Breakdown of จริงๆแล้ว ทัศนคติ สำคัญ กว่า ใช่ไหม ครับ
ครับ
polite particle (male)
กว่า
more than
สำคัญ
important
ใช่ไหม
right? / isn't it?
จริงๆแล้ว
actually / in fact (in reality)
ทัศนคติ
attitude
Questions & Answers about จริงๆแล้ว ทัศนคติ สำคัญ กว่า ใช่ไหม ครับ
The current lesson is about using ไม่...เท่า (not as... as). How would we rewrite this sentence's idea to use that grammar instead of กว่า (more)?
To use the negative equative comparison, you have to flip the perspective. Instead of saying 'attitude is more important', you would say the other thing you are discussing is 'not as important as attitude': ไม่สำคัญเท่าทัศนคติ.
Why do we use จริงๆแล้ว at the beginning instead of just จริงๆ?
While จริงๆ on its own means 'really' or 'truly' and usually goes after an adjective (like 'very good, really'), adding แล้ว changes the meaning to 'actually' or 'in reality'. จริงๆแล้ว is typically placed at the beginning of a sentence to introduce a contrasting thought or the underlying truth of a situation.
The comparative word กว่า usually means 'more than'. Why isn't there a noun after it to show what attitude is being compared to?
In Thai, you can drop the second half of a comparison if it is already clearly understood from the conversation's context. Because the speakers already know what they are comparing attitude against, สำคัญกว่า simply means 'more important (than that other thing)'.
The word for attitude, ทัศนคติ, looks like a solid block of consonants. How do we know to pronounce it with so many syllables?
This word is borrowed from Pali/Sanskrit, which is very common for abstract or academic words in Thai. A key rule for these loanwords is that adjacent consonants often have an unwritten, short 'a' vowel sound pronounced between them. That is why it is pronounced 'tát-sà-ná-ká-dtì'.
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