Breakdown of ดูเหมือนว่า วัสดุ จะ คล้าย กับ หินอ่อน ครับ
ครับ
polite particle (male)
จะ
will
กับ
with / and (connecting nouns) / to (a recipient)
คล้าย
to resemble / similar
ดูเหมือนว่า
it seems that / it looks like
วัสดุ
material
หินอ่อน
marble
Questions & Answers about ดูเหมือนว่า วัสดุ จะ คล้าย กับ หินอ่อน ครับ
Why do we use คล้ายกับ instead of just คล้าย?
คล้าย means "similar", but when you want to say "similar to [a noun]", you use กับ (with/to) to link it to the noun. So, คล้ายกับหินอ่อน means "similar to marble". If you were just saying "These two materials are similar", you could end the sentence with just คล้าย.
Why is จะ (will) used before คล้าย? Is the speaker talking about the future?
Not exactly. While จะ often indicates the future tense, here it works with ดูเหมือนว่า (it seems that) to express an assumption or a guess. It softens the statement, similar to saying "It seems the material would be similar to marble" rather than stating it as a hard fact.
The word for marble is หินอ่อน. Does that literally translate to "soft stone"?
Yes, exactly! หิน means "stone" or "rock", and อ่อน means "soft" (or "light" for colors, "young" for age). Even though marble is not soft to the touch, it is softer and easier to carve than many other stones, which is how it got its Thai name.
Can I leave out the word ว่า (that) in ดูเหมือนว่า?
In casual spoken Thai, yes, you can often just say ดูเหมือน and the meaning remains clear. However, adding ว่า (that) explicitly links the phrase to the clause that follows it, just like saying "It seems that..." in English. It makes the sentence structure a bit more complete and natural.
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