Breakdown of กระเป๋า พลาสติก สู้ กระเป๋า ผ้า ทอ ไม่ ได้
ไม่
not
กระเป๋า
bag
ได้
can
พลาสติก
plastic
ผ้า
the clothes / cloth, fabric
สู้
to fight
ทอ
to weave
Questions & Answers about กระเป๋า พลาสติก สู้ กระเป๋า ผ้า ทอ ไม่ ได้
How does the สู้...ไม่ได้ structure work to make a comparison here?
The word สู้ literally means "to fight" or "to compete." When you put it in the pattern [Noun A] สู้ [Noun B] ไม่ได้, you are literally saying "[Noun A] cannot fight [Noun B]." In everyday Thai, this is the standard way to say that Noun A is inferior to, or "not as good as," Noun B.
How is the phrase กระเป๋าผ้าทอ (woven cloth bag) constructed?
In Thai, the main noun comes first, followed by its modifiers. Here, กระเป๋า (bag) is the main noun. It is modified by ผ้า (cloth), telling us the material, and then ทอ (to weave / woven), describing how the cloth was made. So it translates step-by-step as "bag + cloth + woven."
Do I have to repeat the word กระเป๋า (bag) twice in this sentence?
You don't strictly have to, but it sounds very natural in Thai to repeat it to balance the sentence. If you drop the second กระเป๋า, you are literally saying "A plastic bag cannot compete with woven cloth," which makes sense, but repeating the noun makes the comparison much clearer.
Is the English loanword พลาสติก treated like a normal Thai adjective here?
Yes! Even though พลาสติก is borrowed from English, it follows normal Thai grammar rules. It is placed directly after the noun กระเป๋า (bag) to describe what it is made of, exactly the same way ผ้า (cloth) modifies the second bag in the sentence.
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