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ดู　วิดีโอ　ไม่　ทัน　จะ　จบ　โฆษณา　ก็　เด้ง　ขึ้น　มา　ครับ

ดู　วิดีโอ　ไม่　ทัน　จะ　จบ　โฆษณา　ก็　เด้ง　ขึ้น　มา　ครับ
Hardly had I finished watching the video when an advertisement popped up.
From Lesson 324:Interrupted sequences (ไม่ทันจะ... ก็...)·Thai

Questions & Answers about ดู　วิดีโอ　ไม่　ทัน　จะ　จบ　โฆษณา　ก็　เด้ง　ขึ้น　มา　ครับ

How does the target grammar ไม่ทันจะ... ก็... work in this specific sentence?
This pattern expresses an interrupted action. Here, ไม่ทันจะ (literally not in time to) is placed right before จบ (finish) to show the first action was not completed. Then ก็ introduces the interrupting event, which is the ad popping up.
Why is จบ (finish) separated from ดู (watch) and placed after ไม่ทันจะ?
In Thai, verbs like จบ (finish) or เสร็จ (complete) often act as secondary verbs showing the completion of an action. The phrase ดูวิดีโอ (watch the video) establishes the main activity, and the entire block ไม่ทันจะจบ follows it to mean that the activity did not have time to reach its finished state.
What does เด้ง mean, and why are ขึ้นมา added here?
เด้ง literally means to bounce or to spring. In digital contexts, it is the standard colloquial term for a window or notification popping up. The directional words ขึ้นมา (up and come) emphasize the sudden appearance toward the user, performing the same function as the word up in the English phrase pop up.
Is the word จะ strictly necessary in the ไม่ทันจะ... ก็... structure?
No, it is optional but very common. You could simply say ดูวิดีโอไม่ทันจบก็... without changing the core meaning. Adding จะ emphasizes the anticipation of the first action completing, adding a subtle nuance similar to before it could even finish.

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