Breakdown of ยิ่ง ฝืน ก็ ยิ่ง ต้อง ดิ้นรน เอา
ต้อง
must
ก็
then (in result clause)
ยิ่ง
the more
ดิ้นรน
to struggle
เอา
to rely on doing it oneself (post-verbal)
ฝืน
to force oneself
Questions & Answers about ยิ่ง ฝืน ก็ ยิ่ง ต้อง ดิ้นรน เอา
How does เอา change the meaning of ดิ้นรน (to struggle) at the end of this sentence?
As this lesson covers, adding เอา after an action verb implies self-reliance or pushing through by your own effort. Here, ดิ้นรน เอา means struggling by yourself or having to rely purely on your own striving. It emphasizes that you are left to your own devices to deal with the situation.
I know ยิ่ง... ยิ่ง means 'the more... the more'. Why is ก็ included in the middle?
In Thai, ก็ is often used in conditional structures to link a cause to its effect, functioning a bit like 'then' in English. In the ยิ่ง... ก็ ยิ่ง... pattern, ก็ acts as a bridge that smooths the transition between the two clauses, emphasizing that the second state is a direct result of the first.
What exactly does ฝืน mean in this context? Is it different from forcing someone else to do something?
Yes! ฝืน specifically means to force yourself against your natural feelings, limits, or reality (such as forcing a smile or pushing through physical exhaustion). If you were physically forcing another person to do something against their will, you would use บังคับ instead.
Could I drop ต้อง from the second clause without changing the meaning?
Dropping ต้อง (must/have to) would slightly soften the consequence. With ต้อง, the sentence means 'the more you will have to struggle'. Without it, it just states a factual correlation: 'the more you struggle'. ต้อง adds the nuance of an unavoidable burden.
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