Possession with 'ของ' — Thai Grammar

(kɔ̌ɔngkhǒngkhǒ̦ng) marks possession, like English "of" or "'s". It goes between the possessed item and the owner: (bâan kɔ̌ɔng chǎnbân khǒng chǎnbân khǒ̦ng čǎn) — my house. With pronouns, (kɔ̌ɔngkhǒngkhǒ̦ng) can be dropped in casual speech: (bâan chǎnbân chǎnbân čǎn) means the same thing.

It also means "thing" or "stuff" as a noun: (kɔ̌ɔng nîikhǒng nîkhǒ̦ng nî) — this thing.

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Sentences from Lingora’s Thai course

90 of the course's 500 sentences use this, the first in lesson 2. A few of them, with the words “Possession with 'ของ'” is about in bold:

นี่เพื่อนของผม แอนนา เธอเป็นนักเรียน
nîi pʉ̂an kɔ̌ɔng pǒm · ɛɛn·naa · təə bpen nák·riannî phûean khǒng phǒm · aen·na · thoe pen nák·riannî phư̂an khǒ̦ng phǒm · e̩n·na · thơ pen nák·rian
This is my friend, Anna. She is a student.
Lesson 2
ลูกสาวของเราอยู่ไหน? - เธออยู่ที่โรงเรียน
lûuk·sǎao kɔ̌ɔng rao yùu nǎi? - təə yùu tîi roong·rianlûk·sǎo khǒng rao yù nǎi? - thoe yù thî rong·rianlûk·sǎo khǒ̦ng rao yù nǎi? - thơ yù thî rong·rian
Where is our daughter? - She's at school.
Lesson 242
ผมต้องการซื้อพืชต้นนี้ มันจะดูดีในห้องของผม
pǒm dtɔ̂ng·gaan sʉ́ʉ pʉ̂ʉt dtôn níi · man jà duu dii nai hɔ̂ɔng kɔ̌ɔng pǒmphǒm tông·kan súe phûet tôn ní · man chà du di nai hông khǒng phǒmphǒm tô̦ng·kan sứ phư̂t tôn ní · man čà du di nai hô̦ng khǒ̦ng phǒm
I want to buy this plant. It will look great in my room.
Lesson 384

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