Breakdown of เห็นว่า คอนโด ใหม่ ราคา แพง ค่ะ
ค่ะ
polite particle (female)
ใหม่
new / again / anew
แพง
expensive
ราคา
price
เห็นว่า
I heard that / word has it that
คอนโด
the condo
Questions & Answers about เห็นว่า คอนโด ใหม่ ราคา แพง ค่ะ
Why does เห็นว่า mean 'I heard that' when เห็น usually means 'to see'?
In Thai, เห็น can mean 'to see' with your eyes, but it's also used for perceiving or understanding a situation. When combined with ว่า (that), เห็นว่า acts as a hearsay marker, meaning 'It appears that,' 'I gathered that,' or 'Word has it that.' It shows you are passing on information you learned indirectly, rather than stating a direct fact.
Is it normal to drop the subject 'I' before เห็นว่า in this sentence?
Yes, it is very common to drop the subject pronoun (like ฉัน or ผม) in conversational Thai when the context makes it obvious. Here, starting directly with เห็นว่า sounds completely natural and keeps the focus on the rumor or information itself.
Why do we say ราคาแพง (price expensive) instead of just saying the condo is แพง?
You can actually just say คอนโดใหม่แพง (the new condo is expensive), and it would be perfectly understood. However, adding ราคา (price) before adjectives like cheap or expensive is a very common and natural phrasing in Thai, acting a bit like saying 'expensive in price.'
Just as a quick refresher, why does ใหม่ (new) go exactly where it is in this sentence?
In Thai, adjectives and modifiers must come after the noun they describe. So 'new condo' becomes คอนโดใหม่ (condo new). It stays right next to the noun so that we know it's the condo that is new. If you moved ใหม่ to the end of the sentence, it would sound like the price recently became expensive.
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