เรื่อง นี้ มี ความสำคัญ ต่อ ทุก คน

Questions & Answers about เรื่อง นี้ มี ความสำคัญ ต่อ ทุก คน

The translation says "is important", but the Thai uses มี (to have) and ความสำคัญ (importance). Can I just say เรื่องนี้สำคัญ?
Yes, you can! เรื่องนี้สำคัญ is perfectly natural and very common in everyday speech. Using มีความสำคัญ (literally "has importance") makes the sentence sound a bit more formal, which elevates the tone.
I know สำคัญ means "important". What exactly does the ความ prefix do in ความสำคัญ?
ความ is a prefix used to turn adjectives or verbs into abstract nouns. While สำคัญ is the adjective "important", adding ความ makes it the noun ความสำคัญ ("importance"). That is why it pairs with มี (to have) instead of being used on its own as a descriptive verb.
Why use ต่อ for "to" here? Could I use ให้ or กับ instead?
ต่อ is the best choice here because it means "towards" or "in relation to", which fits perfectly when abstract concepts have an effect on people. กับ (with/to) is also acceptable and very common in spoken Thai. However, you should not use ให้ (to give/for), as that implies an active transfer or an action being done for someone.
Doesn't ทุก (every) usually need a classifier? Why is it just ทุกคน here?
You are right that the standard pattern is "noun + ทุก + classifier" (like หมาทุกตัว for "every dog"). However, the word for person, คน, is also its own classifier. When the noun and classifier are the exact same word, Thai speakers usually drop the first one. So instead of saying คนทุกคน, it is shortened to just ทุกคน (everyone).

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