Breakdown of ผม ไม่ค่อย ชอบ คน ใจแคบ เพราะ เขา เห็นแก่ตัว ครับ
ครับ
polite particle (male)
ผม
I (male)
เขา
he, she, they
ชอบ
to like
คน
person
เพราะ
because
ไม่ค่อย
not really
เห็นแก่ตัว
selfish
ใจแคบ
narrow-minded
Questions & Answers about ผม ไม่ค่อย ชอบ คน ใจแคบ เพราะ เขา เห็นแก่ตัว ครับ
Our current lesson teaches the ด้วยความที่... ก็เลย... structure. How could we rewrite this sentence to use that grammar?
You would need to flip the sentence order to put the causal trait first. It would become ด้วยความที่คนใจแคบเห็นแก่ตัว ผมก็เลยไม่ค่อยชอบเขา which means 'Due to the fact that narrow-minded people are selfish, I therefore do not really like them.'
What is the literal breakdown of the word เห็นแก่ตัว?
It breaks down into เห็น (to see), แก่ (for or directed to), and ตัว (oneself). Literally meaning 'seeing only for oneself,' it is the standard Thai word for being selfish. It pairs logically in this sentence with ใจแคบ, which literally means 'narrow-hearted'.
Since we are talking about narrow-minded people in plural, why does the sentence use เขา instead of พวกเขา?
In Thai, เขา is commonly used for both singular (he or she) and plural (they) when the context is already clear. Adding the plural marker พวก to make it พวกเขา is grammatically correct but optional. Native speakers frequently drop it in general statements like this to sound more natural.
Why do we use คน here when the English translation says 'people' in the plural?
Thai nouns do not change form to show plurality. The word คน can refer to one person or people in general. Because the sentence expresses a general dislike for a specific trait, the context makes it clear that you mean narrow-minded people as a whole rather than one specific person.
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