Like

ThSL sign [like] is signed separately from subject and object.

1. In case both subject and object are human,

for example,

“ยายชอบหลาน” (gloss: “grandmother like grandchild”) “Grandmother likes grandchild.”

The structure in ThSL is as follows

[ [ O Ind_O ] [ S Ind_S ] [ like Ind _SŽO ] ]

2. In case only subject is human and object is not human,

for example,

“แม่ชอบแตงโม” (gloss: “mother like watermelon”) “Mother likes watermelon.”

“ลุงชอบแมว” (gloss: “uncle like cat”) “Uncle likes cat”

“ฉันชอบสไปรท์” (gloss: “i like Sprite”) “I like Sprite.”

The syntactic structure is as follows

[ [ O ] [ S ] [ like ] ]