What should we do? (จะ...ดี, ดีกว่า)

Thinking Out Loud

You can already give advice with ควร and น่าจะ. To ASK for it — or wonder out loud — Thai uses a question with จะ and a bare ดี at the end:

จะ + verb + question word + ดีwhat/where/which would be good to...?

The ดี is not good as a description — it marks the whole question as deliberation: what should we eat (what would be the good choice)?

Suggesting with ดีกว่า

ดีกว่า (dii-kwàa) is ดี + กว่า — better. You know กว่า from comparisons. At the end of a clause, ดีกว่า turns a statement into a suggestion: กลับบ้านดีกว่า — (we'd) better go home.

Just a Moment

เดี๋ยว (dǐaw) means a moment — and at the start of a sentence, in a moment / hold on: เดี๋ยวผมมา — I'll be right there. Answering a deliberative question with เดี๋ยว + a ดีกว่า suggestion is everyday Thai:

— เราจะไปที่ไหนดี — เดี๋ยวไปตลาดดีกว่า

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