Breakdown of เขา ขาย มรดก ตกทอด ใน ราคา ย่อมเยา ค่ะ
ค่ะ
polite particle (female)
เขา
he, she, they
ใน
in
ขาย
to sell
ราคา
price
ย่อมเยา
reasonable (price) / affordable
มรดก
the inheritance / the legacy
ตกทอด
to be passed down / to be handed down
Questions & Answers about เขา ขาย มรดก ตกทอด ใน ราคา ย่อมเยา ค่ะ
I know มรดก means "inheritance." What does ตกทอด add to the meaning here?
ตกทอด literally means "to be handed down" from one generation to the next. While มรดก alone usually means "inheritance" (like money or an estate), combining them as มรดกตกทอด specifically describes a physical family heirloom or a legacy passed down through generations.
English uses "at a price," but this sentence uses ใน (in). Can I use ที่ (at) instead?
In Thai, when talking about buying or selling something for a specific price, ในราคา (in the price of) is the standard and most natural phrasing. While you might occasionally hear ที่ราคา (at the price of), using ใน is much more common. In casual spoken Thai, you could even drop the preposition entirely and just say ...ราคาย่อมเยา.
Does ย่อมเยา just mean "cheap"? Could I simply use ถูก instead?
ย่อมเยา translates to "reasonable," "affordable," or "moderate." You could use ถูก (cheap), but ย่อมเยา sounds much more professional and polite. Just like in English, saying an item has a "reasonable price" sounds better for sales than saying it has a "cheap price," which might accidentally imply low quality.
This lesson focuses on the emphasis particle เชียว. How could I add it to this sentence to emphasize the reasonable price?
You can place it right before the polite particle ค่ะ. If you say ...ในราคาย่อมเยาเชียวค่ะ (or เชียวล่ะ), you are adding an impressed or emphatic tone, changing the meaning to "at a truly reasonable price!" or "at quite an affordable price indeed!"
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