not quite. Correct answer: ความ
Speed is a measurement.

frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: Nominalization 'Kwam'

Fill in the blank.

___สำเร็จต้องใช้เวลา

✓ Correct! ✗ Not quite. Correct answer: ความ
Success is an abstract state.

frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: Nominalization 'Kwam'

Choose the correct prefix for 'รัก' (love).

___รัก

✓ Correct! ✗ Not quite. Correct answer: ความ
Love is a feeling/state, so it uses 'Khwaam'.

frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: Nominalization 'Kaan'

Which one means 'Politics'?

Politics in Thai is:

✓ Correct! ✗ Not quite. Correct answer: การเมือง
'Kaan-mueang' is a fixed compound for politics.

frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: Nominalization 'Kaan'

Score: /10

Common Questions (6)

Almost any action verb! But avoid using it with stative verbs (feelings/adjectives) like 'happy' or 'hot'.
'Kaan' is for actions (doing), while 'Khwaam' is for states and feelings (being).
No, only with mental or stative verbs.
It can be both formal and informal.
Yes! For some words like คิด (think), การคิด is the process of thinking, while ความคิด is the idea itself.
Yes, Thais often say ชอบเที่ยว instead of ชอบการท่องเที่ยว. The prefix makes it sound more formal or complete.
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