Breakdown of ตำรวจ ไม่ ยอม บอก ว่า เจอ เบาะแส อะไร บ้าง
ไม่
not
ตำรวจ
police officer
อะไร
what
เจอ
to meet / to find
ว่า
that (conjunction)
บอก
to tell
ยอม
to agree (give in) / to yield
บ้าง
some, any (sentence-final, in questions and answers) / somewhat, a bit
เบาะแส
the clue
Questions & Answers about ตำรวจ ไม่ ยอม บอก ว่า เจอ เบาะแส อะไร บ้าง
Why is ว่า (that) used here instead of just saying 'won't say what' like in English?
In Thai, verbs of speaking, knowing, or thinking like บอก (to tell) use ว่า to connect to the following clause. Even when you are embedding a question into the sentence to form an indirect question, you still need ว่า as a bridge. It translates roughly to: 'The police won't say THAT they found what clues.'
The English translation says 'won't say'. Why use ไม่ยอมบอก instead of just จะไม่บอก?
ยอม means to consent, yield, or agree to do something. Adding ไม่ makes it ไม่ยอม (refuse to). This emphasizes that the police are actively withholding the information, whereas จะไม่บอก simply means they will not say it, missing that strong feeling of refusal.
Why is the question word อะไร (what) placed after เบาะแส (clues) rather than before it?
In Thai, question words usually stay in the exact same spot where the answer would go. Because อะไร is modifying the noun เบาะแส, it acts like an adjective and follows the noun it modifies. The sentence structure literally flows as 'found clues what'.
What does the word บ้าง add to the end of this sentence?
บ้าง is a particle used to ask for a list of items or to indicate plurality. By using อะไรบ้าง, the speaker implies they think the police found multiple clues, and they want to know what all of those various clues are, rather than just a single thing.
There is no subject right before เจอ (found). How do we know who found the clues?
Thai frequently drops subjects and pronouns when the context makes it obvious. Here, it is clearly understood from the first half of the sentence that the police (ตำรวจ) are the ones who found the clues, so there is no need to add a pronoun for 'they' before the verb.
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