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แนวโน้ม　ของ　ตลาด　คงจะ　ดี　ต่อ　ธุรกิจ　เรา　ครับ

แนวโน้ม　ของ　ตลาด　คงจะ　ดี　ต่อ　ธุรกิจ　เรา　ครับ
The market trend will probably be good for our business.
From Lesson 207:The relational preposition (ต่อ)·Thai

Questions & Answers about แนวโน้ม　ของ　ตลาด　คงจะ　ดี　ต่อ　ธุรกิจ　เรา　ครับ

The English translation says "good for", so why does the Thai sentence use ต่อ instead of สำหรับ?
While สำหรับ means "for" (as in "I bought this for you"), ต่อ is used as a relational preposition meaning "towards" or "directed at". When you are talking about the effect or impact something has on a target—like a market trend impacting a business—you use ต่อ. Think of it as "good towards our business".
Is ดีต่อ a common phrase, or is ต่อ just acting independently here?
ดีต่อ is a very common pairing. You will often see adjectives expressing an attitude or effect (like good, bad, dangerous, polite) paired directly with ต่อ to show who or what is receiving that effect. Another common example you might hear is ดีต่อใจ (good for the heart / makes me feel good).
Could I just use จะ (will) instead of คงจะ in this sentence?
You could, but it changes the level of certainty. Using just จะ sounds like a solid, confident prediction ("The market trend will be good"). Adding คง to make it คงจะ (probably will / likely will) softens the statement. It shows the speaker is making an educated guess about the market rather than a guaranteed promise.
Why is it just ธุรกิจเรา (our business) instead of ธุรกิจของเรา?
Native Thai speakers frequently drop the possessive word ของ when using personal pronouns like เรา (we/our) or ผม/ฉัน (I/my), because the possession is already obvious. You could absolutely say ธุรกิจของเรา, but dropping it makes the sentence flow more naturally, especially since ของ was already used earlier in the sentence (แนวโน้มของตลาด).

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