Thai Wh ??
Usually the position of Thai question words fixed at the end of a sentence " Statement ( subject + verb + object ) ... + Question word?
but the question When?? เมื่อไหร่ mêua rài - does not have a fixed position in the question. It can occur at the beginning or at the end of a sentence.
Q : Statement + mêua rài? OR
Mêua rài +Statement?
A: Statement+ expression of time OR
expression of time +Statement?
Q: mêua-rài khun jà glàp bâan ?OR
Khun jà glàp bâan mêua-rài ?
( When will you come back home? )
A : chan jà glàp bâan prûng-née OR
prûng-née chan jà glàp bâan
( I will back home tomorrow.)
prûng-née พรุ่งนี้ = tomorrow
*** In Thai the answer generally follow the same pattern as the question.