Breakdown of ตุ๋น ก็ ไม่เชิงว่า คือ เคี่ยว ค่ะ
ค่ะ
polite particle (female)
ก็
also / too
คือ
is / namely / that is
ไม่เชิงว่า
not exactly that / not entirely
ตุ๋น
to braise / to stew
เคี่ยว
to simmer / to reduce
Questions & Answers about ตุ๋น ก็ ไม่เชิงว่า คือ เคี่ยว ค่ะ
How does ไม่เชิงว่า change the meaning compared to just saying ไม่ใช่?
Using ไม่ใช่ would be a flat, absolute denial ('Braising is not simmering'). ไม่เชิงว่า adds nuance, meaning 'not exactly' or 'not entirely.' It acknowledges that while braising and simmering are similar, they aren't the exact same cooking technique. This hedging makes the statement softer and more precise.
What does the ก็ do right before ไม่เชิงว่า?
Here, ก็ acts as a softening particle that links back to a (likely implied) previous thought or question. If someone asked if braising is the same as simmering, replying with ก็ไม่เชิงว่า... sounds like 'Well, not exactly...' It makes the disagreement feel much less abrupt.
Why does this sentence use คือ instead of เป็น for 'is'?
คือ is used when defining a term or stating that A equals B. Since the speaker is discussing whether the definition of ตุ๋น (braising) equates exactly to the definition of เคี่ยว (simmering), คือ is the correct copula to use. เป็น is generally used for category membership (saying A is a type of B).
Both ตุ๋น (braise) and เคี่ยว (simmer) are verbs. Why don't they need การ in front of them to act as nouns?
In Thai, action verbs can often act directly as subjects or objects without adding the nominalizing prefix การ ('the act of'), especially in casual speech or when discussing the concepts themselves. Saying การตุ๋น and การเคี่ยว would be grammatically perfect but sounds slightly more formal or academic than necessary for this conversational sentence.
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