Word
กิน ที่ บ้าน ดีกว่า ค่ะ
Meaning
Better to eat at home. (female speaker)
Part of speech
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Questions & Answers about กิน ที่ บ้าน ดีกว่า ค่ะ
Why isn't there a word for 'It is' or 'We should' at the beginning of the sentence?
In Thai, subjects and dummy pronouns like 'it' are often dropped when the context is clear. Since this is a suggestion, starting right with the verb กิน (eat) is perfectly natural. It translates literally to 'Eat at home better.'
I've seen ที่ used to mean 'place'. Does it mean 'at' here?
Yes, ที่ is a very versatile word. While it can mean 'place' (as in ที่นี่ for 'here'), it is also the standard preposition for 'at' a location. So ที่บ้าน means 'at home'.
How does ดีกว่า mean 'better'?
ดี means 'good', and กว่า is the word used to make comparisons, meaning 'more' or 'than'. Together, ดีกว่า means 'better'. You can put กว่า after almost any adjective to compare things, like ใหญ่กว่า (bigger).
Can you use ดีกว่า at the end of a sentence without saying what it is better than?
Yes! Just like in English when we say 'It is better to eat at home', the 'than' part (like 'than eating at the restaurant') is simply implied. You don't need to add anything after ดีกว่า if the context is already understood.
Since this is a suggestion, should the polite particle be คะ or ค่ะ?