Ahan chan ni pen ahan mangsawirat rue mai?
อาหารจานนี้เป็นอาหารมังสวิรัติหรือไม่?
This is a very common and direct way to ask if a specific dish is vegetarian in Thai. It's suitable for use in restaurants, when ordering food, or when being offered food by someone. It is polite and clear.
In Thai, when referring to 'this/that X', the structure is Noun + Classifier + Demonstrative. Here, 'อาหารจานนี้' (a-h̄ār cān nī́) literally means 'food dish this', referring to 'this dish of food'.
The phrase 'หรือไม่?' (rư̌ mai?) is commonly appended to a statement to turn it into a yes/no question. It literally means 'or not?' and functions similarly to adding '...isn't it?' or simply using rising intonation in English.
'เป็น' (pen) is one of the Thai verbs for 'to be' (is/am/are). It is used to equate two nouns or to state a characteristic, profession, or identity, as in 'X is Y'.
In 'อาหารมังสวิรัติ' (a-h̄ār mang-sà-wí-rát), 'มังสวิรัติ' (vegetarian) acts as an adjective modifying 'อาหาร' (food), forming a compound noun meaning 'vegetarian food'.
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