Breakdown of ยิ่ง คน โลภ มาก ก็ ยิ่ง ดิ้นรน มาก
มาก
very / much, more
คน
person
ก็
then (in result clause)
ยิ่ง
the more
ดิ้นรน
to struggle
โลภ
greedy
Questions & Answers about ยิ่ง คน โลภ มาก ก็ ยิ่ง ดิ้นรน มาก
How does the ยิ่ง ... ก็ยิ่ง ... structure work in this sentence?
This structure translates perfectly to "The more [A], the more [B]." The first ยิ่ง introduces the escalating condition (greed), and ก็ยิ่ง introduces the escalating result (struggling). The ก็ acts as a linking word connecting the cause to the effect, though you will often hear Thai speakers drop it in casual conversation, just saying ยิ่ง... ยิ่ง....
Since the current lesson focuses on ขอแค่ (provided that), how would replacing ยิ่ง with ขอแค่ change this sentence?
If you changed the sentence to ขอแค่คนโลภมาก ก็จะดิ้นรนมาก, it would mean "Provided that people are very greedy, they will struggle a lot." ขอแค่ establishes a minimum requirement or a static condition. The original sentence uses ยิ่ง...ก็ยิ่ง... instead because it describes a sliding scale: the level of struggle increases proportionally alongside the level of greed.
Is there a reason คน (people) comes after the first ยิ่ง, rather than at the very beginning of the sentence?
Both word orders are completely natural! You can start with the subject (คนยิ่งโลภมาก...) or start with the condition marker (ยิ่งคนโลภมาก...). Placing ยิ่ง at the very front is just a stylistic choice that slightly emphasizes the "more and more" conditional relationship right out of the gate, but the meaning remains exactly the same.
What kind of "struggle" does ดิ้นรน refer to here?
While ดิ้นรน can describe a physical wriggling or struggling (like trying to break free from ropes), here it is used metaphorically. It means to scramble, strive, or hustle desperately to obtain something. It carries an exhausting or agonizing nuance, which perfectly matches the negative consequence of being excessively greedy (โลภ).
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