Breakdown of ผู้จัดการ มี ข้อหา ทั้ง ยักยอก และ ติดสินบน ค่ะ
ค่ะ
polite particle (female)
มี
to have / there is / there are
ผู้จัดการ
manager
ทั้ง... และ...
both... and
ยักยอก
to embezzle (misappropriate funds)
ข้อหา
charge
ติดสินบน
to bribe
Questions & Answers about ผู้จัดการ มี ข้อหา ทั้ง ยักยอก และ ติดสินบน ค่ะ
The current lesson covers the coercive passive ถูก ... ให้ (was forced to). Why isn't a passive structure used here to say the manager "was charged"?
Because this sentence focuses on the current state of the manager facing accusations, Thai naturally uses the active construction มีข้อหา (to have charges). The lesson's structure ถูก ... ให้ doesn't apply because no one is forcing the manager to perform an action. If you wanted to use a regular passive to emphasize the police action, you would say ถูกตั้งข้อหา (was handed/given a charge).
Why is there no word for "of" between ข้อหา (charges) and the actual crimes?
In Thai, you don't need a preposition to link a charge to the crime itself. You simply place the name of the crime directly after the noun ข้อหา. For example, ข้อหายักยอก literally works as the compound "embezzlement charge." The structure ทั้ง ... และ ... is simply inserted to separate the two crimes.
Is ติดสินบน (bribery) a verb or a noun here?
It functions as the action verb "to bribe," which is acting as the name of the offense here. It is a compound made from ติด (to attach/stick) and the noun สินบน (a bribe or payoff). If you wanted to refer to the physical bribe money itself, you would just say สินบน or เงินสินบน.
Could we drop ทั้ง and just use และ to connect the two crimes?
Yes, you could just say ข้อหายักยอกและติดสินบน (charges of embezzlement and bribery), which is grammatically fine. Adding ทั้ง (both) before the first item just adds emphasis, highlighting the severity that the manager is facing multiple serious accusations at the same time.
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