Breakdown of สิ่งที่ ทำให้ ซอย นี้ สวย คือ ตึกแถว เลียบ คลอง ครับ
ครับ
polite particle (male)
สวย
beautiful
นี้
this (modifier)
ทำให้
to cause
ซอย
alley
คือ
is / namely / that is
สิ่งที่
the thing that / what (relative pronoun)
เลียบ
along
คลอง
canal
ตึกแถว
shophouse
Questions & Answers about สิ่งที่ ทำให้ ซอย นี้ สวย คือ ตึกแถว เลียบ คลอง ครับ
This lesson focuses on the particle ไง. Where would I put it if I wanted to say "...is the shophouses along the canal, right here / as you know"?
You would place ไง at the very end of the sentence, usually replacing the polite particle ครับ. Polite particles are often dropped when using ไง because it carries a casual, familiar tone used with friends. The end of the sentence would simply become ...เลียบ คลอง ไง.
I usually use ตาม for "along". Why does this sentence use เลียบ?
While ตาม is a general word for "following" or "along" (like following a road or instructions), เลียบ specifically means "skirting" or "along the very edge of" a boundary. Using เลียบ paints a precise picture of the shophouses lined up directly bordering the canal, whereas ตาม might just mean they are scattered generally around the canal area.
I sometimes still mix up คือ and เป็น. Why is คือ the right choice for "is" here?
คือ is used for equations, definitions, or clarifying exactly what something is, acting like an equals sign (A = B). Here, "The thing that makes this alley beautiful" equals "the shophouses". If you were instead stating what category a subject belongs to (for example, "This building is a shophouse"), you would use เป็น.
Why is ให้ included in ทำให้ here? Can I just use ทำ?
No, you need the full compound verb ทำให้ (to cause to be / to make happen). Using ทำ on its own means "to do" or "to make" in a physical sense, like making a physical object. When you want to express that a subject causes a state or an adjective to happen (making the alley become beautiful), you must use ทำให้.
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